Mondays at Beinecke: BRAVA – Women Make American Theater

Time: 
Monday, January 24, 2022 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Online
Description: 
 
A presentation about Beinecke Library’s new exhibition, BRAVA! Women Make American Theater, with its organizer, Melissa Barton, curator of prose and drama for the Yale Collection of American Literature.
 
“A celebration of women in every aspect of American theater making,” the show features: Tallulah Bankhead, Cheryl Crawford, Lorraine Hansberry, Lillian Hellman, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Zora Neale Hurston, Judith Malina, Rose McClendon, Carlotta Monterey O’Neill, Geraldine Page, Sarah Ruhl, Irene Sharaff, Maureen Stapleton, Gertrude Stein, Paula Vogel, Aida Overton Walker. Margaret Webster … And many more!
 
Barton’s presentation will begin at 4:00 pm, with conversation and questions and answer from about 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm.