Carmelita Tropicana will perform selections of her theatrical material in the style of a staged reading. Attendees will gain insight into the ways autobiography, theatrical personae, and humor can expand perceptions of history and cultural identity. A Q&A will follow.
Bio
Carmelita Tropicana received an Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2026. She has received a United States Artists Fellowship (2021), CLAGS, Center for Lesbian and Gays Studies José Muñoz Award (2021), Guggenheim Fellowship (2017), Creative Capital (2016) Anonymous Was A Woman (2005), and Obie (1999). Her writing has appeared in many anthologies, most recently in Animal Acts, Performing Species Today (University of Michigan Press, 2015). A collection of scripts, short stories and essays appear in her book I, Carmelita Tropicana, Performing Between Cultures (2000) published by Beacon Press.
