Carolyn Gage is a playwright, performer, director, and activist. The author of nine books on lesbian theatre and sixty-five plays, musicals, and one-woman shows, she specializes in non-traditional roles for women, especially those reclaiming famous lesbians whose stories have been distorted or erased from history.
Performing…..
Lizzie Borden: Lesbian Killer… or Killer Lesbian?
Carolyn Gage performs her play Lace Curtain Irish and hosts a fascinating talk-back, exploring the lesbian history of Lizzie Borden.
Thirty-five years after the infamous Fall River ax murders, an Irish woman, working in her kitchen in Anaconda, Montana, opens a newspaper to read about the death of the alleged murderer, Lizzie Borden. The woman is Bridget Sullivan, the Borden’s former maid. A gripping solo one-act that turns history on its head!
“The culture of women we have never had is invented in Carolyn Gage’s brilliant and beautiful plays.” —Andrea Dworkin, feminist philosopher activist
“The work of an experienced and esteemed playwright like Carolyn Gage is the air that modern theatre needs.”—Jewelle Gomez, author of The Gilda Stories, San Francisco Arts Commissioner.