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Helga Goes Bats

a comedy
​A struggling artist gets a chance to create a major artwork for a new hotel. But can her integrity survive?
 
Characters
HELGA, young female, an artist
BLAIR, mature female, an art dealer
DANE, senior male, the owner of a hotel chain
 
Setting
The lobby of an upmarket hotel 
 
Time
The near future

(online reading)
Virtual Volume 213
​The Playground Experiment

New York, NY
​June 10, 2024

Cast: 
Zen Dot (Helga), Alexandra de Suze (Blair), Rick Taylor-Rivera (Dane)
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Zen Dot (Helga), Alexandra de Suze (Blair) and Rick Taylor-Rivera (Dane)

(online reading)
Moving Parts
Paris, France
June 25, 2023

Cast: Carla Alvarez (Helga), 
Paula Ulrich (Blair), Richard Hadley (Dane)

​Directed by Stephanie Campion
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Paula Ulrich (Blair), Carla Alvarez (Helga) and Richard Hadley (Dane)

(online reading)
Literary and Discourse Society

Exeter, UK
​July 3, 2022

​Cast: Rachel Feeny-Williams (Helga), 
Alice Josephs (Blair), Warwick Bassett (Dane)
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Alice Josephs (Blair), Warwick Bassett (Dane) and Rachel Feeny-Williams (Helga)

(online reading)
Anything Goes! Theatre Lab

ANDTheatre Company
New York, NY
​
January 12, 2022​

Cast: Lauren Proda (Helga), Susan Courtney (Blair), Gene Santarelli (Dane)
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Susan Courtney (Blair), Lauren Proda (Helga) and Gene Santarelli (Dane)

(online reading)
The Salon
Pipeline-Collective
Nashville, Tennessee
​August 16, 2021

Cast:
Isabel Webb (Helga), Jenny Norris (Blair), Carl Lowe (Dane)

Directed by 
Sabrina Moore
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Isabel Webb (Helga), Jenny Norris (Blair) and Carl Lowe (Dane)

(staged reading)
Dragon Eggs

Dragon Productions Theatre Company
Redwood City, California
​June 20, 2021


Cast: Danielle Tortolani (Helga), Juhandryn Dessames (Blair), Dominick Palamenti (Dane)

Directed by Hugo Carbajal
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Danielle Tortolani (Helga), Juhandryn Dessames (Blair) and Dominick Palamenti (Dane)

(online reading)
Tiger’s Heart Players
New York, NY
​May 2, 2021

Cast: Quinn Warren (Helga), Heather Haneman (Blair), Wayne Mattingly (Dane)
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Wayne Mattingly (Dane), Heather Haneman (Blair) and Quinn Warren (Helga)

(online reading)
LA Play Reading
Los Angeles, ​California
March 28, 2021

​Cast: 
Maria Wolf (Helga), Shon Wilson (Blair), ​Chuck Lacey (Dane)
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Video of Maria Wolf (Helga), Shon Wilson (Blair) and ​Chuck Lacey (Dane)

(online reading)
P.A.G.E.S.
New York, NY
​March 2, 2021

​Cast: 
Erika Crocco (Helga), Lauren Proda (Blair), ​David Logan (Dane)
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Lauren Proda (Blair), ​Erika Crocco (Helga) and David Logan (Dane)

(online reading)
Dunne's Downtime Players
Eldersburg, Maryland
​February 7, 2021

Cast: 
Louise Cornetta (Helga), Sarah Bostock (Blair), ​Harvey Newman (Dane)
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Sarah Bostock (Blair) and Louise Cornetta (Helga)

(online reading)
Writing Doesn't Have to Be Lonely
​
Northampton, UK
​November 12, 2020

Cast: 
Agnieszka Wieclawska (Helga), Amy Botes (Blair), ​Al Holloway (Dane)
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Al Holloway (Dane), Agnieszka Wieclawska (Helga) and Amy Botes (Blair)