“Even behind the scenes, Ollstein said ‘They Promised Her the Moon’ aims to break expectations of workplace demographics.’

On her passing, articles on Jerrie Cobb appear in media outlets around the world. Finally!

“Whenever we look to the heavens, we will see those sky-blue eyes and be reminded of her humble smile, deep compassion and steely determination.
Vaya con Dios, Jerrie! ”

–Cobb Family Statement

“One of the most remarkable things about her story is that no one knows her story,” Actress Morgan Hallett, who portrays Pilot Jerrie Cobb in a new play about her life, told NBC 7 San Diego.

KUSI News Theater Expert Joey Landwehr and Francella Perez discuss San Diego theater and Laurel Ollstein’s play at the Old Globe.

San Diego Magazine’s Dan Letchworth reviews They Promised Me the Moon

The Old Globe announced they will tour Laurel Ollstein’s They Promised Her the Moon to four community venues this spring.

Every incarnation of this play has led to this beautiful production. Every cast and director and friend who read my early drafts around my living room with a glass of wine. I’m talking to you – Bernadette Sullivan and Johanna McKay!

The Old Globe, due to demand for tickets, extended the West Coast premiere of Laurel Ollstein’s They Promised Her the Moon through May 12, 2019. Sneak preview photos of the production.

On June 16, 1963, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space. The United States screened a group of female pilots in 1959 and 1960 for possible astronaut training but later decided to restrict astronaut qualification to men.

Happy first preview to the cast and creative team of They Promised Her the Moon at the Old Globe!

Story in the San Diego Union Tribune today with rehearsal photos by Howard Lipin. In Old Globe’s ‘They Promised Her the Moon,’ women’s dreams of traveling into space wind up lost in the stars

“Top theater picks in San Diego From “Cats” to …people in space.” Recommended play Laurel Ollstein’s They Promised Her the Moon.

Great shots of the theatre and banner by Lanna Joffrey and a photograph of the cast and creative team.

In 1960 the famed “Mercury Seven” trained at NASA to become the first American astronauts. But they weren’t alone. Thirteen women also underwent the same rigorous psychological and physical testing.

“Laurel was very smart to focus on just one woman, more than a movement….It’s a really important, inspiring story,” Sardelli says. “It’s a universal story, for any human being who’s just a little bit ahead of their time.”

Preview of costume design by Denitsa Blinznakova for Laurel Ollstein’s “They Promised Her the Moon” at the Old Globe.

They promised Jerrie Cobb the moon… A woman far ahead of her time.

I'm in heaven. Truly.  What a joy to work at this incredible theatre. With the fantastic director Giovanna Sardelli and brilliant cast. Matthew Boston, Mary Beth Fisher, Morgan Hallet, Lanna Joffrey,Michael Pemberton and Peter Rini.  I am one lucky playwright. ...

The Captivating True Story of an American Original
In vividly theatrical terms, They Promised Her the Moon tells the unknown true story of this exceptional and unjustly overlooked woman—skilled aviator, world-record-holding pilot, successful business executive—and the powerful forces that kept her from reaching orbit.

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THEY PROMISED HER THE MOON: Girls in the Air by nancy cohen-koan "When they go low, we go high,” are words that could have easily been spoken by Jerrie Cobb (Amanda Quaid) in Laurel Ollstein’s new play They Promised her the Moon.  The play tells the relatively unknown...

Thrilled to have  THEY PROMISED HER THE MOON listed on Playbill as one of the 21 Off-Broadway shows not to miss!!! Read more here about Playbill's not to miss shows.

From Broadway World: "Laurel Ollstein's probing drama based on the true story of an astronaut who had all the right stuff, but never got her chance to be the first woman in space, features Amanda Quaid and Andrus Nichols as the distinguished female aviators Jerrie...

Amanda Quaid stars in a new Off-Broadway show called They Promised Her the Moon written by Laurel Ollstein. Amanda has appeared on Broadway in Equus and in numerous Off-Broadway productions at Playwrights Horizons, The Public, CSC, Signature, LCT3, Red Bull, The...

From Broadway World: Amanda Quaid stars in Laurel Ollstein's "They Promised Her the Moon," the true story of an astronaut who had all the right stuff, but who was passed over because she was a woman. Directed by Valentina Fratti, the Miranda Theatre Company production...

Come hear a reading of a new play - Wednesday Feb. 8th @ 8pm UNHAPPILY MARRIED IN VALENCIA! a farce about modern marriage... modern adaptation of the Spanish Golden Age play 'Los mal casados en Valencia' by Guillen de Castro (written in 1618) by Laurel Ollstein at...

Article from Playbill Magazine:

“They Promised Her the Moon, a play about real-life female flyer Jerrie Cobb, and her dream of becoming an astronaut in the 1960s, will get two public readings in New York this month.

The Miranda Theatre Company will present the readings of the drama by Laurel Ollstein, October 17 at 6:30 PM and October 18 at 3 PM at Nola Studios, 250 West 54th Street in Manhattan…”

They Promised Her The Moon by Laurel Ollstein with John Hillner, Barbara Kingsley, Jeff Kready, Peter McRobbie, Zoe Perry, and Carol Todd directed by Valentina Fratti TAKE OFF: Monday, October 17th at 6:30 pm Tuesday, October 18th at 3:00 pm NOLA Studios, 250 West...

BY THE BOG OF CATS reading at the Odyssey Theatre on Sept 11 was a HUGE success! A stellar cast!!!! Zoe Perry    Laurie Metcalf    Jeff Perry    Alfred Enoch   Emily Kuroda    Noah Galvin    Coco Kennedy   Danielle Kennedy  Amanda Jerry   Michael Shepperd   Bernadette...

THEY PROMISED HER THE MOON by Laurel Ollstein is scheduled for a workshop reading in NYC on Oct 17th. Directed by Valentina Fratti - Zoe Perry playing the lead.... more to come

Phoebe Lim of the UCLA Writers' Program interviews Laurel Ollstein What do Beau Willimon (House of Cards), Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs, The Social Network), and Sheila Callaghan (Shameless) have in common? They are among countless television and film writers who got...