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Broken Nose Theatre's GIRL IN THE RED CORNER Is a Different Kind of Fighter Story
“As women we are constantly looking for roles in which we are not trapped in a stereotype. It seems incredibly silly, but for every one Halo in a casting breakdown, there’s 50 to 60 women (characters) being written out there that (are) almost laughable.” - GIRL IN THE RED CORNER director Elizabeth Laidlaw talking about the narrow range of roles created for women.
Elise Marie Davis is Broken Nose Theatre’s Artistic Director and plays the lead character, Halo, in GIRL IN THE RED CORNER. Halo has just left a bad marriage and finds happiness in, what some might think is an unexpected place, an MMA training gym. Davis says in addition to the unique physical requirements for this role, it was also empowering to take on this type of complex anti-hero character that, (unfortunately) are rarely written for women.