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"GROUND CONTROL TO BABY TOM" by Emily McClain. Directed by Devon McSherry. Performed by Karla Daly and Amy Pickrel.
GROUND CONTROL TO BABY TOM: Two female astronauts, charged with the important mission of carrying the first pregnancy to full term in space, find themselves entangled in patriarchal nonsense, even 400 million miles away on a spaceship orbiting Jupiter's moon Io.
Written by Emily McClain
Directed by Devon McSherry
Performed by Karla Daly as "Celeste" and Amy Pickrel as "Natasha".
Cover art by: David Curtis Studio (david-curtis.com)
Intro/Outro music: JK/47
About the writer: Emily is a playwright and theatre educator based in Atlanta, Georgia. Her plays have been produced across the country and worldwide. She’s published through New Stage Press and more of her work can be found at New Play Exchange.
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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Karla is a South Carolina-based actress who caught the acting bug from her paternal grandmother who was a film actress in Austria before WWII. You can find Karla onstage performing in plays in the CSRA, doing murder mystery dinner theatre shows, showing up as an extra in box office movies, and lending her voice to GBTGL episodes.
Playwright
Emily is a playwright and theatre educator based in Atlanta, Georgia. Her plays have been produced across the country and worldwide. She’s published through New Stage Press and more of her work can be found at New Play Exchange.
