Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2019
Capstone Advisor
Celia Madeoy
Honors Reader
Robert Bundy
Capstone Major
Drama
Capstone College
Visual and Performing Arts
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
yes
Won Capstone Funding
yes
Honors Categories
Creative
Subject Categories
Acting | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Performance Studies | Theatre and Performance Studies
Abstract
Lanford Wilson’s The Madness of Lady Bright first premiered in 1964 at the Caffe Cino, and is widely regarded as among the first works of the gay theater movement. Over the course of this one-act play, an aging drag queen slowly loses her mind in her New York apartment.
This production examined the themes of Wilson’s play through the lens of transgender identity, and an updated setting in the 1980s. This time period shapes the idea of the loneliness of not passing as a woman in a world where being visibly transgender meant rejection and danger.
Recommended Citation
McDowell, Holly, "A Performance of: "The Madness of Lady Bright"" (2019). Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All. 1310.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/1310
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