Episode 4: Fourteen
By: Alice Gerstenberg
Fourteen premiered on October 7, 1919, at the Maitland Playhouse in San Francisco and is an example of the Little Theatre movement.
Alice Gerstenberg's significant contributions to the Little Theatre movement mark her as a pivotal figure in the evolution of American theater during the early 20th century. Born in Chicago in 1885, Gerstenberg's career as a playwright and a proponent of experimental theater practices helped shape the landscape of modern drama.
The Little Theatre movement emerged in response to the dominance of commercial theater and sought to create intimate, non-commercial spaces where innovative plays could be performed. It aimed to foster a more authentic and artistically ambitious approach to theater, challenging the prevailing norms of spectacle and profit-driven productions.
Though today, some of Gerstenberg’s plays may seem conventional and even conservative in their subject matter and relation to feminism, it must be noted that her plays focus on women’s lives and that the characters are mostly, and often exclusively, women. And they all focus, to one degree or another, on the constraints and unwritten rules that women were expected to live within during those times.
Fourteen was recorded in front of a live audience at the University of Virginia on April 7, 2024
Cast:
Mrs. Horace Pringle played by Julia Robertson
Elaine played by Evelyn Garey
Dunham played by Megan Kuo
Crew:
Adapted and directed by Doug Grissom
Sound design and recording by Lewis Reining
Narration and stage directions by Mandy Shuker
Executive Producer is Nathan Moore
Recorded at WTJU Studios
Music:
Series introduction: Daymaze by Blue Dot Sessions
Episode introduction and outro: Tuck and Point by Blue Dot Sessions
Sound Effects:
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