Out from Under: Texts by Women Performance Artists

Using elements of autobiography to address such issues as religion, sex, race, family and the struggle of women to move beyond their traditional roles in society, these women integrate aspects of ritual, monologue, music, visual arts and theatre in their performances as they help to forge a new literary and theatrical tradition.

Includes: World Without End by Holly Hughes; The Father by Beatrice Roth; excerpts from United States by Laurie Anderson; The Constant State of Desire by Karen Finley; My Brazil by Rachel Rosenthal; Teenytown by Laurie Carlos, Jessica Hagedorn and Robbie McCauley; The Survivor and the Translator by Leeny Sack; Getting Over Tom by Lenora Champagne; and Strange to Relate by Fiona Templeton.