Program Title: WINGS #15-, 16- and 17-22 The Second Coming of Joan of Arc Description: Joan of Arc led an army to victory at seventeen. At eighteen, she arranged the coronation of a king. At nineteen, she went up against the entire Catholic church… and lost. In this one-woman play, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Joan returns to share her story with contemporary women. She tells her experiences with the highest levels of church, state, and military, and unmasks the brutal misogyny behind patriarchal institutions. Host(s): Frieda Werden Featured Speakers/Guests: Carolyn Gage, the playwright and the star of this production, is famous largely for her dramas about lesbian butch women. More about Gage and her many works at https://carolyngage.weebly.com/

Credits: Play written and acted by Carolyn Gage; recorded at Institute for the Musical Arts; interview and adaptation for WINGS by Frieda Werden.

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