Theater

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Emerson College Alumni Southwick Recital held at First and Second Church at 8 P.M. on December 13, 1993. Presentation of "Love Letters" by A.R. Gurney. Performed by Kenneth C. Crannell '55 G'57 and Martha Jussaume '80 and directed by Al Corona.

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Emerson College Southwick Recital held at the First and Second Church, 66 Marlborough Street, on April 16, 1994 at 12:15pm. Kenneth Crannell and Martha Jussaume perform "Love Letters" by A. R. Gurney, directed by Al Corona.

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Emerson College Southwick Recital held on May 5, 1994 at 7pm in the Helen Rose Room, 21 Commonwealth Avenue. Welcome by J. Gregory Payne, greetings by Carolyn M. Skelly, and introduction by Kenneth Crannell. Richard Hudson and Natalie Chilvers perform "Life in a Love" adapted by Dr. Hudson from the works of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. Closing remarks by Jacqueline W. Liebergott.

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Posters for the Southwick Recital series which featured performances from distinguished Emerson faculty and alumni/a, along with honored guest artists. The series was founded by Henry Lawrence Southwick in 1900 when he was dean of Emerson College. Note we only have three posters from 1993.

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Programs for the Southwick Recital series which featured performances from distinguished Emerson faculty and alumni/a, along with honored guest artists. The series was founded by Henry Lawrence Southwick in 1900 when he was dean of Emerson College. Note there are gaps in our program collection, so there is not always a corresponding program for each Southwick Recital.

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The collection includes materials related to Sylvia Lewis' career including but not limited to: photographs, contracts, scripts, sheet music, publicity publications, magazines, lobby cards, posters, personal correspondence, 16mm films, VHS tapes, DVD's, costumes/apparel.

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The Southwick Recital was held on April 21, 1998 at 7:30pm at 0 Marlborough. Welcome by Dr. J. Gregory Payne. Kathleen Lake performs "Excuse My Dust: The Life and Wit of Dorothy Parker" by Linda Ames Key and Barbara Pitts.

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The Southwick Recital was held on April 21, 1998 at 7:30pm at 0 Marlborough. Welcome by Dr. J. Gregory Payne. Kathleen Lake performs "Excuse My Dust: The Life and Wit of Dorothy Parker" by Linda Ames Key and Barbara Pitts.

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Emerson College Valentine Southwick Recital held on February 10, 1999 at 7pm at 0 Marlborough. Suzie Sims-Fletcher G'93 performs "Black 14: Love Poetry for the Sick at Heart." The program cover includes a heart with H.L.S. + J.E.S for Henry Lawrence Southwick and Jesse Eldridge Southwick.

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Emerson College Valentine Southwick Recital held on February 10, 1999 at 7pm at 0 Marlborough. Suzie Sims-Fletcher G'93 performs "Black 14: Love Poetry for the Sick at Heart."

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The 100th Anniversary Southwick Recital held on Thursday, October 26, 2000 at 7pm in the Little Building Cabaret. Welcome by Dr. John D. Anderson. During the (Per)forming Race performance by Bryant Keith Alexander and Tami Spry. Bryant Keith Alexander performed "Race, Rigor, and Regrets" and Tami Spry performed "From Goldilocks to Dreadlocks: Racializing Bodies."

Overview Southwick Recital held on December 3, 1996 at 6:30pm at The Vault, 216 Tremont Street. Welcome by J. Gregory Payne. Susan Piccilio performed "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote. Tom Smith performed Carl Sandburg's poem "The Man with the Broken Fingers." Suzie Sims-Fletcher G'93 reads keynote of "The Emerson Philosophy of Expression and Application to Character Education 1930" by Jessie Elridge Southwick and performs the poem "A Flower for the Professor's Garden in Verses: A Little...

Overview Introduction by Dr. Gerald Kroeger. Frances Crowley LaShoto '44 G'47 performs T S Eliot's poem "Gus The Theatre Cat," Robert Frost's poem "The Last Word of a Blue Bird as Told to a Child" and "The Witch of Cöos." Kenneth C. Crannell '55 G'57 performs "Mountain Lion" by D.H. Lawrence, "Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave?" by Thomas Hardy, "For all the Somebodies from Nobody by" by Emily Dickinson, "Jimmy's Got a Goil" by EE Cummings, "Jenny kiss'd me" by Leigh Hunt, A "Love Song" by Samuel...

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Emerson College Southwick Recital October 18, 1977. Dorothy Prince performs "Karintha" from Cane by Jean Toomer, Barbara Ann Ferreira performs "Revelation" by Flannery O'Connor, Marilyn Lewis-Scott performs "A Game of Chess" by T.S. Eliot, Frances LaShoto performs "The Lady of Larkspur Lotion" by Tennessee Williams, and Kenneth Crannell performs "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee.

Overview "Cross-dressing has long been an element of live theatre, despite the conservative foundation of the Western view of gender expression. In this thesis, I will explore the relationship between cross-dressing and the gender binary in live performance. How do these two entities complement and oppose each other, and how has the nature of this relationship evolved? During the Elizabethan era of theatre, cross-dressing was used as a performance device that upheld the traditional gender binary, but...

Overview Emerson College Alumni Southwick Recital held on December 7, 1995 at 7pm at First and Second Church, 66 Marlborough Street. Welcome by J. Gregory Payne. Dorothy Mains Prince performed an excerpt "Their Eyes were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston. Kenneth C. Crannell '55 G'57 performed a selection of Ballads. Suzie Sims-Fletcher G'93 performed "The Lovely Leave" by Dorothy Parker. Vicki H. Nelson performed "Death of the Hired Man" by Robert Frost. John D. Anderson performed an excerpt from...

Overview Emerson College Alumni Southwick Recital held on December 7, 1995 at 7pm at First and Second Church, 66 Marlborough Street. Welcome by J. Gregory Payne. Dorothy Mains Prince performed an excerpt "Their Eyes were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston. Kenneth C. Crannell '55 G'57 performed a selection of Ballads. Suzie Sims-Fletcher G'93 performed "The Lovely Leave" by Dorothy Parker. Vicki H. Nelson performed "Death of the Hired Man" by Robert Frost. John D. Anderson performed an excerpt from...

Overview Emerson College Southwick Recital held at 10 AM at the First and Second Church on 66 Marlborough St. Boston on April 25, 1992. Welcome by J. Gregory Payne and introduction by Emerson President Jacqueline Weis Liebergott. John Dennis Anderson performed an excerpt, "A Man of Parts" from "The Mutual Friend" by Frederick Busch. Nancy Newson G'87 performed excerpts from "The House of Blue Leaves" and "The Six Degrees of Separation" by John Guare. Kirt Shineman G'92 performed "Luv" by Murray...

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Emerson College Alumni Southwick Recital held at 10:30AM on April 7, 1993 at the First and Second Church. Welcome by J. Gregory Payne. Tom Smith performed "Lurker" by Don Nigro. Marcia Littlefield G'69 performed an excerpt from "The Good Woman of Setzuan" by Bertolt Brecht. John Dennis Anderson performed an excerpt from "The Lesson of the Master" by Richard Howard. Martha Jussaume performed "Lost in Yonkers" by Neil Simon. Dorothy Prince performed "Fences" by August Wilson.

Overview Emerson College Alumni Southwick Recital held at First and Second Church on 66 Marlborough Street on April 24, 1993. Welcome by J. Gregory Payne. Marcia Littlefield G'69 performed an excerpt from "The Good Woman of Setzuan" by Bertolt Brecht. Linda Ludzinski Hollander '68 G'70 performed pieces by or about Gertrude Stein, "Gertrude Stein in a Nutshell." Martha Jussaume '80 performed "Lost in Yonkers" by Neil Simon. Dorothy Mains Prince '70 G'78 performed "Love is a Human Condition" by Nikki...