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Additional authors

1. Corthron, Kia
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. Kia Corthron discusses her career with Newsday critic Linda Winer. The playwright speaks about her issue-oriented, political plays: Breath, boom, Cage rhythm, Life by asphyxiation, Slide glide the slippery slope, Splash hatch on the E going down, and Wake up Lou Riser, which address such subjects as imprisonment, genetic engineering, environmental racism, and teenage pregnancy. Corthron expounds on her writing, which she feels should not be predictable to the audience, and the deep connection between art and politics she expresses in her work.

Series statement

1. Women in theatre

Alternative title

1. Dialogues with notable women in American theatre

Subject

1. Interviews
2. Theater > Production and direction
3. African American women dramatists > Interviews
4. Women dramatists > Interviews
5. Talk shows
6. Women in the theater
7. Theater > New York (State) > New York
8. Television
9. Dramatists > Interviews
10. Corthron, Kia > Interviews
11. African American theater > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

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

Call number

1. NCOX 2225

Note

1. Credits at end of videodisc.
2. Program is also available at www.cuny.tv.
3. On container: Season 4, episode 10.
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. probably in 2005. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, June 9, 2006.

Title

1. Women in theatre. Kia Corthron [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. probably in 2005. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, June 9, 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. Corthron, Kia, 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 2225