12/14/2017
Tonight in NYC! FREE! Learn, be entertained! #Suffragists From The #Stage
New Perspectives Theatre Company in association with The New School for Drama presents
a special evening of…
ON HER SHOULDERS:
Suffragists From The Stage
developed by Melody Brooks & Mari Lyn Henry
Thursday, December 14, 2017
7:00pm to 9:00pm
(doors open at 6:45pm)
The New School, Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street
Meet the #TheatreWomen who were powerhouses in the Suffragist Movement!
A combination history lesson and performance piece with a special spotlight on:
Mary Shaw (1854-1929), Fola La Follette (1882-1970), and Izetta Jewel (1883-1978)
Performed by Paula Ewin, Ginger Grace, Mari Lyn Henry, Laura E. Johnston
with Students and Alumni from the School for Drama at the New School
Plus
Readings of The Parrot Cage by Mary Shaw, How the Vote Was Won by Cecily Hamilton and Christopher St. John, and Izetta Jewel's groundbreaking 1924 Convention Speech.
Director/Dramaturg: Melody Brooks
RSVP to [email protected]
FREE Admission
ON HER SHOULDERS is dedicated to reclaiming the history of women in theatre, particularly the playwrights who have been contributing to the Western Canon for 1000 years. Founded in 2013, the program has presented plays dating from 1668 to 1970. Special presentations also look at women who were performers and producers and how their careers influenced the modern stage.
OHS is produced by Melissa Attebery and Melody Brooks, Producing Artistic Director, NPTC.
Kristin Heckler is Assistant Producer.
This program is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and in part, with public funds from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Tonight in NYC! FREE! Learn, be entertained! #Suffragists From The #Stage
New Perspectives Theatre Company in association with The New School for Drama presents
a special evening of…
ON HER SHOULDERS:
Suffragists From The Stage
developed by Melody Brooks & Mari Lyn Henry
Thursday, December 14, 2017
7:00pm to 9:00pm
(doors open at 6:45pm)
The New School, Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street
Meet the #TheatreWomen who were powerhouses in the Suffragist Movement!
A combination history lesson and performance piece with a special spotlight on:
Mary Shaw (1854-1929), Fola La Follette (1882-1970), and Izetta Jewel (1883-1978)
Performed by Paula Ewin, Ginger Grace, Mari Lyn Henry, Laura E. Johnston
with Students and Alumni from the School for Drama at the New School
Plus
Readings of The Parrot Cage by Mary Shaw, How the Vote Was Won by Cecily Hamilton and Christopher St. John, and Izetta Jewel's groundbreaking 1924 Convention Speech.
Director/Dramaturg: Melody Brooks
RSVP to [email protected]
FREE Admission
ON HER SHOULDERS is dedicated to reclaiming the history of women in theatre, particularly the playwrights who have been contributing to the Western Canon for 1000 years. Founded in 2013, the program has presented plays dating from 1668 to 1970. Special presentations also look at women who were performers and producers and how their careers influenced the modern stage.
OHS is produced by Melissa Attebery and Melody Brooks, Producing Artistic Director, NPTC.
Kristin Heckler is Assistant Producer.
This program is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and in part, with public funds from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
