

The Ballad of Little Jo
Mike Reid
THE STORY: Josephine Monaghan lived her adult life in the West as a man, with no one knowing her real gender.
A debutante in the east, Josephine has a baby out of wedlock, and in order to support it and spare the child any shame, she heads west as
"Based on the true life adventures of Joe Monaghan, a woman cowboy of the late 1800s, who passed for a man her entire adult life. ”LITTLE JOE MONAGHAN is a poignant, humorous, fanciful projection of what might have been the thoughts and emotions of Josephine Monaghan…Lebow's style is lyrically vernacular, with humanity, warmth and a piquant sense of humor exhibited in the snappy dialogue. The title role is a tour de force for a versatile actress…LITTLE JOE is a intriguing and compassionate play."
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Little Joe Monaghan is a American play written by Barbara Lebow and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (1995).
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