for female singer & male singing pianist
90' (2 acts) 22 numbers
alt. versions titled Emma Goldman in Exile or Scenes from the Life of Emma Goldman
for 3 female & 3 male singing actors (130')
(2 acts, incl. more dialogue & ensembles)
book & lyrics with Karen Ruoff Kramer
(except 7 numbers by composer alone)
music by Leonard Lehrman, op. 78
2009 performance:
Tue. May 26, 5:30pm FREE
Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
University of Pennsylvania, 3420 Walnut St., Philsdelphia
A Celebration of The Women's Section of the
Walter J. Lear U.S. Health Activism History collection
of the University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Rare Book & Manuscript Library
and the U.S. Health Left History Center
previewed by US Americans for Peace and at Stanford University in Berlin 5/86
completion commissioned by Bel Canto Opera Workshop et al, 1986-87
1987 performances: Herbert Liebman Memorial Concerts, Vladeck Auditorium (Bronx);
WBAI, WEVD interviews;
Workmen's Circle Branch (Manhattan); Alchemical Theater (Manhattan);
Cornell University (Barnes Hall); SUNY-Cortland;
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island (Hempstead) [photo by N.S. Lehrman, above]; Jewish Currents Concert
1989 performances: Temple Emanuel (sponsored by University of Lowell), Lowell, Mass.;
Community Church of Boston; Boston University; Harvard College (Adams House);
Brandeis University Festival (The Tower)
1990 performances: Columbia University; Queens College; Wellesley College;
Bryant Library, Roslyn; WQXR's "The Listening Room"; Midtown YM-YWHA (Manhattan);
WESPAC (White Plains Unitarian Church);
International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam;
E.&W. Berlin; Paris Cabaret; Dartmouth College
1991 performances: Ethical Culture Society of N.Y. City; Peninsula Library, Lawrence, L.I.;
McCormick Auditorium, Norris Center, Northwestern University (National Opera Assn convention);
WFMT interview with Studs Terkel;
American University, Kreeger Music Building, McDonald Recital Hall - (Jewish Studies Program);
San Francisco Modern Language Association Convention - Noe Valley Ministry, U.C./Berkeley
KPFA interview with Dennis Bernstein
1992 performances: Alexander Berkman Conference, Pittsburgh;
UMass/Amherst Marxism and the New World Order Conference
1994 performance [program cover below]: C.W. Post College
(School of Education, Library School Student Assn, McGrath Fund)
2007 performances:
Fri. Mar. 9, 8pm The Puffin Room, 435 Broome St., Manhattan $15
Sun. Mar. 11, 3pm Great Neck House FREE
Fri. Mar. 16, 8pm PeaceSmiths, Amityville $8
Sun. Mar. 25, 3pm Long Beach Library FREE
Sun. Apr. 29, 4pm Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck NJ $5
Tue. May 1, 8pm Libertarian Book Club at The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton St., Manhattan $10
all with Susan Blake at the slide projector
Excerpts "I Believe," "Judith" and "If I Can't Dance"
performed at Weill Recital Hall 6/14/89
"Where Do I Belong" performed widely;
also as part of Jewish Woman in Song program
"Where Do I Belong?" (2'43") & "If I Can't Dance" (2'16") AMC
recorded by Helene Williams & composer on Songs of Conscience cassette 3/91 & CD 6/03
inspired by Howard Zinn's play Emma
[Howard Zinn with Helene & Leonard at Brandeis, 3/20/89]
endorsed by the late Paul Avrich
[at Workmen's Circle, 4/23/87]