See Clementine in Bliss (or Emily Post is Dead!). Previews start: Jan 28, 2018 Get tickets here: http://www.moxietheatre.com/shows/bliss-or-emily-post-is-dead/ #moxieBLISS #moxietheatre #ashandarrowphotography

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Greek Tragedy and Mad Men (minus the misogyny)

See Antonia in Bliss (or Emily Post is Dead!). Previews start: Jan 28, 2018 Get tickets here: http://www.moxietheatre.com/shows/bliss-or-emily-post-is-dead/ #moxieBLISS #moxietheatre #ashandarrowphotography

Meet Cassandra, she has escaped her tragedy to find herself in a place she has only been able to see from afar. Have you seen or read about Cassandra in Aeschylus' Agamemnon? What did you think? See Cassandra in Bliss (or Emily Post is Dead!). #moxieBLISS #moxietheatre

Meet Maddie (Medea), she has had her fair share of adventures but never like this before. Have you seen or read Euripides' Medea before? What did you think? See Maddie in Bliss (or Emily Post is Dead!). #moxieBLISS #moxietheatre

Housewives are dutiful. Husbands are brawny. It’s 1960 and Emily Post’s guide to etiquette is keeping America “great.” But in a delicious turn of events, a stranger materializes who might end life as the citizens of North Orange, New Jersey know it. This audacious Joint World Premiere, with Moving Arts (Los Angeles) and Promethean Theatre (Chicago), reimagines the tragic heroines of Greek Mythology as pill-popping housewives in a cautionary tale with deadly consequences.

The Bechdel Brigade is back! This powerful posse of lesbian community leaders advocates for MOXIE’s mission to create more diverse and honest images of women for our culture by bringing sisters together in support of equal representation on the American stage. The Bliss (or Emily Post is Dead!) Bechdel Night is hosted by special guest Martha Barnette, co-host of KPBS Public Radio Show A Way with Words. Ms. Barnette will be giving a private pre-show chat before the show about "The Language of Etiquette - What We Couldn't Say" The show starts at 8pm, with a 7pm reception catered by The Wild Thyme Company. Tickets are only $15 when the code BRIGADE is used at checkout.

The setting of BLISS takes place only one year after the statehood of Hawaii. In 1960 Hawaii became a prime destination for tourists wherein the culture of the islands became commercialized for middle-class white America. Have you gotten the chance to explore the culture of Hawaii in an authentic way? #moxieBLISS #moxietheatre

One more look on the lovely weekend San Diego Artistic Directors had at the New Play Festival at New Village Arts! So happy some of our staff was able to sit on panels as well as witness the great new works! #moxietheatre

Seeking Art for Lobby Display for BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!), a play about Greek tragic heroines reimagined as pill-popping 1960s housewives. This curated lobby show will feature "craftivism" (craft + activism) and a reclaiming of traditional home arts for today's woman. Craftivism is a form of activism that is centered on practices of craft - or what can traditionally be referred to as "domestic arts". Craftivism includes, but is not limited to, various forms of needlework including yarn-bombing or cross-stitch. Craftivism is a social process of collective empowerment, action, expression and negotiation. Practitioners are known as craftivists. Submit to callie@moxietheatre.com by January 19. Include size, medium, price. Selected artists will be contacted by January 22. $20 participation fee and 20% commission to MOXIE if sold. Hang Dates: 1/22-1/26. For more inspiration, check out @badasscrossstitch on Instagram or http://craftivism.com.

"In BLISS, Brandli suggests what we may have known all along: that oppressive narratives must be re-written and in that potency for change, there is great power in compassion, courage, and collaboration." - Jenny Henderson & Emma Shibley, dramaturgs of the Miami University production of BLISS Thank you to the wonderful dramaturgs from Miami Univeristy allowing us to use their work in order to come into this complex world of the play. #moxieBLISS