Gertrude Stein
Writing
Biography
Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 - July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector.
Known For
Set against a political backdrop in Africa, the story spanning several years, unfolds around the powerful interaction between two women, their strong sexual allure, and their search to find meaning through it all.
Quest for Love
Women (many of them lesbian) artists, writers, photographers, designers, and adventurers settled in Paris between the wars. They embraced France, some developed an ex-pat culture, and most cherished a way of life quite different than the one left behind.
Paris Was a Woman
A bedroom (and life) viewed from the horizontal, while wondering whether to join in the race or wake up to the illusion. The soundtrack quotes from Gertrude Stein’s Making of Americans on disillusionment.
Awake
The OBIE-winning collision of Gertrude Stein's Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights with Joseph Mawra's B-movie classic, Olga's House of Shame.
House/Lights
Heroic and humdrum, a woman’s life told in nine chapters by an unnamed female narrator. “She lives where she is not. Not what. Not careful.” The woman is called Ida. The sentences are short - they are simple, but the meaning is not. They were written by Gertrude Stein in her novel Ida from 1941.