Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 1 lin. ft. (2 boxes)

Summary

1. The collection, containing scripts in various drafts; notes; research materials; rehearsal, performance and publicity photographs; programs; press releases; flyers; clippings; an article by Epstein; and the transcript of a talk, 2006, by Epstein and Cantwell about their experiences with More Fire! Productions, provides thorough documentation of the work of this experimental theater collective.

Subject

1. More Fire! Productions
2. Schulman, Sarah, 1958-
3. Experimental theater
4. Theater > New York (State) > New York
5. Lesbian theater
6. Cantwell, Dorothy
7. Scripts
8. Epstein, Robin
9. Feminist theater
10. Photographic prints

Genre/Form

1. Scripts.
2. Photographic prints.

Call number

1. *T-Mss 2008-003

Note

1. Six audiocassettes from Art Failures, Beyond Bedlam, Epstein on the Beach, The Godmother and Junk love were separated to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound.
2. Videocassettes and their DVD transfers for Art Failures and Junk Love were separated to the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography (note)

1. More Fire! Productions was a women's theater collective founded in 1980 by Robin Epstein and Dorothy Cantwell and based in the East Village of New York City. More Fire! Productions created and produced eight full-length plays between 1980-1988, becoming known as "one of the city's leading women's theatre groups" for its contributions to downtown, experimental theater and women's and lesbian theater scenes of the 1980s. Epstein and Cantwell co-wrote, produced and performed in the company's first three plays: As the Burger Broils (1980), The Exorcism of Cheryl (1981), and Junk Love (1981), which had numerous runs and became a neighborhood cult classic, "the longest running show on Avenue A." Epstein then wrote and produced The Godmother (1983). Novelist Sarah Schulman joined the company in 1983 and collaborated with Epstein on writing and performing the next three plays: Art Failures (1983), Whining and Dining 1984), and Epstein on the Beach (1985). The final play, Beyond Bedlam (1987), was written and produced by Epstein.

Author

1. More Fire! Productions.

Title

1. More Fire! Productions records, 1980-2006.

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

1. More Fire! Productions was a women's theater collective founded in 1980 by Robin Epstein and Dorothy Cantwell and based in the East Village of New York City. More Fire! Productions created and produced eight full-length plays between 1980-1988, becoming known as "one of the city's leading women's theatre groups" for its contributions to downtown, experimental theater and women's and lesbian theater scenes of the 1980s. Epstein and Cantwell co-wrote, produced and performed in the company's first three plays: As the Burger Broils (1980), The Exorcism of Cheryl (1981), and Junk Love (1981), which had numerous runs and became a neighborhood cult classic, "the longest running show on Avenue A." Epstein then wrote and produced The Godmother (1983). Novelist Sarah Schulman joined the company in 1983 and collaborated with Epstein on writing and performing the next three plays: Art Failures (1983), Whining and Dining 1984), and Epstein on the Beach (1985). The final play, Beyond Bedlam (1987), was written and produced by Epstein.

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Research call number

1. *T-Mss 2008-003