Above the women cast, crew and creative team of the Old Globe’s production of They Promised Her the Moon.
Love the focus the Daily Bruin’s Jordan Holman brings to her coverage of Moon. I should, of course, mention UCLA is my alma mater. I might be somewhat biased. 🙂
‘They Promised Her the Moon’ tells story of female pilot’s fight against sexism
During mandatory preflight screenings in 1961, 13 women outperformed their male counterparts. But still, they never made it to space.
“They Promised Her the Moon,” a play running April 6 through May 12 at The Old Globe theater in San Diego, focuses on historical sexism in the aerospace industry and one woman in particular – trailblazing pilot Jerrie Cobb.
“I wanted to write about a protagonist that was stupendously hungry. Jerrie Cobb gave up everything to become an astronaut,” said UCLA alumna and playwright Laurel Ollstein. “Her focus was so clear, and it’s amazing to see how passionately she followed her dream.”
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