biography
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1931– )
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| biography:
| Theatre producer and director, born in Alexandria, Louisiana, USA. Starting out as an elevator operator and clothing designer, she set up her own small theatre in a New York tenement basement in 1962. Growing from this, her companies, known variously as La Mama, Cafe La Mama, and La Mama ETC (Experimental Theatre Club), performed countless plays by avant-garde, international, and young American playwrights. They toured widely to great acclaim, and set up branches throughout the world. Five times married, and self-taught in drama and the theatrical arts, she is recognized as a major influence in late-20th-c theatre. |
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