Give Us Bread
Conceived by: The Anthropologists
Written & Directed by:
Melissa Fendell Moschitto
Featuring performances by:
Jean Goto, Jennifer Griffee, Jennifer Moses, Shayna Padovano, Katy Rubin, Sonja Sweeney
Stage Manager: Brandi Klein
Scenic Designer: Maggie Pilat
Lighting Designer: Andrew J. Merkel
Costume & Props Designer: Alexandra Rubin
Assistant Costume Designer: Sarah Biesinger
Light Board Operator: Josh Lucero
Dramaturg: Louise Gough
Press Representative: Marcy Clark
About The Play
In February 1917, prices for basic food items rose dramatically. Unable and unwilling to pay prices that had nearly doubled, ordinary women banded together to enforce neighborhood boycotts that soon erupted into full-scale riots. Through their courage, similar movements spread across the country. Two weeks later, food prices dropped.
As today’s food prices creep upward, food riots are happening all over the modern world. Using 1917 as a lens, we will examine today’s globally-scaled food crisis.
Check out a clip of the show on YouTube!