Play "Just Desserts"

Set in a rural Kentucky home, this poignant one-act drama recalls the era after the Civil War when women in Kentucky took action against the injustice of English common law regarding property rights, wages, and possessions. The central characters, Aunt Jane, a forward-thinking mountain sage, and Sally Ann Flint, an activist for women’s rights, strike at the power structure of their community with far reaching results.

Dynamic and entertaining, Just Desserts is based on the fictional stories of Eliza Calvert Hall, a Kentucky Equal Rights advocate. Hall published these slices of rural country life in l907 under the title, Aunt Jane of Kentucky.

"I cordially recommend the first chapter of ‘Aunt Jane of Kentucky’ as a tract in all families where the menfolk tend to selfish or thoughtless or overbearing disregard to the rights of their womenfolk."
Theodore Roosevelt
Lansing, Michigan 1908

Reviews
"On behalf of the New Opportunity School or Women staff, board, and participants, thank you very much for your delightful presentation of ‘Just Desserts.’ Please know how much our participants enjoyed the afternoon performance and workshop. I had heard of ‘Just Desserts’ for several years and am pleased to have finally had the opportunity to experience this fabulous play, rich with issues related to women."
Caroline Francis, Executive Director
New Opportunity School for Women, Inc.
Berea, Kentucky

"A delight. Just Desserts glows with the truth of the past and present. It reflects how far women have come and still have to go."
Mary Jo Netherton
Women’s Voices in Policy and Politics Symposium
Morehead State University, Kentucky

"Just Desserts is a play that celebrates the spirit of women who forged the path of equality."
J. Daniel Herring
Associate Producing Director
STAGE ONE, Louisville, Kentucky

"Just Desserts is a thoroughly delightful play, beautifully presented and acted, a true reflection of the period involved. I highly recommend this play for any group."
Joan Daugherty
Crescent Hill Women’s Club, Louisville

"An exciting, visual portrait of rural Kentucky women at the end of the Nineteenth Century. Just Desserts is full of characters you will root for and regret walking off stage. Theatre with a visual lilt that will remind us of our aunts, grandparents, and even ourselves."
Iverson Warinner, Actor/Director
Chair, Spalding University Communications Department
Louisville, Kentucky

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