Robin Morgan:
The "otherizing" of women is the oldest oppression known to our species, and it's the model, the template, for all other oppressions.

UPCOMING PRODUCTION:

Where do monsters come from?

Frankenstein Incarnate: The Passions of Mary Shelley
A world premiere
written by Anne Bertram
directed by Carin Bratlie
October 26 – November 17, 2007

The life of novelist Mary Shelley overlaps and intertwines with the story that made her famous, illuminating the creator and creature within us all.

Post-Show Talks

Sunday, November 4, 2:00 PM
Matinee performance of Frankenstein Incarnate, followed by
"Desire in the Reasonable Society," a talk by
Ted W. Lockhart, Ph.D.

Utopian thinkers of Mary Shelley's period, including her father William Godwin and husband Percy Shelley, grappled with the problem of human desire and the ability of social institutions to minimize their disruptive effects. Recognition of this problem was one of the reasons why Marx and Engels believed that the "education of desire" was an essential component of a stable society.

Ted Lockhart is a Professor of Philosophy at Michigan Technological University. His publications include Moral Uncertainty and its Consequences (Oxford University Press, 2000) and "Technological Fixes for Moral Dilemmas," in Electronic Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology.

Sunday, November 11, 2:00 PM
Matinee performance of Frankenstein Incarnate, followed by
"Echoes of Mary Wollstonecraft in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein," a talk by
Professor Geri Chavis

Mary Shelley was keenly aware of the writings of her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft. Wollstonecraft's work, especially A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, can illuminate our understanding of Frankenstein, especially in its depiction of Victor Frankenstein and the women characters, Safie, Elizabeth, and Justine.

Professor Chavis teaches English and Women's Studies at The College of St. Catherine. She is the editor of Family: Stories from the Interior (Graywolf Press, 1987).