Kate Hamill delivers a 'feminist primal scream' with her new play 'The Light and the Dark'

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Kate Hamill delivers a 'feminist primal scream' with her new play 'The Light and the Dark'
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The inspiration for Kate Hamill’s latest play came from across centuries and the planet.

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Kate Hamill appears during a performance of"The Light and the Dark" at Primary Stages in New York on Nov. 1, 2024. “I am disheartened by how extremely relevant this play is right now,” Hamill says. “Much of the same things that Artemisia Gentileschi was dealing with then are still true now.”Gentileschi rebelled against the male-dominated art world — even using herself as a nude model — and has lately become a symbol of courageous women for testifying in court, even while being tortured, against a prominent painter who raped her.

“I swear to you, I felt this woman reach through time and reach into that room and slap me up across the face and go ‘Snap out of it! You have a voice. You have privilege. You’re going to let those guys beat you? Get louder, get bolder!’”

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