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Additional authors

1. Lavey, Martha
2. Allen, Joan, 1956-
3. Smith, Lois, 1930-
4. Winer, Linda
5. Robins, Isobel
6. Slaughter, Harriet
7. Mayleas, Ruth
8. Corwin, Betty L
9. Isaacson, Robert
10. Malone, Audra D
11. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
13. City University of New York.
14. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
15. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (29 min.) : sd., col. SP; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Artistic director Martha Lavey and actresses Joan Allen and Lois Smith talk about their roles as women at the otherwise male-dominated Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago, as well as their favorite Steppenwolf productions. Founded in 1976 in a church in Highland Park, Illinois by actors Gary Sinise, Jerry Kinney, and Jeff Perry, Steppenwolf developed a reputation as a macho theater with plays such as True West which featured John Malkovich. Lavey feels that it has since evolved into a more nuanced and varied theater, reflecting the development of its artists and its audience. The guests speak about their experiences joining the company; the Steppenwolf "style"; Steppenwolf's changing reputation in the national theater world; their experience as actors raising children; the demands of being in a play; their hopes for Steppenwolf's future; and the opportunities available to actors in Chicago.

Series statement

1. Women in theatre

Alternative title

1. Dialogues with notable women in American theatre

Subject

1. Theater > Illinois > Chicago
2. Women in the theater
3. Steppenwolf Theatre Company
4. Television
5. Allen, Joan, 1956- > Interviews
6. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
7. Lavey, Martha > Interviews
8. Actresses > Interviews
9. Talk shows
10. Women theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
11. Off-Broadway theater
12. Interviews
13. Theater > New York (State) > New York
14. Smith, Lois, 1930- > Interviews
15. Theater > Production and direction

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Talk shows.
3. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 2327

Note

1. Credits at end of videodisc.
2. Program is also available at www.cuny.tv
3. On container: Season 3, episode 12.
4. "Discussion program spotlighting prominent women from the theatre, including performers, playwrights, producers and designers."

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Dec. 3, 2004. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, Nov. 25, 2005.

Title

1. Women in theatre. Steppenwolf Theatre Company [videorecording] / produced by the League of Professional Theatre Women, Isobel Robins, Harriet Slaughter, co-presidents ; Ruth Mayleas, executive producer ; Betty L. Corwin, director of special projects, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive ; Bob Isaacson, executive in charge of production ; Audra D. Malone, director ; [produced for] CUNY-TV.

Imprint

1. New York : CUNY-TV, c2005.

Series

1. Women in theatre

Performer

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Dec. 3, 2004. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, Nov. 25, 2005.

Local note

1. Gift of the League of Professional Theatre Women and CUNY-TV.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Lavey, Martha, interviewee.
2. Allen, Joan, 1956- interviewee.
3. Smith, Lois, 1930- interviewee.
4. Winer, Linda, interviewer.
5. Robins, Isobel, producer.
6. Slaughter, Harriet, producer.
7. Mayleas, Ruth, producer.
8. Corwin, Betty L, producer.
9. Isaacson, Robert, producer.
10. Malone, Audra D, director.
11. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
13. City University of New York.
14. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
15. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2327