Friday, May 25, 2013, at the ALA Conference, Boston.<\/b><\/p>\n
In attendance:<\/b> Cheryl Black, Martha Carpentier, Sharon Friedman, Noelia Hernando-Real, Basia Ozieblo, Michael Winetsky.<\/p>\n
1) Martha Carpentier, on behalf of the International Susan Glaspell Society, thanked Sharon Friedman for organizing the \u201cTheatre of Engagement\u201d panel and Cheryl Black for organizing the concert reading of \u201cPerforming Bohemia.\u201d She awarded Noelia Hernando-Real with a travel grant unanimously approved by the Executive Council.<\/p>\n
2) Winner of Best Published Paper prize:<\/b><\/p>\n
Noelia Hernando Real, \u201cSane Enough to Kill: On Women, Madness, and the Theatricality of Violence in Susan Glaspell\u2019s The Verge<\/em>.\u201d Violence in American Drama: Essays on Its Staging, Meanings and Effects<\/em>. Eds. Alfonso Ceballos Mu\u00f1oz, Ram\u00f3n Espejo Romero and Bernardo Mu\u00f1oz Martinez. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011.<\/p>\n 3) President\u2019s Report: <\/b><\/p>\n Martha summarized ISGS conference activities and publications since the last business meeting in 2011. The impressive list includes Drew Eisenhauer and Brenda Murphy\u2019s Intertextuality in American Drama: Critical Essays on Eugene O\u2019Neill, Susan Glaspell, Thornton Wilder, Arthur Miller and Other Playwrights<\/i> (McFarland, 2013 which includes seven articles on Glaspell) and Noelia Hernando-Real\u2019s Self and Space in the Theater of Susan Glaspell<\/i> (MacFarland, 2011), dissertations (by Emeline Jouve, Ling Jian-e, and Michael Winetsky), performances, readings, and papers at the International Conference on Theatre and Drama (Seville 2012) and the Justice Served Symposia (MU, 2012). Cheryl Black announces that Milbre Burch won a prize for her piece \u201cSometimes I Sing\u201d and that she got another prize for producing the Justice Served Symposia. Martha reminded us all \u00a0that the website is a blog, so that we can all share our accomplishments. We continue to accomplish the goals stated in the Society mission statement, increasing the visibility of Glaspell and her work in both academic and theatre communities. There is one issue that, however, worries us all and it is the diminishing number of members. There are 45 members now,\u00a0after a high of 70 in 2010, and Martha reminded us all to keep recruiting in mind, particularly among graduate students. Martha announced that together with Noelia she will check if we are eligible and how to apply to MLA as a subgroup, since this would increase visibility, and hence numbers.<\/p>\n Martha informed the group\u00a0about Chad Coffman, a college student and Davenport native who discovered a four page-story by \u201cSusie Glaspell\u201d hand-written in Feb 1893 titled \u201cThe Holy Grail: The Story of Sir Percival’s Sister\u201d in the Davenport Public Schools archives. Martha showed copies of the original and her transcription. Martha added that Coffman believes he has discovered Glaspell\u2019s birth house at 502 Cedar Street, which had been thought lost.<\/p>\n Martha informed us\u00a0that our nomination of Glaspell didn’t make the cut for the National Women’s Hall of Fame, a lengthy application that was spearheaded by Ellen and prepared by Ellen, Noelia, Cheryl, Basia, and Martha.\u00a0 They automatically roll unsuccessful nominations over to the next cycle for re-consideration (every two years, hence 2015).\u00a0 Martha suggested that we use excerpts from this piece to update Wikipedia, which has gaps that could use filling in by the ISGS. Noelia noted\u00a0that since\u00a0it\u00a0will be re-considered again, we should wait to use this material rather than publishing it online. Michael Winetsky affirmed he has been working on the Wikipedia and he will continue to do so.<\/p>\n 4) Vice-President\u2019s Report:<\/b><\/p>\n Noelia focused on the status of the Literary Encyclopedia entries, pointing to all the entries that need to be written.<\/p>\n Entries published between 2011 and the present meeting include Emeline Jouve\u2019s Springs Eternal<\/i> and Chains of Dew<\/i>, Milbre Burch\u2019s Chronology, and Michael Winetsky\u2019s The Glory of the Conquered<\/i>. Linda Ben-Zvi is working on Free Laughter<\/i>, Sherry Engle on The Comic Artist<\/i>, Drew on Lifted Masks<\/i> and Michael Winetsky on Judd Rankin\u2019s Daughter<\/i>.<\/p>\n Cheryl is going to ask a student of hers to write the entry on Bernice<\/i>, and Martha will write the entries on Norma Ashe<\/i> and Ambrose Holt and Family<\/i>, and she will ask a student of hers to do The Morning is Near Us<\/i> and Mary Papke to write on The Visioning<\/i>. Martha will also ask Patricia Bryan about writing the entry on Her America.<\/i><\/p>\n Additional Notices:<\/b><\/p>\n 5) Martha announced the world premier of Springs Eternal<\/i> scheduled for this September\/October at the Orange Tree Theatre in London. Director Sam Waters finds the play very moving, and he’s very excited about finally bringing this work to the stage. He’ll also do a reading of Bernice<\/i> at some point during the run.\u00a0Thanks to J. Ellen Gainor for this great news. Noelia suggested asking Sam whether he would be interested in letting us organize a seminar as we did last time. Everybody finds this a good idea and Basia will ask Sam personally next June.<\/p>\n 6) Martha mentioned briefly the progress of Emeline Jouve\u2019s and her plans for Susan Glaspell\u2019s <\/i>Trifles and \u201cA Jury of Her Peers\u201d: A Centennial Celebration. <\/i>Martha informed us of contributors who have already been accepted and noted that the CFP is still open until the end of June.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b>7) Plans for the<\/b> P\u2019town Players and Trifles <\/i>Centennial Conference:<\/b><\/p>\n The group decided to work with the Eugene O\u2019Neill Society and set the Trifles<\/i> centennial in 2016, when Trifles<\/i> was first produced and Eugene O\u2019Neill became a member. Also we agreed to assist Jeff Kennedy, EONS incoming President,\u00a0in planning an event in P\u2019town in the summer of 1915 to celebrate the beginning of the PPs themselves.<\/p>\n We agreed to form an \u201cAd Hoc Centennial Conference Planning Committee\u201d to aid the ISGS Executive Council in planning the conference: to include Cheryl Black, Linda Ben-Zvi, J. Ellen Gainor, and Michael Winetsky.<\/p>\n It is set that the ideal place for our centennial is NYC, as it worked out so beautifully last time. We will count on Sharon Friedman\u2019s help with space in the Gallatin School, and Jeff Kennedy has affirmed that he will be able to get the Playhouse again. The date will be towards the end of June. Martha and Noelia presented some topics for panels and asked the members to keep thinking about topics and to volunteer to chair panels. Some of the topics discussed were:<\/p>\n – Panel on biography (to be chaired by Basia)<\/p>\n – Panel on Jury\u2019s publication history (to be chaired by Martha)<\/p>\n – Panel on Trifles\/Jury and law (possibly to be chaired by Patricia Bryan)<\/p>\n – Panel on adaptations (film, theater, etc; to be chaired by Sharon)<\/p>\n – Panel on Intertextualities: Susan Glaspell\/Eugene O\u2019Neill (to be co-chaired by Noelia and a member of the Eugene O\u2019Neill Society)<\/p>\n – Panel on Heterodoxy (possibly to be chaired by Blanche Wiesen Cook)<\/p>\n – Roundtable on Trifles in performance (possibly to be chaired by Sherry Engle)<\/p>\n Cheryl agreed to work on a script. It\u00a0was also\u00a0suggested that we could\u00a0entice a local NYC theater group (some suggestions were the Mint or Metropolitian theaters) to do Trifles <\/i>and Bound East for Cardiff<\/i>, and that Milbre Burch could do her piece \u201cSometimes I Sing\u201d. Jeff Kennedy also may assemble \u201cnotables,\u201d such as the Gelbs and Tony Kushner, for a reading of these two pieces.<\/p>\n We still have to think about keynote speakers and contact them. Martha\u00a0reminded us\u00a0that J. Ellen Gainor\u00a0may try\u00a0to get Elaine Showalter, and Sharon\u00a0offered to\u00a0contact Carol Gilligan.\u00a0 Financial support for such an eminent speaker must be addressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Friday, May 25, 2013, at the ALA Conference, Boston. 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