Alessandra Belloni

A benefit show celebrating the 40th anniversary of Spiderwoman Theater! Spiderwoman Theater was founded in 1976, when Muriel Miguel gathered together a diverse company of women which included both of her sisters. They were of varying ages, races, sexual orientation, and worldview. The collective sprang out of the feminist movement of the 1970s and the disillusionment with the treatment of women in radical political movements of the time. They questioned gender roles, cultural stereotypes, and sexual and economic oppression. They took on issues of sexism, racism, classism, and the violence in women’s lives. Their weaving of humor with popular culture and personal histories along with their sometimes shocking style excited the hearts and spirits of the women (and sometimes the men) in their audiences, in the United States, Canada and all over the world. Spiderwoman Theater broke new ground in using storytelling and storyweaving as the basis for the creation of their theatrical pieces. The performers wrote and performed personal and traditional stories and with Muriel as the “outside eye”, they were organically layered with movement, text, sound, music, and visual images. This 40th anniversary includes performers Alessandra Belloni, Muriel Borst-Tarrant, Taylor Mac, Monique Mojica, Soni Moreno, Split Britches, Kevin Tarrant and the Silvercloud Singers, Talking Band, Josephine Tarrant and SPIDERWOMAN THEATER!