Sentinels – a Play With Music

CPA Theatricals has created a play with music –
featuring SIX strong roles for females.

Written by Marilyn Campbell-Lowe
Music by Kim D. Sherman
Lyrics by Marilyn Campbell-Lowe and Kim D. Sherman

Story by Larry Little and Nicholas Reinhart

What do these monumental events have in common: the first Black woman to star at the Metropolitan Opera, the election of the first female leader of a Muslim country, and the discovery of polio vaccine? None of those would have been possible if not for THE SENTINELS: a secret all-female society operating out of a university in Milwaukee. This is their story.

Based on a concept by Larry Little and Nicholas Reinhart
and developed by groups of young women in Chicago.

Synopsis

A small, domed room, once an observatory, is tucked away on the top floor of a Milwaukee university’s legacy academic building. Mysterious graffiti, mathematical formulae, and cryptic phrases cover the walls. Unbeknownst to the rest of the university, this room has been the home of The Sentinels: a small, secret group of young college women who have pledged to make the world a better place and to assure that women will join men in powerful positions making global decisions.

For over six decades, their top-secret work has changed history, elevated women to power, and impacted business, government, science, and the arts. Now, with news that the building is being torn down to make way for a new parking lot, the final members of The Sentinels convene one last time to share their storied history.

How did this group start? What are those secret accomplishments in each generation? What can happen next? SENTINELS tells their story.

GITELMAN & GOOD Publishers

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Casting/Roles and Meet the Writers

Reviews

“imaginative, earnest, and certainly timely” – Talkin’ Broadway

“Inspiring!” – Chicago Theatre and Arts.com

“Strong and Vibrant” – Evanston Roundtable

Part of the Family of Musicals from CPA Theatricals