Theatre and women's studies, storytelling, education, history.
Music
Patty Griffin, Beth Orton, Holly Near, Margie Adams, Kris Williamson, Ani Difranco, Laura Love, Lauryn Hill
Movies
Inspired by: Iron-Jawed Angels; Chantilly Lace; If These Walls Could Talk (1 and 2); Gas, Food, Lodging; Harold and Maude; Whalerider; The Magdalene Sisters; Fly Girls (PBS)
CLICK ON THE VIDEO BELOW to see excerpts from our most recent production, WOMEN SPEAK: IRAQ This critically acclaimed, dynamic one-woman show is based on interviews with a wide spectrum of real women involved with the current war in Iraq. It is available for touring and school performances. For more information, contact us here or e-mail our PR & Marketing Director: trina@lookingforlilith.org. Women Speak: Iraq
CLICK ON THE VIDEO BELOW to see a short documentary about our Faith Stories project in Guatemala. This inter-faith project aims to empower women's voices in places where they are often silenced. We accomplish this through workshops that teach women how to create original dramatic scenes based on their own personal experiences. Faith Stories workshops are available to women's groups throughout the US. For more information write to us here or e-mail our Community Outreach Director: jennifer@lookingforlilith.org.
Faith Stories Project .. Add to My Profile | More Videos Click here to see a Mayan woman demonstrate how to wear her traditional clothing at one of our 2006 workshops in Guatemala.
Books
"I, Rigoberta Menchu" by Rigoberta Menchu
"Small Changes" by Marge Piercy
"Traveling Mercies" and "Plan B" by Anne Lamott
"One Woman's Army" by Janice Karpinski
"Sexual Politics" by Kate Millett
"Post-Porn Modernist" by Annie Sprinkle
"The Women's Room" by Marilyn French
"Our Bodies Our Selves" by The Boston Women's Health Collective
"The Secret of Possessing Joy" by Alice Walker
"The Beauty Myth" by Naomi Wolf
"Backlash" by Susan Faludi
"Gone with Soldiers"
"The Sisterhood"
Heroes
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bella Abzug, Annie Sprinkle, Mary Magdalen, Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, Frida Kahlo, Alice Walker, Emma Goldman, Betty Friedan, Susan Faludi, Nancy Pelosi, Petrona Garcia de Bautista; Jane Fonda; Susan Sarandon; Janeane Garafalo
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Graduated: 1995
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Performance Studies
Minor: Latin American Studies
About me:
Looking for Lilith is a theatre company that is dedicated to re-examining history through women's perspectives, both past history and history in the making today, in order to reveal and celebrate women's contributions. The ancient story of Lilith embodies our struggle.
Lilith's story represents to us an instance where a strong woman's voice was quieted, and her story lost. Inspired by her, we seek to use women's histories, both oral and written, to create multi-disciplinary performance pieces that will bring women's voices to a wider audience. In addition to creating original work we explore current feminist works and re-examine older works.
Looking for Lilith also has a strong commitment to education. In our outreach programs, we guide youth and adults in workshops which further explore the themes and histories of the performance we have shared with them, or themes and histories of interest to them. In some instances we guide them in researching, devising, and sharing new works that give voice to members of our society who have historically been under-represented. Through these programs and our performances, we help show the value of multiple perspectives on history.
Who I'd like to meet: Feminist artists, friends and supporters of the arts and women's studies
Organizations that would like to bring theatre performances or workshops to their classrooms and school
PACs and other organizations interested in booking performances
