Sue Perlgut Explained

Sue Perlgut is a second-wave feminist^[1] who was a central figure in It's All Right To Be Woman Theatre,^{[2] [3]} a women's theater collective founded in 1970^[4] in New York City that operated without a director.^[5]

Perlgut studied educational theatre and worked as a director, performer, playwright, puppet maker, teacher, arts administrator, and producer.^[6] Perlgut taught theater at Richmond College and in New York City.^{[7] [8]} She was one of the first people to suggest that women confess their abortions publicly, which led to the #ShoutYourAbortion movement.

Owner: Close to Home Productions, CloseToHomeProductions.com

Director: Women's Wisdom Project, facebook.com/WomensWisdomProject

Director: It's All Right To Be Woman Theatre, ItsAllRightToBeWomanTheatre.com

Director: Women Artists Have Their Say, WomenArtistsHaveTheirSay

Director: Connie Cook, A Documentary, ConnieCookFilm.com

Notes and References

1. Book: Baumgardner, Jennifer. Abortion & Life. Akashic. 2008.
2. Book: A Sourcebook of Feminist Theatre and Performance: On and Beyond the Stage. Routledge. 1996. Martin. Carol.
3. Book: Rajan, V.G. Julie. Myth and Violence in the Contemporary Female Text: New Cassandras. Routledge. 2011. 9781351916103. 19.
4. Sisley, Emily L. "Notes on Lesbian Theatre." The Drama Review: TDR, vol. 25, no. 1, 1981, pp. 47–56. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1145343.
5. Rea, Charlotte. “Women for Women.” The Drama Review: TDR, vol. 18, no. 4, 1974, pp. 78. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1144883.
6. Stories from the brainreels podcast transcript. Accessed online December 2, 2018: http://whoamitostopit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Sue-Perlgut-Interview-Transcript.pdf
7. Perlgut, Sue. "What's a Crankie," Ms. Magazine. Vol 1 (1973), pg. 27.
8. Cancer Resource Center. A Day of Renewal. Workshop program. Retrieved December 2, 2018 http://www.crcfl.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Complete-Retreat-Registration-2018-jd.pdf