Informed by queer theory and activism, feminist theatre in the 1980s and 1990s brought us new provocations, performance spaces, and pathways to “success.” In this webinar, you’ll get a backstage pass to the history of feminist theatre groups and talk politics, aesthetics, and the future of feminist performance with some of the genre’s iconic artists and scholars. You can find more information, including scripts, videos, and suggestions for further reading, at
Feminist Theatre: Past and Present.
This is the second in a three-part panel series, “Feminist Theatre: Past and Present,” that celebrates the 50th anniversary of Cornell University’s women’s studies program — now Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies — as well as the 30th year of its Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Studies specialty. Each panel will highlight a different moment in feminist and lesbian performance history along with how artists and scholars interpret them.
This series is sponsored by Cornell’s Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (FGSS) and LGBT Studies programs; Cornell’s Department of Performing and Media Arts; James Madison University; CloseToHome Productions; and the Women and Theatre Program of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
