About the Play:

Winner of the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival Best Overall Production

5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche is a full-length comedy by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood. It's 1956 and the ladies of the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. When a siren signals a nuclear threat, the sisterhood unites and divides over secrets and a prize-winning quiche. Will they be able to keep their cool when Communists threaten their idyllic town?

5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche is set in the 1950s. The Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein has gathered for their annual quiche-off. The normally idyllic gathering, where the motto is "no men, no meat, all manners," is upended when the Society's matriarchs must confront the startling revelation that an atom bomb may be falling on their fair city. As fears are confronted and confessions fly, the closet doors blow open as these upstanding "widows" begin sharing their deepest secrets... and some not-so-shocking confessions. Are they actually widows? Who will win the quiche contest? Will they be able to keep their cool and preserve their history as the Red Menace closes in? 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche is a tasty recipe of hysterical laughs, sexual innuendoes, unsuccessful repressions, and delicious discoveries.

5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche was first presented in 2011 at DANK Haus German American Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois. This production was subsequently presented in New York City at the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival. It sold-out its run at the Fringe Festival, where it was named Best Overall Production before transferring to off-off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse. The play has been performed all over the U.S., Europe, and Australia, and has become a popular choice for community theatre productions.

Cast: 5 female

What people say:

"Its raw and magnetic dementia seems destined to attract a cult following." — The New York Times

"A cult hit... gleaming with comic polish." — Time Out

"The bitingly funny story of friendship, pastry and forbidden love has the audience in stitches." — The Vancouver Sun

"I wouldn't be surprised if 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, like The 39 Steps, becomes a mainstream favorite of theater troupes around the country... skillfully, lovingly, and deliciously prepared." — Chicago Stage Standard

About the Playwright:

Evan Linder is an American playwright, actor, and director. He is a founding member and was the Co-Artistic Director of The New Colony in Chicago, Illinois, and also teaches playwriting at the University of Chicago.

Andrew Hobgood is an American director and playwright whose work has been seen at more than 50 theaters on 4 continents. He is a founding member and was the Co-Artistic Director of The New Colony in Chicago, Illinois, and an Adjunct Professor of Theater at the University of Chicago.