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June 4th & 5th, 2024
It is 1896, and Girton College, home to the first female university students, has just opened its doors. Its principal, Mrs. Welsh, vows to steer the students through their education while passionately petitioning for their right to graduate like their male contemporaries. The group of new female students all come from varying backgrounds, but they are bound by their belief that a woman is not solely limited to her place in the home. Facing entrenched chauvinism from the establishment, academic rejection, and violent misogynistic riots, the women continue to push for Cambridge University to treat them as equals. Through their education in and outside the classroom, the women strive to prove that they are equal to their male contemporaries. While following social rules and etiquette, they pull away from Victorian notions of the ‘natural woman’ and passionately pursue their academic ambitions. See
Lysandra Owens stars as Mrs. Welsh in the play Blue Stockings in AMDA DTLA's We Are Fest!
May 29th, 2024
Virtual showcase available here.
Lysandra will perform live along with her talented classmates in their final hurrah at AMDA DTLA! Get your tickets here!
August 17th - 20th, 2023
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection…that ends in a song and a scaffold.
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See Lysandra star as Marianne Angelle in Hussian College Los Angeles Homecoming show The Revolutionists!
April 20, 2023
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July 20, 2023
Once on a golden and verdant Caribbean island, a little girl is rescued from a disastrous storm by four gods—Asaka, Mother of the Earth; Agwé, god of Water; Erzulie, goddess of Love; and Papa Ge, demon of Death. So starts the myth told in this breathtaking story of Black joy and sorrow, the aftermath of colonization and isolation, and the triumph of love against all forces. Told with Caribbean rhythms and instruments, this Tony Award–winning musical is a testament that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.
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Catch Lysandra in the musical Once on this Island this May in Hussian College We Are Fest 2022!
December 7th, 2021
Charming, mysterious, and poetic in the truest sense of the word, Lauren Gunderson’s I and You is a study of the beauty, the agony, and the mystery of human connection. Rich with poetic theatricality intertwined with simple human truth, the play finds high school students Caroline and Anthony suddenly forced together when Anthony shows up in Caroline’s bedroom unexpectedly, apparently to work on an English project that, to Caroline’s surprise, is due the next day. Stuck at home because of a chronic illness, Caroline is guarded and stand-offish at first, but slowly begins to let her guard down as Anthony charms her into sharing her feelings about her life with a worsening sickness. Eventually, the two appear to be forging an authentic connection: But just when these two teenagers seem to have found each other’s humanity, the story takes a sudden turn.
See Lysandra perform as Caroline in Lauren Gunderson's play I and You on December 7th, 2021, in Hussian College's Spotlight in Studio One Acts!