The first American woman to test for space flight, Jerrie Cobb, steps into an isolation tank for a record-breaking nine hours as her memories unfold before her, from learning to fly a plane as a child in Oklahoma to testifying in Congressional hearings about the under-the-radar all-female Mercury 13 space program. This compelling drama about the challenges of sisterhood and fighting for the greater good is based on a true story.
Show dates are February 13-15 at 7 pm; February 16 at 2 pm; and February 19-21 at 7 pm. The director is Melanie Rogers Tubbs, with assistant director Nicole Marie Moczisko, and assistant stage manager Hannah Gregory. The cast features Caroline Court, Regan Plunkett, John Gilbert, Pat Wooden, Joe Evans, Louie P. Gallo, and Mary Katherine Munn.
"They Promised Her the Moon" is presented through special arrangement with Playscripts Inc. and is generously sponsored by Spruill Property Management. This production is supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency