Dixon Place, Holly Hughes, Carmelita Tropicana & Jill Dolan present MEMORIES OF THE REVOLUTION: Celebrating the first ten years of the WOW Cafe Hosted by Carmelita Tropicana, Lois Weaver & Lisa Kron, with The Five Lesbian Brothers, Split Britches & Deb Margolin!
About This Show
To mark the publication of MEMORIES OF THE REVOLUTION: The First Ten Years of the WOW Cafe, Holly Hughes, Carmelita Tropicana & Jill Dolan have brought together many of the iconic artists who emerged from this ‘‘Home For Wayward Girls.’’ Hosted by Lisa Kron, Carmelita Tropicana & Lois Weaver, the event will feature performances by guests including Lisa Kron, Dom Dibbell, Moe Angelos, Babs Davy, Peg Healey, Peggy Shaw, Sharon Jane Smith, Claire Moed, Uzi Parnes, Deb Miller, Lynn Hayes, Alice Forrester, KT Thomas & many many more! Admission includes a copy of the book!
About the Artists
Lois Weaver is a co founder of the Split Britches & a Guggenheim Fellow. Her most recent book is The Only Way Home is Thru the Show.
Lisa Kron won a 2015 TONY award for Fun Home. She’s a co founder of the Five Lesbian Brothers
Carmelita Tropicana is the acclaimed National Songbird of Cuba, the first lady of Loisada & the author of many performances, as well as co-editor of MEMORIES OF THE REVOLUTION.
Jill S Dolan is Dean of the College of Princeton & the Annan Professor of English & Professor of Theatre at Princeton. She’s the winner of the George Nathan Award in Criticism for The Feminist Spectator & co-editor of MEMORIES OF THE REVOLUTION.
Holly Hughes is a writer & performer. A 2010 Guggenheim Fellow, Hughes is a Professor at the Stamps School of Art & Design. Most recent work is the co-edited volume: MEMORIES OF THE REVOLUTION.
Sunday, Feb. 28 at 5:30pm
General Admission
$30 (includes a copy of the book)
$20 General Admission (no book)
90 minutes
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Credits
Featuring
Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw, Deb Margolin, The Useless Femmes, The Five Lesbian Brothers, Sharon Jane Smith, Carmelita Tropicana, Alison Rooney, Claire Moed & Uzi Parnes, with more special guests TBA.
Photo Credit
Dona Ann McAdams