Akalaitis’ Green Card Confronts Audiences with Harsh Realities
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing, Arts
- Subcategories: Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Women’s History
- Geographical Location: Los Angeles
- Date: 1986
Article abstract: JoAnne Akalaitis’ play Green Card is an outgrowth of her early experiences in performance art, which showed her how to bring the harsh realities of life to the stage.
Summary of Event
JoAnne Akalaitis’ play Green Card, produced in 1986 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, California, is an interesting and complex mingling of Akalaitis’ prior experiences as a performer, writer, director, and designer. The play is set in Los Angeles, which Akalaitis has referred to as the new Ellis Island because more immigrants were...
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