MS. EDWARDS

a solo dolo written by Sidney Edwards & Byron Coolie
performed by Sidney Edwards
directed by Byron Coolie

JUNE 2025 in the Hollywood Fringe
Tue, 6/10 @ 6:30pm (Preview)
Sat, 6/14 @ 5pm
Mon, 6/16 @ 8pm (Masks required)
Fri, 6/20 @ 10:30pm
Sun, 6/22 @ 8pm
Thu, 6/26 @ 8pm
Sat, 6/28 @ 12:30pm

Tickets: $15 | Buy Tickets (This link takes you to the Hollywood Fringe site.)

Masking policy below.

WORLD PREMIERE!

Them: "How's your grandma?"

Sid: "Which one?"

Them: "Ms. Edwards!"

Sid: "WHICH ONE?!"

It's the early 2000s and Ms. Edwards (all of them) works at Seaboard Coates Elementary School in rural North Carolina. Young Sidney sits at the meeting of two Edwards families, linked by marriage. Everywhere she looks there's a "Ms. Edwards" to be found... all different from one another... and she wants to be like all of them. Luckily for Sidney, each Edwards woman is an educator in her own right. School is in session, y'all! And Sidney has a lot to learn about family, community, and faith.

Through humor, storytelling, and powerful character work, Sidney brings to life the relentless women whose experiences shaped the fabric of her own identity. Ms. Edwards is a personal and dynamic one-woman show about Sidney Edwards and the women that taught her how to love.

Digital Program

Performing in the Broadwater Black Box (Entrance at 6322 Santa Monica Blvd.)

Please also check out our other Hollywood Fringe 2025 entry, FAMILY FRIES!

MASKING POLICY

THE USE OF MASKS IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. THE BOX OFFICE WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER SOME MASKS FOR FREE BUT PLEASE COME PREPARED.

FFULLY-MASKED SHOW - MONDAY, 6/16 @ 8pm: For those that feel more comfortable attending with an entirely masked audience, masks will be required at the Monday, 6/16 performance of MS. EDWARDS. Anyone attending that performance will be required to wear a mask over their mouth and nose at all times while in the theater.

STAY HOME IF YOU ARE ILL: If you or someone in your group doesn't feel well, has exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 or has been in contact with someone with COVID-19 in the previous 10 days, we ask that you make alternate arrangements to attend at a later date. Contact us via the Fringe site to change your reservation.

Cast & crew are tested before all rehearsals and performances. The Broadwater's performance spaces have been upgraded to MERV filtration to comply with clean air standards.

Crew

Produced for Sacred Fools by Scott Leggett
Sound & Video Designer - Jaime Robledo
Key Art - Michelle Hanzelova
Photography for Key Art - Byron Coolie