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DESCRIPTION:Mixed Relief  \nPromoting Actors’ Equity Association and Benefiting The 
 Actor’s Fund\nMembers of The Bay Area Advisory Committee of Actors Equity 
 Association will stage a benefit performance of   MIXED RELIEF, a play 
 about women writers of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as part of 
 LaborFest 2012.   Presented as a benefit for The Actor’s Fund, a 
 nationwide human services organization for professionals in the performing 
 arts, MIXED RELIEF is directed by Equity Member Phoebe Moyer and contrasts 
 the stories of three women writers of the WPA with those of contemporary 
 theatre artists.\nMIXED RELIEF gives an insightful look at the writers 
 lives of the WPA (Work Progress Administration) during the Depression. Life 
 stories of writers Anzia Yezierska, Dorothy West and Eudora Welty are 
 juxtaposed with interviews from contemporary women theatre artists, 
 playwrights Kara Lee Corthon, Cassandra Medley and actor-director Mabou 
 Mimes luminary Ruth Maleczech.  Hallie Flanagan and Eleanor Roosevelt, key 
 arts advocates in the 1930’s, make telling appearances.\n Celebrating the 
 women of the WPA and featuring members of Actors’ Equity Association in 
 LaborFest, this play is a way not only to remind the public that there was 
 amazing artistic development when the Federal Government made a commitment 
 and investment in arts jobs in the 1930’s, but also that our labor unions 
 are critical in the USA.\n Contact for Actors’ Equity Association:  Maria 
 Somma, Spokesperson; 212-869-8530, ext 425 or 917-560-3488; 
 msomma@actorsequity.org 
 \nhttp://www.actorsequity.org\nhttp://www.actorsfund.org/\nhttp://www.actorsequity.org/Newsmedia/news2012/may14.MixedRelief.asp\nhttp://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/yezierska-anzia\nhttp://www.biography.com/people/dorothy-west-40051 
 (1907-1998)\nhttp://www.eudorawelty.org/bio.html 
 (1909-2001)\nhttp://www.playbill.com/news/article/138751-Kara-Lee-Corthron-Named-Paula-Vogel-Playwriting-Award-Winner-\nhttp://ensemblestudiotheatre.org/cassandra-medley/\nhttp://www.maboumines.org/ruth-maleczech\nhttp://vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/faculty/prominent-faculty/hallie-flanagan-davis.html 
 (1890-1969)\nhttp://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=33 
 (Eleanor Roosevelt 
 1884-1962)\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2012/2012schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/21/18715913.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Drama: Mixed Relief-Women Writers
LOCATION:The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre - 450 Post St., San Francisco (new address). 
  Powell St BART/Muni Metro. Buses:  2, 3, 38
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/21/18715913.php
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