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Pride Month #1
How Many Queer ETC Writers Do You Know?
This Pride month, we are celebrating our many multi-talented LGBTQIA+* writers!
Writers (from top left to bottom right): María Irene Fornés, Lorraine Hansberry, Mae West, Angelina Weld Grimké, Wu Zao, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Lynne Alvarez, Rachilde, and George Sand
* Curious about how we determine
which ETC writers were queer?
Check out this informative video by our incredible social media coordinator, Rhiannon Ling, diving into the history of Queer identity and how we chose this non-comprehensive list of Queer writers
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Take the survey below to choose which Queer writer you want to learn more about in the next newsletter!
Invitation to Women & Theatre’s Summer Networking Event
TOMORROW, June 13th from 6:30-9:30pm
Come chat with other fantastic women and gender-expansive folks in the Women & Theatre community. ONLY 30 artists may attend, so RVSP now!
Location will be shared upon RSVP
Anima at Island Shakespeare Festival
Seattle Times featured Island Shakespeare Festival’s production of Anima by Amelia Pincherle Rosselli, an ETC partnership production directed by Artistic Director Emily Lyon!
The Rest I Make Up
An intimate and moving documentary following María Irene Fornés by Michelle Memran.
Check out the trailer and find ways to screen on Michelle’s website
What do you know about…
The Guitarrón
by Lynne Alvarez
Queer, Magical Realism Drama
Mysterious cellist 👀
When a literal drought leads to a drought in our souls, how can we help our communities?
The Girls from the Five and Ten
by Abla Farhoud
Story of sisterhood and immigration
What do your dreams cost and what are they worth?
Translation coming soon!
Both written in the 1980’s this month’s featured plays, The Guitarrón and
The Girls from the Five and Ten, address complex issues that have captured the minds of artists for centuries.
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