Produced by Diane Hightower, Jamie Mayo, and Whim Productions

Center for Spiritual Living, September 16, 2016

Lesbians Beyond the Fringe is an encore presentation of two lesbian-centered plays that were part of the 2016 Kansas City Fringe Festival. The event features Jamie Mayo's Impenetrable Innocence and Diane Hightower's one-act play The Last Michigan.

Impenetrable Innocence, by Jamie Mayo:

"What if the sunshine, undulating red and orange across your eyelids, slides down a little lower, lights a sweet fire in your belly? What if your fingers dancing across your friend's arm light a fire down low in her belly? What if what makes you feel alive is cast into the shadows, staining your experience of sex? Can you find your way back to that light that first warmed your body when you were a child? I've got stories. Come a little closer and I'll whisper them in your ear."

The Last Michigan, by Diane Hightower

"Annie is driven to the edge by her cravings for physical touch; Michelle struggles to feel more confident about her cancer-ravaged body. What starts out as a carefree journey to the annual women's music festival in Michigan turns into unanswered questions about what makes a relationship work. This new play follows two lesbians deep into a forest full of feminists."