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October 12th @ 20:00 - 21:30
A play performed and written by AndAlso tutor, Jenny Rowe.
James Tiptree Jr. was known as a CIA official, an international traveller and an “ineluctably masculine” writer of science fiction. But in 1976, he was ‘outed’ as Alice B Sheldon, a 61-year-old woman from Virginia who had to face the repercussions to her life and career.
A life full of boundary-breaking, brilliance and experimentation, she struggled with depression, gender barriers and sexuality; some found her frustrating and difficult, but many more loved her. She became great friends with other eminent writers, including – Ursula K LeGuin, Frederick Pohl, Anne McCaffrey and Joanna Russ.
She won the Hugo, Nebula, Jupiter and World Fantasy Awards and had an award named after her – the James Tiptree Jr. Award (now called ‘Otherwise’) – for works of fiction that explore gender.
‘Engaging, affective and intimate, this one-woman show brings all of Alice into the limelight, not just James.’ Fringereview
