 Bemidji State University held a special performance in their black box theater yesterday to coincide with the anniversary of the first women's march on Washington. The this was the seventh annual female playwrights on stage festival. This year it was subtitled volume control. All the plays were written by women. They covered topics like anger management, weight and relationships. Many of them were light hearted while others were more sensitive. Very dark piece about a woman who is waiting at a bus stop and there's a threat, a male threat to her and another woman who doesn't know her comes up and and essentially they improv through a scene to save one another and they get on a bus and the reveal is that you find out they didn't know each other and it's it's very poignant. Thirteen actors were involved and there were seven pieces total. All the performers all had the weekend to prepare. At the end of the event attendees were invited to mingle with the performers and talk about the impact of the plays. There's just a grounds well of desire for equity in regards to the arts and that is equality with film and with novels being published and with theater being produced and this was a chance to get those female voices to be heard out loud to an audience. Soon the black box theater is preparing to perform a play called the Cannopic Jar of My Sins. They will be hosting community auditions on April 11th and 12th and performers must be over 18 years old to take part. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.