Becca A. Lewis
Becca A. Lewis (Williamina Fleming) is pleased to have her Central Square Theater debut with the Nora after The Women Who Mapped the Stars workshop performance last spring. Becca co-created and performs in The Pineapple Project with Queer Soup, an original piece for kids celebrating gender diversity (PineappleProject.org). Additional credits include: Charlotte’s Web (Wheelock Family Theatre), Revolt. She said. Revolt again (Dig Boston’s Best Performance), Splendor (IRNE nomination Best New Play), GRIMM (IRNE Supporting Actress), Voyeurs de Venus (Elliot Norton nomination Outstanding Production, Company One), The Big Meal (Elliot Norton nomination Outstanding Actress, Ensemble), Tigers Be Still (Elliot Norton nomination Outstanding Actress, Production), My Wonderful Day (Elliot Norton nomination Outstanding Production), Enron (Zeitgeist Stage), Three Sisters, Informed Consent, The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise, Detroit, (Apollinaire Theatre Company), A Behanding in Spokane (Elliot Norton Nomination Outstanding Production, Theatre on Fire), Far Away, Vinegar Tom, Fen (Whistler in the Dark). It is rare that one gets the opportunity to inhabit a soul whose life’s work took place in such close proximity and whose bones are at rest down the road in Mount Auburn Cemetery. Becca is grateful to be trusted with the task of honoring the legacy of Williamina Fleming as well as the legacies of all of these brilliant women. Thank you for listening to their story.
April 2018