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Memories of the Revolution: The First Ten Years of the WOW Café Theater
Holly Hughes, Carmelita Tropicana, and Jill Dolan, EditorsThe women's experimental theater space called the WOW Café (Women's One World) has been a vital part of New York's downtown theater scene since 1980. Since that time, WOW has provided a place for feminist and particularly lesbian theater artists to create, perform, and witness a cultural revolution. Its renowned alumnae include playwright and actor Lisa Kron, performance artists Holly Hughes and Carmelita Tropicana, the theater troupe the Five Lesbian Brothers, and actors/playwrights Peggy Shaw, Lois Weaver, and Deb Margolin, among others.
Memories of the Revolution collects scripts, interviews, and commentary to trace the riotous first decade of WOW. While the histories of other experimental theater collectives have been well documented, WOW's history has only begun to be told. The anthology also includes photographs of and reminiscences by Café veterans, capturing the history and artistic flowering of the first ten years of this countercultural haven.
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Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Contents
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Preface
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Introduction: Secret WOW
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Introduction: Liberté, Egalité, Lesbianité
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WOW Women in Their Own Words
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Song
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Section One: Lesbian Camp: Redressing the Canon of 1950s Television
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Split Britches (1981)
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Fear of Laughing on the Lower East Side (1984)
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WOW Women in Their Own Words
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Waaay Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1986)
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Paradykes Lost (1988)
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WOW Women in Their Own Words: A Fine Bromance
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Hamlet (1989)
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Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (1992)
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Section Two: Dyke Noir
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The Lady Dick (1985)
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Pickaxe (1986)
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O Darn! The World Is Not a Safe Place for Little Buttercups (1991)
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WOW Women in Their Own Words
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Section Three: How to Write Autobiography with Someone’s Hand over Your Mouth
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Memories of the Revolution/Memorias de la Revolucíon (1987)
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How to Say Kaddish with Your Mouth Shut (1988)
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Threads from the Tailor’s Grand Daughters (1989)
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WOW Women in Their Own Words
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Feeling Blue (1988)
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WOW Women in Their Own Words
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Women and Children First: Outstanding Perk or Tool of Oppression? (1992)
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WOW Women in Their Own Words
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Contributors
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Further Reading
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Acknowledgments
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Footnotes
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Published: 2015
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- 978-0-472-09863-7 (hardcover)
- 978-0-472-06863-0 (paper)
- 978-0-472-12149-6 (ebook)