The (Mostly) True Story of a Common Scold – A New Play by Mike Teverbaugh at Promenade Playhouse

Promenade Playhouse will present the world premiere drama, The (Mostly) True Story of a Common Scold by award-winning playwright Mike Teverbaugh at their new location on W. Pico. Natalia Lazarus will direct the cast of six that includes Dendrie Taylor (Sons of Anarchy and Pam & Tommy) and Tom Waters (Schooled and Remains of a Nation). The show opens Friday, September 20 and runs through October 27, 2024.

In the 1830’s era, Anne Royall, America’s first female journalist, alarmed by speeches from evangelical leaders declaring their intent to reshape America into a Christian nation, starts printing a newspaper from her Washington, D.C., kitchen to sound the alarm. She nearly pays with her life.

At the dawn of the Jackson administration, Anne Royall, America’s first female journalist, wages a personal war in print against evangelicals who she felt were trying to subvert the U.S. Constitution and turn America into a Christian nation. They toppled her stagecoach, harassed her at her Washington, D.C. home as she convalesced and ultimately, in a bid to silence her, had her arrested. Anne remained steadfast, surviving the ordeal with her life – and her resolve to defend what she loved about the new nation – intact.

Written by Mike Teverbaugh, Directed by Natalia Lazarus, Set Design and Special Effects by Chris Kooreman. The Cast includes Dendrie Taylor (Anne Royall); Zuri Alexander (Hazel); Satiar Pourvasei (Reverend Stiles); Tom Waters (Nicholas Biddle); Scott Parkin (Duff Green); Jake O’Flaherty (George Waterston) and Scott Burkholder as (John Eaton).

Tickets are $35 and available for purchase online HERE or call (310) 656-8070. Performances are Friday 8pm, Saturday 7pm and Sunday 2pm at Promenade Playhouse, located at 10931 West Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90064.

Special thanks to SANDRA KUKER PR