Sheila Dabney Explained

Sheila Dabney is an American actress, best known for her co-starring role in the 1987 lesbian feminist film She Must Be Seeing Things alongside Lois Weaver and directed by Sheila McLaughlin.^[1]

In 1984, Dabney won an Obie Award for her performance as Sarita in Maria Irene Fornés' play Sarita.^[2]

Theater

• Performer, The Bacchae (1980) at Circle in the Square Theatre^[3]
• Performer, The Three Travels of Aladdin With the Magic Lamp (1982) at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club^[4]
• Performer, Hot Lunch Apostles (1983) at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club^[5]
• Performer, Conjur Woman (1983) at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club^[6]
• Performer, Jerusalem (1983), a work-in-progress, at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club^[7]
• Performer, Sarita (1984), produced by INTAR Theatre^[8]
• Performer, Hot Lunch Apostles (1984) at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club^[9]
• Performer, Pedro Paramo (1984) at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
• Performer, Harm's Way (1985) at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club^[10]
• Performer, Big Mouth (1985) at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club^[11]
• Performer, Cotton Club Gala (1985) at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club^[12]
• Performer, Fragments of a Greek Trilogy (1987) at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club^[13]
• Performer and musical composition and direction, Mythos Oedipus and Dionysus Filius Dei (1989) at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club^[14]
• Performer and additional music and arrangements, Tancredi and Erminia (1993) at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club^[15]
• Performer, Conjur Woman (2008) at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club^[16]
• Musical director and performer, Red Noir (2009) at the Living Theatre^[17]

Filmography

• She Must Be Seeing Things (1987) as Agatha
• Rage of Angels (1983 TV film based on the novel by Sidney Sheldon) as Sharon
• Alice at the Palace (1982 TV film)
• The Underground Man (1974 TV film) as Rent-A-Car Girl

External links

• • Dabney's page on La MaMa Archives Digital Collections

Notes and References

1. Book: Gwendolyn Audrey Foster. Women Film Directors: An International Bio-critical Dictionary. registration. January 1, 1995. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-28972-9. 251–.
2. News: Two Works Share Obie. July 25, 2014. NYT. May 22, 1984.
3. Web site: The Bacchae Broadway @ Circle in the Square Theatre - Tickets and Discounts Playbill. Playbill. en. March 16, 2018.
4. News: Musical: 'three Travels of Aladin'. Gussow. Mel. October 20, 1982. The New York Times. March 3, 2018. en-US. 0362-4331.
5. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections, "Program for 'Hot Lunch Apostles' (1983)." Retrieved March 16, 2018.
6. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections, "Program for 'Conjur Woman' (1983)." Retrieved March 16, 2018.
7. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections, "Invitation: 'Jerusalem' (1983)." Retrieved March 16, 2018.
8. Sofer, Andrew. “Maria Irene Fornes: Acts of Translation.” A companion to twentieth-Century American drama, edited by David Krasner, Blackwell, 2007, pp. 440–455.
9. News: Theater: Poetry Pair. Holden. Stephen. March 29, 1984. The New York Times. March 3, 2018. en-US. 0362-4331.
10. News: The Stage: 'harm's Way,' by Max Wellman. Gussow. Mel. November 21, 1985. The New York Times. March 3, 2018. en-US. 0362-4331.
11. News: Theater: 'big Mouth'. Holden. Stephen. May 9, 1985. The New York Times. March 3, 2018. en-US. 0362-4331.
12. News: Stage: Musical Revue, 'cotton Club-Gala'. Gussow. Mel. 1986. The New York Times. March 3, 2018. en-US. 0362-4331.
13. News: Stage: 'greek Trilogy' Returns to La Mama. Gussow. Mel. 1987. The New York Times. March 3, 2018. en-US. 0362-4331.
14. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections, "Show File: 'Mythos Oedipus' and 'Dionysus Filius Dei' (1989)." Retrieved March 16, 2018.
15. News: Theater in Review. Bruckner. D. j r. December 16, 1993. The New York Times. March 3, 2018. en-US. 0362-4331.
16. News: Conjur Woman - Review - Theater. Webster. Andy. February 6, 2008. The New York Times. March 3, 2018. en-US. 0362-4331.
17. Web site: Living Theatre Announces Four-Week Extension of Red Noir Playbill. Playbill. en. March 3, 2018.