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
Plays by Sallie Bingham
Treason
(2006)
Treason covers two and half decades in Pound’s life, travels from Italy to Washington, D.C., and introduces characters as varied as segregationist John Kasper and “beat” poet Allen Ginsberg.
Piggyback
(1994)
Play about the Kentucky Poet and balladeer John Jacob Niles, and his relationship with the photographer Doris Ulmann; based on the photo of Niles helping Ulmann cross Cutshin Creek in 1932.
The Awakening
(1988)
An adaptation of the novel by Kate Chopin, The Awakening premiered at the Horse Cave Theatre in Kentucky in 1988.
Hopscotch
(1986)
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)
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
In the Presence
(1984)
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,
Couvade
(1981)
A one-man show in which the actor gives birth on stage, Couvade was performed at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Kentucky in 1983.
Milk of Paradise
(1980)
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,