Alice Childress
ALICE CHILDRESS was a pioneering writer and actress whose award-winning plays and novels were praised for their insightful, compassionate portrayal of realistic characters in difficult situations....
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Alice Emma Ives
ALICE EMMA IVES, playwright, educator, and journalist, moved at an early age from Detroit to New York City, where she established a distinguished reputation as an art critic. This gave Ives the...
Alice Erya Gerstenberg
ALICE ERYA GERSTENBERG was best known for her experimental, feminist drama and her involvement with the Little Theatre Movement in Chicago. She enjoyed an upper middle class childhood in Chicago...
Alice Henson Ernst
ALICE HENSON ERNST was an American playwright, professor, poet, Native American researcher and scholar who was considered a leading authority on Northwest theatre history. Ernst wrote her first...
Alice L. Rostetter
ALICE L. ROSTETTER was a high school English teacher best known for children’s plays. The Widow’s Veil, which opened at the Provincetown Players on January 17, 1919, appears to be the only script...
Alicia Sheridan LeFanu
ALICIA SHERIDAN LEFANU was an Anglo-Irish writer, born into a prominent theatre family who supported women’s education and writing. She was the daughter of actor Thomas Sheridan and playwright...
Altaír Tejeda de Tamez
ALTAÍR TEJEDA DE TAMEZ was a short story writer, poet, journalist, and playwright. She earned her master’s degree in Spanish Language and Literature from the National Autonomous University of...
Ama Ata Aidoo
AMA ATA AIDOO née CHRISTINA AMA AIDOO was a playwright, poet, novelist, and short story writer, born into a time of British neocolonialism in Ghana. This inspired her father to educate local youth...