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A Dangerous Personality

(2008)


A Dangerous Personality (2008) - Sallie Bingham

She explored Tibet, fought with Garibaldi, rode across India on the back of an ele­phant, was friends with Thomas Edison – a ter­ror to the estab­lish­ment, and a night­mare to the British Raj. Russian-born spir­i­tu­al­ist and philoso­pher Helena Blavatsky lived every­where from London to India to Hell’s Kitchen – and was (and remains) one of the most … →

Treason

(2006)


Treason (2006)

He betrayed his coun­try, his wife, his mis­tress, and his art.… or did he? Treason is the extra­or­di­nary story of American poet and icon­o­clast Ezra Pound – and the five women in his life. The man who was the most promis­ing poet in the English-speaking world – as well as friend and men­tor to T.S. Eliot and … →

The Awakening

(1988)


Horse Cave Theatre

An adap­ta­tion of the novel by Kate Chopin, The Awakening pre­miered at the Horse Cave Theatre in Kentucky in 1988.

Hopscotch

(1986)


Horse Cave Theatre

Hopscotch tells the his­tory of four well-known Kentucky women, includ­ing the truths that are often left out. It was per­formed at the Horse Cave Theatre in Kentucky in 1986.

Paducah

(1985)


Paducah (1983) by Sallie Bingham

Clay Baker is an attrac­tive middle-aged man, long mar­ried to his charm­ing wife, Julia; they live in com­fort­able retire­ment in a small town in west­ern Kentucky called Paducah. Angela is Clay’s long­time mis­tress and Julia’s best friend, a pleas­ant arrange­ment that causes the Baker’s adult daugh­ter, Suzi, a good deal of grief. She is joined in her dis­ap­proval by … →

In the Presence

(1984)


Mill Mountain Theatre

In the Presence is based on the book The Wall Between by the renowned civil rights worker Anne McCarty Braden. It was first per­formed at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1984, and sub­se­quently at the Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke, Virginia, in 1986.

Couvade

(1981)


Actors Theatre Louisville

A one-man show in which the actor gives birth on stage, Couvade was per­formed at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Kentucky in 1981.

Milk of Paradise

(1980)


Milk of Paradise (1980) by Sallie Bingham

Milk of Paradise—set over two days in June 1937—follows two chil­dren adrift in a con­fus­ing world of dis­tracted adults and too much poetry. Produced by the Women’s Project & Productions, it was per­formed under the artis­tic direc­tion of Julia Miles at the American Place Theatre in New York City in 1980. Milk of Paradise…deals with a well-to-do fam­ily … →