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Additional authors

1. Merkerson, S. Epatha, 1952-
2. Winer, Linda
3. Robins, Isobel
4. Slaughter, Harriet
5. Mayleas, Ruth
6. Corwin, Betty L
7. Isaacson, Robert
8. Malone, Audra D
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (29 min.) : sd., col. SP; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. S. Epatha Merkerson discusses her career with Newsday critic Linda Winer. Well known for her television roles as Reba the Mail Lady on Pee Wee's playhouse in the 1980s, and since 1993 as Lt. Anita Van Buren on the crime drama Law & order, Merkerson has also enjoyed a varied and successful career on stage and in film. Her stage credits include her performance as Berniece in August Wilson's 1990 Pultizer Prize winning play, The piano lesson, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award, and her work in I'm not stupid, for which she won an Obie Award in 1992. Merkerson stresses the importance for her of acting onstage, and the experience she gained as an actor performing in various small theaters. She expounds on getting recognition as an actress in mid-career for her performance in the 2005 miniseries Lackawanna blues; her upbringing by her mother in Detroit, Michigan; her ability to find work consistently as an actor since arriving in New York City in the late 1970s; and her feelings about two people with whom she has worked, playwright August Wilson and performer Jerry Orbach.

Series statement

1. Women in theatre

Alternative title

1. Dialogues with notable women in American theatre

Subject

1. Merkerson, S. Epatha, 1952- > Interviews
2. Theater > Production and direction
3. Women in the theater
4. Television
5. Actresses > Interviews
6. Interviews
7. African American actresses > Interviews
8. Theater > New York (State) > New York
9. Talk shows

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Talk shows.
3. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 2217

Note

1. Credits at end of videodisc.
2. Program is also available at www.cuny.tv.
3. On container: Season 4, episode 2.
4. "Discussion program spotlighting prominent women from the theatre, including performers, playwrights, producers and designers."

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. in 2006. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, April 14, 2006.

Title

1. Women in theatre. S. Epatha Merkerson [videorecording] / produced by the League of Professional Theatre Women, Isobel Robins, Harriet Slaughter, co-presidents ; Ruth Mayleas, executive producer ; Betty L. Corwin, director of special projects, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive ; Bob Isaacson, executive in charge of production ; Audra D. Malone, director ; [produced for] CUNY-TV.

Imprint

1. New York : CUNY-TV, c2006.

Series

1. Women in theatre

Performer

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. in 2006. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, April 14, 2006.

Local note

1. Gift of The League of Professional Theatre Women and CUNY-TV.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Merkerson, S. Epatha, 1952- interviewee.
2. Winer, Linda, interviewer.
3. Robins, Isobel, producer.
4. Slaughter, Harriet, producer.
5. Mayleas, Ruth, producer.
6. Corwin, Betty L, producer.
7. Isaacson, Robert, producer.
8. Malone, Audra D, director.
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2217