LET. HER. RIP.

This often funny play interweaves comedy, a well-known mystery, and triumphant resilience to depict the lives of three fearless women.

Derek Charles Livingston brings to Stages this world premiere created by actor, educator and playwright Maggie Lou Rader. LET. HER. RIP. is the story of comradery, activism and ferocity which lies in the crosshairs of London’s Match Women labor movement and the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888.

Behind the scenes, labor leaders Em, Liza and Nana are endeavoring to make the East End safer for women and all working people. Then the headlines move away from their accomplishments to the mysterious man mutilating women in the streets. Women they know. Women of their community. Neighbors and friends. They support and reignite each other in their fight against deadly misogyny, police brutality, personal demons, their own white saviorism, social reform and a better life for all poor East End women. But as tensions come to a head, who will make the final rip?