Next month, you can participate in a free presentation by Write On Door County with renowned playwright Anne Bertram. She will showcase three influential women theatre artists: Izumo no Okuni, Aphra Behn, and Eleonora Duse.   

 Okuni created Kabuki theatre, which ironically became an all-male art form. Behn’s influence includes writers like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Rabidndranath Tagore Duse’s revolutionary approach to acting. They helped mold performers such as Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, and Dustin Hoffman.  

Bertram is a playwright based in Minneapolis. She was a founding artistic associate and Executive Director of Theatre Unbound, a Minneapolis/St. Paul company devoted to work by and about women. 

The event, sponsored and hosted by Write On Door County, will be held on Saturday, February 8, at 1:00 p.m. in Fish Creek.