Colette Uncensored takes us on a titillating journey through the scandalous life, loves, and writing of the French novelist and activist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. In this masterful one-woman performance, Lorri Holt brings the legendary Colette back to the stage once again along with nine other characters from the author's life.
A pioneer for sexual liberation, women's empowerment, and respect for nature, Colette was shunned by polite society for having affairs with both women and men, performing scantily clad in a vaudeville act, and refusing to ever compromise in her pursuit of personal freedom. Today she is one of France's most celebrated authors and is best known for her novels Gigi and Cheri along with 50 other works of fiction, memoir, and theater.
The play is inspired by co-writer Zack Rogow's translation and collection Shipwrecked on a Traffic Island, the first new work by Colette to appear in English in half a century.
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A pioneer for sexual liberation, women's empowerment, and respect for nature, Colette was shunned by polite society for having affairs with both women and men, performing scantily clad in a vaudeville act, and refusing to ever compromise in her pursuit of personal freedom. Today she is one of France's most celebrated authors and is best known for her novels Gigi and Cheri along with 50 other works of fiction, memoir, and theater.
The play is inspired by co-writer Zack Rogow's translation and collection Shipwrecked on a Traffic Island, the first new work by Colette to appear in English in half a century.
Colette Uncensored takes us on a titillating journey through the scandalous life, loves, and writing of the French novelist and activist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. In this masterful one-woman performance, Lorri Holt brings the legendary Colette back to the stage once again along with nine other characters from the author's life.
A pioneer for sexual liberation, women's empowerment, and respect for nature, Colette was shunned by polite society for having affairs with both women and men, performing scantily clad in a vaudeville act, and refusing to ever compromise in her pursuit of personal freedom. Today she is one of France's most celebrated authors and is best known for her novels Gigi and Cheri along with 50 other works of fiction, memoir, and theater.
The play is inspired by co-writer Zack Rogow's translation and collection Shipwrecked on a Traffic Island, the first new work by Colette to appear in English in half a century.
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A pioneer for sexual liberation, women's empowerment, and respect for nature, Colette was shunned by polite society for having affairs with both women and men, performing scantily clad in a vaudeville act, and refusing to ever compromise in her pursuit of personal freedom. Today she is one of France's most celebrated authors and is best known for her novels Gigi and Cheri along with 50 other works of fiction, memoir, and theater.
The play is inspired by co-writer Zack Rogow's translation and collection Shipwrecked on a Traffic Island, the first new work by Colette to appear in English in half a century.
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