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LGBTQ* Theatre for Social Change

POST-STONEWALL:

Important Works & Figures

The NEA Four

POST-STONEWALL:

Important Works & Figures

  • 1990-1993
  • Tim Miller, Holly Hughes, Karen Finley, & John Fleck
  • Targeted for addressing issues of gender & sexuality
  • Fought the government & won
  • Nat'l Endowment for the Arts v. Finley

PRE-STONEWALL:

Important Works & Figures

RENT

Today, we will...

Moms Mabley

  • b. 1894 – d. 1975​
  • Comedian​
  • ‘Lesbian Stand-Up Comedy’​
  • Performed in androgynous clothing​ in 1920’s-30’s​
  • Hugely radical!​
  • Musical written by Jonathan Larson
  • Off-Bway Premiere - Jan 1996
  • Bway Premiere - April 1996
  • 12 year run
  • 4 Tony Award Wins
  • Pulitzer Prize in Drama
  • Film version: 2005, dir. Chris Columbus
  • Examine some important moments in LGBTQ History in the 20th-21st Century USA​

  • Understand how these movements in history influenced theatrical practices and vice versa​

  • Examine the ways in which theatre both reflects and helps shape a culture in terms of community, politics, and social change​

POST-STONEWALL:

Important Works & Figures

Paula Vogel

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Important Works & Figures

  • b. 1951
  • Playwright
  • The Baltimore Waltz (1991)
  • Obie Award Winner, 1992
  • Highly influenced by AIDS epidemic

FRAMING:

The Stonewall Uprising

'The Children's Hour'

QUEER

Common Tropes & Stereotypes

  • 1934, written by Lillian Helman
  • Successful Broadway run
  • Challenged in Boston
  • 'first legal battle for gay & lesbian rights'
  • Film version: 1961, dir. William Wyler

PRE-STONEWALL:

Important Works & Figures

WHEN:

June 27, 1969​

WHERE:

NYC bar called ‘The Stonewall Inn’​

WHAT:

A police raid turned uprising​

WHY:

No protection under the law for LGBTQ people​

The 21st Century

The Boys in the Band

  • 1968, written by Mart Crowley
  • Only Off-Broadway performances
  • Reception changed after Stonewall...

As an adjective; an IDENTITY CATEGORY​

  • Umbrella term for LGBT​
  • A reclaimed slur​
  • NOT a universally-accepted term​
  • Non-heteronormative​
  • Heteronormativity: assuming that heterosexuality is the ‘default’ and prescribing sexual/gender norms accordingly​
  • Visibility through subtext & codes​
  • The ‘Sissy’​
  • A big joke​
  • The ‘Tragic’ Queer​
  • Ends in death​
  • The ‘Killer’ Queer​
  • Also ends in death​

PRE-STONEWALL:

Important Works & Figures

Tennessee Williams

QUEER

POST-STONEWALL:

Important Works & Figures

As a verb; an action! a doing!​

  • To ‘queer’ something​

  • To reveal its frameworks of normalcy ​& question them​

  • To subvert normative ideas through a hyper-visible performance of them ​

  • b. 1911 – d. 1983
  • Playwright​
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)
  • The Parade, or Approaching the End of a Summer (1962)
  • Work deals with struggles of sexuality

Larry Kramer

  • b. 1935
  • Playwright
  • The Normal Heart (1985)
  • Setting: NYC, 1981-1984
  • Based on Kramer's personal experiences
  • Productions:
  • Off-Broadway, 1985 & 2004
  • Broadway, 2011
  • HBO, 2014
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