"From a shocking opening that grabs both your attention and your nervous system from the moment the stage lights come up, Miss Delta Township locks on and never lets go, kicking off in the 1960's and then moving at warp speed through several decades of life and longing in a "typical" suburban American family. Except that this family, as it turns out, is anything but typical, although there are times during the show that ring eerie bells for almost anyone who came of age in that awkward and often cruelly conventional era.
Joanne Powers' exuberantly creative and energetically delivered performance is, fundamentally, a romp through childhood trauma and the special people who bring it to you. It's funny, fast-moving, articulate, incisive, and over-the-top in the best way possible. Peppered with apt cultural references that lend a good dose of political subtext to this non-stop comedic action, there's not a wasted word in this tightly woven collection of scenes from the author's life."
Joanne Callum Powers is a New England theater artist whose work as a playwright, actor, director, and choreographer has found its way onto many national and international stages.
Joeanne's plays, My Marbles Are Perfectly Fine, and The Couch have been produced by Cape Rep Theater and The Cape Cod Theater Company. Her award-nominated play, Miss Delta Township, has been produced by the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, the Nomadic Theater Company of Newton, Cape Rep, and the New Jersey Repertory Company. Miss Callum Powers' other stories have been produced by Expressing Motherhood in San Francisco and Boston.
As a dancer, Joanne performed with Marta Renzi and Company in the films Mountain View and You Little Wild Heart for PBS. Ms. Powers directed the dance program at Cape Cod Community College, where she premiered over 25 full stage productions. Collaborating with the Extremes Dance Theater, she directed and wrote It's a War Out There, To Reveal, Grow Up and Act Your Age, among others.
Joanne lives on Cape Cod.