Third Place: The Little Sister

by Alli Hartley-Kong

Synopsis: After an illegal abortion goes horribly wrong, the two women who lost the most — a soul sister, and a biological sister — must grapple with the aftermath. Does one become an activist by choice, by circumstance, or by the simple fact of realizing you live in a body that is politicized? This short play examines these questions in the context of sisterhood.

Cast and Creative

  • Alli Hartley-Kong

    Playwright

    Alli Hartley-Kong is a playwright, poet, and public history activist. She has written short plays and monologues produced by Irvington Theatre (Irvington, NY), Open Eye Theatre (Margaretville, NY), The Barn Theatre (Montville, NJ), Apollo Civic Theatre (Martinsburg West Virginia), Fusion Theatre (New Mexico). She has received commissions from Single Carrot Theatre (Baltimore, MD) and Central Square Theatre (Boston MA). In her day job, Alli works as a public historian and museum educator. She conceived and executed the nationally-recognized #DayofFacts campaign in 2017, which engaged over 300 cultural institutions worldwide to post content undermining the idea of “alternative facts”. Currently, she is working with colleagues on a documentary theatre piece about the experience of professional loss in the cultural sector during the pandemic. Alli would like to recognize her undergraduate women’s history professor, Dr. Robyn Muncy of the University of Maryland, for providing a comprehensive and thoughtful introduction to the history of abortion in America.

  • Alice Marcondes

    Barbara

    Alice Marcondes is an NYC based Brazilian-American actress from Clemson, SC. NYC: The Invention of Tragedy (The Flea, dir. Meghan Finn), Not My Monster! (The Flea, dir. David Monteagudo), Dike (workshop, NYTW, dir. Tatiana Pandiani), 24 Hour Plays: Nationals (The New School). Regional: Dike (Urbanite, dir. Tatiana Pandiani).

  • Sharlene Cruz

    Carol

    Sharlene Cruz was most recently seen in a recurring arc on the upcoming Showtime series FLATBUSH MISDEMEANORS. She also received rave reviews for her performance in Martyna Majok’s Sanctuary City at New York Theatre Workshop under the direction of Rebecca Frecknall. The New York Times named her one of their 2021 “Breakout Stars”. She was previously seen in Hunter Theater Project’s critically acclaimed all-female production of Mac Beth, adapted and directed by Erica Schmidt.