Thank you for attending See Also! Each character in the production is inspired by multiple women and non-binary individuals, most of which are represented in the collections and history of the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University. These composite characters are the result of equal parts research and imagination-- they come from many different time periods, and they are both real and imagined. Below is a list of these characters followed by the real individuals that inspired them.
Listen to women and non-binary people.
Everything is connected.
Listen to women and non-binary people.
Everything is connected.
Characters
1. Muckraker/Journalist
Mary Katherine Goddard - Early American publisher, the second printer to print the Declaration of Independence.
Ethel Lois Payne - Journalist, known as the "First Lady of the Black Press.” She was a columnist, lecturer, and freelance writer.
Ida B Wells-Barnett - Journalist whose news reporting covered incidents of racial segregation and inequality.
Ida Tarbell - One of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she pioneered investigative journalism.
2. Lady of the Sky
Sophie Blanchard - French Aeronaut and first woman balloonist.
Margaret Burbidge - Astrophysicist and researcher.
Amelia Earhart - Aviation pioneer who was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Elisa Garnerin - French balloonist and parachutist.
Lizzie Ihling - American balloonist.
Maria Mitchell - Librarian and astronomer who discovered a comet.
Mary Myers - First American aviation pioneer to fly solo in in an air balloon, also know as “Carlotta, the Lady Aeronaut.”
Vera Rubin - Astronomer and professor.
Patricia Ann Straat - Biochemist, researcher and science administrator, she gave her papers to the Sheridan Libraries in 2018.
3. Cartographer
Shanawdithit - Indigenous North American who created narrative maps in which she compressed and plotted her memories of her tribe’s movements and collisions with settlers.
Judith Tyner - Cartographer who introduced the concept of "persuasive cartography" in the mid-1960s to better understand the subjectivity inherent in map making.
4. Laundress/All Mother
Cis Conner - Mother and Flax spinner who was an enslaved house servant at Homewood for a time.
Amelia Simmons - Writer of one of the first American cookbooks.
Lucy Snowe- Fictional character from Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Tess Durbeyfield- Fictional character from Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Ruth Hilton- Fictional character from Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
5. Born from the Mud/Naturalist
Laura Bassi - Italian physicist and academic. She was the first woman to earn a professorship in physics at a university.
Eunice Newton Foote - Scientist, physicist, and inventor. She was one of the first scientists to suggest the “greenhouse effect.”
Hedy Lamarr - Austrian actress and inventor. She created a radio system now cited as the foundation for Bluetooth technology.
Maria Sybilla Merian - Botanical & natural history illustrator who was the first to record metamorphosis.
6. Revolutionary/Suffragist/Activist
Yaa Asantewaa - Queen in the Ashanti Empire (modern day Ghana) she led a rebellion against British colonialism.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg - Supreme Court Justice who spent a large portion of her law career fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - Poet, abolitionist and suffragist. Broke with the American Women's Suffrage Association and became one of the founding members of the National Association of Colored Women.
Edith Houghton Hooker - Leader in the suffragist movement and one of the first women to attend JHU's medical school.
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker - Doctor, suffragist and a fighter for dress reform.
Dr. Lilian Welsh - Physician, educator, suffragist, and advocate for women's health.
7. Dreamers/Patrons
Claribel and Etta Cone - Baltimoreans who were art collectors, travelers and sisters.
Ethel Ennis - Baltimore's own "First Lady of Jazz."
Alice Warder Garrett - Patron of the arts, she held salons and performances at her home, Evergreen.
Mabel Dodge Luhan- Salon hostess, art patroness, writer, and self-appointed "savior of humanity."
8. Electronic Music Pioneer
Wendy Carlos - Musician and composer best known for her electronic music and film scores.
Jean Eichelberger Ivey - Composer who founded the Peabody Electronic Music Studio in 1967.
Pauline Oliveros - Central figure in the development of post-war experimental music.
Daphne Oram - British composer who created an electronic music technique using drawn sound.
1. Muckraker/Journalist
Mary Katherine Goddard - Early American publisher, the second printer to print the Declaration of Independence.
Ethel Lois Payne - Journalist, known as the "First Lady of the Black Press.” She was a columnist, lecturer, and freelance writer.
Ida B Wells-Barnett - Journalist whose news reporting covered incidents of racial segregation and inequality.
Ida Tarbell - One of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she pioneered investigative journalism.
2. Lady of the Sky
Sophie Blanchard - French Aeronaut and first woman balloonist.
Margaret Burbidge - Astrophysicist and researcher.
Amelia Earhart - Aviation pioneer who was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Elisa Garnerin - French balloonist and parachutist.
Lizzie Ihling - American balloonist.
Maria Mitchell - Librarian and astronomer who discovered a comet.
Mary Myers - First American aviation pioneer to fly solo in in an air balloon, also know as “Carlotta, the Lady Aeronaut.”
Vera Rubin - Astronomer and professor.
Patricia Ann Straat - Biochemist, researcher and science administrator, she gave her papers to the Sheridan Libraries in 2018.
3. Cartographer
Shanawdithit - Indigenous North American who created narrative maps in which she compressed and plotted her memories of her tribe’s movements and collisions with settlers.
Judith Tyner - Cartographer who introduced the concept of "persuasive cartography" in the mid-1960s to better understand the subjectivity inherent in map making.
4. Laundress/All Mother
Cis Conner - Mother and Flax spinner who was an enslaved house servant at Homewood for a time.
Amelia Simmons - Writer of one of the first American cookbooks.
Lucy Snowe- Fictional character from Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Tess Durbeyfield- Fictional character from Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Ruth Hilton- Fictional character from Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
5. Born from the Mud/Naturalist
Laura Bassi - Italian physicist and academic. She was the first woman to earn a professorship in physics at a university.
Eunice Newton Foote - Scientist, physicist, and inventor. She was one of the first scientists to suggest the “greenhouse effect.”
Hedy Lamarr - Austrian actress and inventor. She created a radio system now cited as the foundation for Bluetooth technology.
Maria Sybilla Merian - Botanical & natural history illustrator who was the first to record metamorphosis.
6. Revolutionary/Suffragist/Activist
Yaa Asantewaa - Queen in the Ashanti Empire (modern day Ghana) she led a rebellion against British colonialism.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg - Supreme Court Justice who spent a large portion of her law career fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - Poet, abolitionist and suffragist. Broke with the American Women's Suffrage Association and became one of the founding members of the National Association of Colored Women.
Edith Houghton Hooker - Leader in the suffragist movement and one of the first women to attend JHU's medical school.
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker - Doctor, suffragist and a fighter for dress reform.
Dr. Lilian Welsh - Physician, educator, suffragist, and advocate for women's health.
7. Dreamers/Patrons
Claribel and Etta Cone - Baltimoreans who were art collectors, travelers and sisters.
Ethel Ennis - Baltimore's own "First Lady of Jazz."
Alice Warder Garrett - Patron of the arts, she held salons and performances at her home, Evergreen.
Mabel Dodge Luhan- Salon hostess, art patroness, writer, and self-appointed "savior of humanity."
8. Electronic Music Pioneer
Wendy Carlos - Musician and composer best known for her electronic music and film scores.
Jean Eichelberger Ivey - Composer who founded the Peabody Electronic Music Studio in 1967.
Pauline Oliveros - Central figure in the development of post-war experimental music.
Daphne Oram - British composer who created an electronic music technique using drawn sound.
Other Collections from the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University Used for Research and Dramaturgy
Sheridan Libraries General Collections
Maps and Atlases
and
Sheridan Libraries Special Collections
Graphic and Pictoral Collections
Hinkes Collections of Scientific Discovery - Rare Books
Johns Hopkins University African-American Real Photo Postcard Collection
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Women’s Suffrage Collection
Homewood Museum
Evergreen Museum & Library
George Peabody Library
Sheridan Libraries General Collections
Maps and Atlases
and
Sheridan Libraries Special Collections
Graphic and Pictoral Collections
Hinkes Collections of Scientific Discovery - Rare Books
Johns Hopkins University African-American Real Photo Postcard Collection
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Women’s Suffrage Collection
Homewood Museum
Evergreen Museum & Library
George Peabody Library
Created by:
Core Creative Team:
Josh Aterovis*
David Brasington**
Kim Le*
Bella Lucero
Ursula Marcum
Mika Nakano*
Jess Rassp**
Trustina Sabah*
Glenn Ricci
Dani Turner**
Featuring a new composition by
Briay Conditt
https://www.briay.com/
Additional music and sound by
Glenn Ricci
Core Creative Team:
Josh Aterovis*
David Brasington**
Kim Le*
Bella Lucero
Ursula Marcum
Mika Nakano*
Jess Rassp**
Trustina Sabah*
Glenn Ricci
Dani Turner**
Featuring a new composition by
Briay Conditt
https://www.briay.com/
Additional music and sound by
Glenn Ricci
Composite Characters:
Muckraker / Journalist – Marissa Dahl**
Lady of the Sky – Jessie Delaplaine**
Cartographer – Hannah Fenster**
Laundress / All Mother – Betse Lyons**
Born From Mud / Naturalist – Mika Nakano*
Revolutionary / Suffragist / Activist – Jess Rassp**
Dreamer / Patrons – Susan Stroupe* & Kaya Vision**
Electronic Music Pioneer – Natanya Washer**
Seekers:
Author / Worldbuilder – Josh Aterovis*
Seeker of Historical Data - Tara Cariaso**
Sad Teen Seeking Refuge – Emily Hall**
Seeker of Aromas and Dreams – Trustina Sabah*
Scavenger Hunter – Lisi Stoessel*
Seeker of Names – Elizabeth Ung**
Uncle Bob – Caitlin Weaver**
Attendants:
Superintendent - David Brasington**
Zipporah Brown
Ursula Marcum
Dani Turner**
Katharine Vary**
Jacob Zabawa**
Team Chicanery (Front of House):
Team Leader - Kim Le*
Caitlin Bouxsein**
Andrea Clayville**
Theresa Columbus
Rae Hample
Andrea Luxenberg
Desirée Rowe
Production Manager: Bella Lucero
Costume Design: Deana Fisher Brill**
Lighting Consult: Michael Logue
Lighting Tech: Mara Falbo-Wild**
Sound Tech: C. Swan-Streepy
Tech Assistant: Victoria Martin
Puppetry: Jessie Delaplaine**, Ursula Marcum, Jess Rassp** and Chris Reuther**
*Submersive Artistic Associate
**Member of the Submersive Collective
Submersive Productions (Ursula Marcum and Glenn Ricci, Co-artistic Directors) is a collaborative artworks company that creates original, site-specific immersive works where artists and audiences engage together at the intersection of histories, mythologies and the immediate experience. Based in Baltimore, we devise works that make the audience essential to the journey of the narrative.
We are also a collective of over fifty artists and performers who gather to make worlds that engage the senses and unfold stories, both familiar and forgotten.
For more information, visit: www.submersiveproductions.com
We are also a collective of over fifty artists and performers who gather to make worlds that engage the senses and unfold stories, both familiar and forgotten.
For more information, visit: www.submersiveproductions.com
Generous support for this program has been provided by Mayor Jack Young and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts, PNC Bank, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, under the auspices of the Sheridan Libraries.
Special thanks to Paul Espinosa, Joseph Plaster, and the Peabody Institute Archives.
Special thanks to Paul Espinosa, Joseph Plaster, and the Peabody Institute Archives.
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