Lesbian & Queer Plays from the Jane Chambers Prize

LESBIAN & QUEER PLAYS FROM THE JANE CHAMBERS PRIZE edited by Maya E. Roth and Jennifer-Scott Mobley with a preface by Jill Dolan and an afterword by Sara Warner This volume the first of two gathers five plays from the history of the Jane Chambers Prize: UNSPEAKABLE ACTS by Mary F. Casey FULL/SELF by Claire Chafee THE SIEGELS OF MONTAUK by Meryl Cohn A LIVE DRESS by MJ Kaufman and FEMMES by Gina Young. THE JANE CHAMBERS PRIZE recognizes plays and scripts for performance written by a woman that present a feminist perspective and significant roles for female performers. This annual award is given in memory of lesbian playwright Jane Chambers who through her plays and activism became a major feminist voice in American theater. This publication is a collaboration between WTP and NoPassport Press.