Books, Plays, Musicals, One-Acts, and One-Woman Shows by Carolyn Gage
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Books, Plays, Musicals, One-Acts, and One-Woman Shows By Carolyn Gage www.carolyngage.com http://stores.lulu.com/carolyngage i How to Order the Books and Plays: All plays and books may be ordered from: http://stores.lulu.com/carolyngage as either hard copy or downloads.s For customers outside the US, contact the author at [email protected]. Catalog is also online at www.carolyngage.com. ii What Others Are Saying: “… Carolyn Gage is one of the best lesbian playwrights in America…” —Lambda Book Report, Los Angeles. “Gage is regularly hailed as one of the best lesbian playwrights in America, but I want to say—if she will allow this and I understand and accept if she won’t—simply one of our best playwrights.”—Sharon Doubiago, My Father’s Love, Portrait of the Poet as a Young Girl; Love on the Streets, Selected and New Poems. “… a whole women’s theatre tradition in one volume… wonderful to read—rich, original, deeply affirming—and must be phenomenal to see on stage. The culture of women we have never had is invented in Carolyn Gage’s brilliant and beautiful plays.” —Andrea Dworkin, feminist philosopher activist, and author. “The work of an experienced and esteemed playwright like Carolyn Gage is the air that modern theatre needs.” — Jewelle Gomez, author of The Gilda Stories, San Francisco Arts Commissioner. “Carolyn Gage is a fabulous feminist playwright, and a major one too. This is great theatre. Gage’s dramatic and lesbian imagination is utterly original… daring, heartbreaking, principled, bitter, and often very funny… There is no rhetoric here: only one swift and pleasurable intake of breath after another… Women’s mental health would improve, instantly, were they able to read and see these plays performed.”—Phyllis Chesler, author of Women and Madness. “… the toughest, most lesbian/feminist-identified work for theatre I know… brilliant and daring scripts...” —John Stoltenberg, former Executive Editor, On the Issues, author of Refusing to Become A Man. “Mahalo nui for your play. It is splendid, clever, and sets the characters in an imaginary world that is,nevertheless, quite believable. The mark of superb craftsmanship...! Ku’e, ku’e,ku’e! [Resist, resist, resist!]” —Haunani-Kay Trask, leader of the Hawai’ian Sovereignty Movement. “I was more deeply moved and ‘sinspired’ by Carolyn Gage’s new book [Like There’s No Tomorrow] than by anything else I’ve read in years… It is a work of burning, uncompromising vision and daring… iii a beacon of hope in these chilling times of compromise, timidity and apparent defeat. This book is Pure Fire. It is true and therefore extreme… a stunning manifestation of Radical Lesbian Feminist Courage and Genius.” —Mary Daly, Radical Feminist Elemental Philosopher and Author of Gyn/Ecology, Pure Lust, and The Wickedary. “Carolyn Gage's visit was transformative for my department. Students were able to have close contact with a world-class artist. In a brief Q&A, Carolyn firmly and respectfully challenged their assumptions about the boundaries of art, education, and culture. She responded with enthusiasm and generosity to their staged reading of one of her short works, which gave them a strong sense of connection with this renowned artist. And we all experienced her extraordinarily moving and enlightening Joan of Arc in our own small theatre, sharing a truly powerful, and for some students life- changing, evening of performance.”—Dr. Ellen Margolis, Chair of Theatre & Dance, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR. “Carolyn Gage’s writing, acting, and teaching are explosive. She rips away the cultural camouflage that permits us to accept, to be blind to, the brutal context in which women are still required to live their lives. When my students remember this semester it will be because of her visit. She’s a treasure.” —Prof. George Wolf, Dept. of English, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. “Many feminists are brilliant, but how many are wise? Playwright Carolyn Gage is a radical lesbian feminist who is wise, as this book [Like There’s No Tomorrow] demonstrates. I read the book recently and realized that I had made a great mistake not reading and reviewing it when it came out, probably because I was biased against the word “meditations.” So often radical feminist books are depressing; I admire them but wish for some inspiration. This book is uncompromising and tough-minded, yet inspiring.” —Carol Anne Douglas, off our backs, Washington, DC. “We were so delighted with Carolyn’s powerful drama and her personable style of teaching that Carefree [retirement community] women asked her to return and be our first Artist-in-Residence… Participating in the readings and listening to the performances were powerful experiences for the women of our community. Carolyn’s dramatic works, her teaching methods, and her passionate belief in women inspired many of us to look at our lives and come to see ourselves as heroines and Amazons. Her ability to clothe her iv meticulous research and knowledge of women’s and especially lesbian history in enthralling dramas helped many of us to realize our rich lesbian/feminist heritage… she’s personable, down-to- earth, and fun to be with. Her time with us was intense, fascinating, and a lot of fun. Who could ask for more?” —Dana G. Finnegan, PhD., Leader of Writers’ Workshop at Clubhouse for Resort on Carefree Boulevard, Ft. Myers. “Ms. Gage’s visit to Washington College was inspiring. Her passion for what she does is so obvious and her intellect so impressive that students and faculty alike were immediately and permanently engaged by her presentation and presence. Washington College is, in part, known for it’s writing program. We have regular visits by well known writers—everyone from Edward Albee and Israel Horovitz to Toni Morrison and John Barth in recent years. I can honestly say I have never seen students so enthusiastic about a guest. Another thing that is unusual and impressive is that she has kept in touch with several of our students since her visit. One of the things I was most impressed with was the clarity of her aesthetics and politics. This is a person who does not apologize for her agenda or the militancy necessary to further that agenda. The amazing thing is she combines that unswerving commitment with compassion, understanding, warmth, and generosity. She is totally committed to her art in a way that is truly inspiring. Don’t let the lesbian/feminist moniker scare you, this is a formidable artist in every way.” —Dale Daigle, PhD., Theatre Department Chair, Washington College, Chesterton, MD. “Recalling The Second Coming of Joan of Arc leaves me practically speechless, but boiling over on the inside with sadness and a hunger to “right all the wrongs” of the world. Never before have I attended an event at my University that evoked tears and heartache and feelings of invincibility and empowerment simultaneously. In Dorothy Allison’s book Skin, she encourages women to speak and write ourselves raw, until we are vulnerable and we produce captivating and personal art that evokes tears, laughter, and rage from the audience. Carolyn Gage epitomizes Allison’s vision. Her brilliant performance touches everyone deeply by providing an educational, cathartic, heartbreaking, and empowering experience. She speaks the unspeakable truths about women’s oppression that most of us are afraid to say…”—Kristina Armenakis, Women’s Resource Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. v “The night I saw Second Coming [of Joan of Arc], six years ago, I borrowed a copy of the play from a friend. Ever since then the book has lived in my book bag, purse, shoulder bag, carry on, reminding me that there are “two ways to destroy a woman”, reminding me not to get ripped apart. Gage has… has given us a hero that doesn’t run around in her underwear and taught us to take back the voices in our heads. Gage has changed so many lives she will never know about. and the only way I know how to thank her is to never stop fighting.” —Tamanya Garza, The University of the Sciences, Philadelphia. “Carolyn Gage is to lesbian playwriting as Georgia O’Keefe is to women in American art: You can scarcely think of one without the other.”—off our backs, Washington, DC. “Carolyn Gage is a living manifestation of the power of articulate anger. Her play is raw, uncompromising, in your face, and her politics are no different. In the flesh, however, her passion, humour and quicksilver insight shine through her rage against the patriarchal machine. An inspired spokeswoman for revolutionary radical feminism, I love to think of Carolyn out there now, urging women all over the world to access that submerged anger that, once released, will enable them to find hope, pleasure, selfhood.” —Women’s News, Belfast, Northern Ireland “While it was probably the novelty of having a lesbian feminist in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that brought the people out, it was Carolyn’s intelligence, wit and charisma that motivated us to participate. Her complex mixture of righteous anger and compassion and her insight into the human psyche inspired those of us who live with the daily oppression of southern patriarchal culture to open our minds and hearts and speak our truths. When we left the theater that night, we had all been touched by Carolyn’s powerful politics.” —Dr. Kate Greene, University of Southern Mississippi. “… powerful and moving, to the point of angry, as well as sorrowful tears… Your truthful and emotional performance should be mandatory for all students—especially women, who need to make decisions and choices in their lives often based on the same issues that Jeanne confronted in her own pilgrimage.” —Karla Alwes, PhD., Professor of English, State University of New York, Cortland.