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On The Road
2007
<-- Beginning of 2007 Visiting in Seattle with Dennis Coleman, founder and director of the Seattle Men's & Women's Choruses; Ann; and David Maddux, composer and arranger for the two groups. David is writing a choral piece to premiere in April 2008, called Vixen Fiction. It's devoted to the glory days of the Lesbian Pulp Paperbacks Cheryl Craig--assistant interviewer & photographer, Ann, Shane Salek--cinematographer/documentarian, and JLee Meyer--author and interviewer, meet at Ann's house to work on a documentary about lesbian writers of the 50s to the 70s; August 11, 2007 The stellar cast of 'The Beebo Brinker Chronicles' gathers at Oscar Wilde Books in New York in August to look over some of the Bannon books. They are (L to R): Playwright and Obie-winning actor David Greenspan (Jack); Carolyn Baeumler (Marcy); Marin Ireland (Laura); Autumn Dornfeld (Beth); and Anna Foss Wilson (Beebo).
A fund-raiser for the Democratic National Committee at the Waldorf-Astoria Starlight Room in June 2007. Dr. Carlos Mock, novelist, essayist, and blogger, with beloved novelist Patricia Nell Warren, and Ann enjoying the pre-dinner party in the Starlight Room. A fund-raiser for the Democratic National Committee at the Waldorf-Astoria Starlight Room in June 2007. Patricia Nell Warren, whose newest book is The Lavender Locker Room, gets a laugh from Ann at the DNC party Final Preview Performance of
"The Beebo Brinker Chronicles"
in New York at the 4th Street Theater
September 30, 2007
Ann holding congratulatory bouquet, with power house author and publisher, Radclyffe, of Bold Strokes Books. Bold Strokes was a sponsor of the play and showed up in force to support the final preview performance--one night before the premiere. Photo by Shane Salek. With Kathi Isserman and her partner, Bold Strokes Books debut author K.I.Thompson, whose new novel, House of Clouds, was published on October 8, 2007. Kathi and K.I. presented Ann with a copy of the novel, plus a hard-to-find copy of Ann's 'lost' novel, The Marriage, in its original Gold Medal edition. Photo by Shane Salek. Photo by Shane Salek. The dazzling cast of 'The Beebo Brinker Chronicles' (L to R): Anna Foss Wilson, a brilliant, irresistible, and passionate Beebo; Marin Ireland, the beautiful and moving Laura; David Greenspan, multiple Obie winner, as the witty and acerbic Jack Mann, the original gay man with a heart of gold; Ann; Carolyn Baeumler, a protean actress whose charm and humor bring three characters in the play to life; Autumn Dornfeld, a striking and lovely Beth; and wonderful Leigh Silverman, the Broadway director (Lisa Kron's 'Well') who animated the flawless script by Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Chapman.
Talking to the audience after the performance with author, historian, and teacher Kurt Brokaw, who came armed with fascinating insight into the pulp paperback phenomenon. Photo by Shane Salek. Kurt Brokaw shows the audience a copy of Jaye Zimet's book, Strange Sisters, a compilation of the best of the lesbian pulp paperback covers from the 1940s through the 1960s. It's open to the original Gold Medal edition of Beebo Brinker. Photo by Shane Salek. Photo by Shane Salek. The dazzling cast of 'The Beebo Brinker Chronicles' (L to R): Anna Foss Wilson, a brilliant, irresistible, and passionate Beebo; Marin Ireland, the beautiful and moving Laura; David Greenspan, multiple Obie winner, as the witty and acerbic Jack Mann, the original gay man with a heart of gold; Ann; Carolyn Baeumler, a protean actress whose charm and humor bring three characters in the play to life; Autumn Dornfeld, a striking and lovely Beth; and wonderful Leigh Silverman, the Broadway director (Lisa Kron's 'Well') who animated the flawless script by Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Chapman. The Beebo Brinker Chronicles

The Play
After the Performance and Follow-Up Events to "The Beebo Brinker Chronicles,"
New York
Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2007 		Anna Foss Wilson (Beebo Brinker) onstage with Ann and her daughter Inga following the final preview performance of the play, Sept. 30, 2007 The two terrific playwrights who made the story shine: Linda S. Chapman and Kate Moira Ryan at the post-play dinner with Ann. Also there were most of the cast, production people, and many friends, all celebrating success. At lunch in a New York restaurant, The Nook, with good friends, the Garlands. David is the host of the NPR-KNYC's 'Spinning on Air' on Sunday nights, and Anne is a wonderful artist and web designer. Ann's daughter Inga and Ann, enjoying the friendship and the delicious food. Oct. 1, 2007.
At an impromptu dinner at the lovely home of Kim Brinster, owner of the Oscar Wilde Bookstore in New York, and her partner Janet. L to R: Janet, Kim, Ann, and Penny, Janet and Kim's Kiwi houseguest. Oct. 3, 2007. Playwrights Linda Chapman and Kate Ryan chat about 'The Beebo Brinker Chronicles' with an enthusiastic audience at the LGBT Community Center in Greenwich Village, Oct. 3, 2007. The overflow crowd listened to the P.R. system in the hallway outside the auditorium The Elephant and Castle Pub welcomes two more valued friends: novelist (That Man from C.A.M.P., Longhorns) Victor Banis; Ann; and writer and editor nonpareil Don Weise. Oct. 5, 2007
On the last day before flying home, Ann and her daughter Inga (who took the photo), enjoy a farewell lunch at the Elephant and Castle Pub in Greenwich Village. L to R: Ann, director Leigh Silverman, playwright Linda Chapman, and Linda's partner, actor and multiple Obie winner Lola Pashalinski. Oct. 6, 2007 Anna Foss Wilson, the unforgettable 'Beebo Brinker,' comes to say goodbye to Ann and her daughter Inga before they leave New York for home. At the Elephant and Castle Pub in Greenwich Village, Oct. 5, 2007. Paul D. Cain just prior to his lecture on prominent members of the LGBT community at the Lavender Library, Oct. 25, 2007 With old friends at a lecture by Paul D. Cain for the Lavender Library in Sacramento. L to R: Ann, Paul's husband Kurt Jacobovitz, and author Paul D.Cain, Oct. 25, 2007. Paul is the author of a superb book of interviews with LGBT pioneers called Leading the Parade: Conversations with America's Most Influential Lesbians and Gay Men (Scarecrow Press, 2002).
Dennis Coleman, director of the Seattle Men's and Women's Choruses, with Ann at Benaroya Hall in Seattle for the annual Christmas Concert: December 23, 2007 Theresa Haynie, interviewer and writer, Ann, and Kathy Wehle of Flying House Productions for the Seattle Men's and Women's Choruses, at dinner at Flying Fish in Seattle; December 23, 2007.
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