Mary John was part of the nascent regional theatre movement, which was led in large part by women: Margo Jones opened Theatre '47 in Dallas in 1947, Nina Vance opened Houston's Alley Theatre that same year. And in Washington, D.C., Zelda Fichandler co-founded Arena Stage in 1950. Pat Brown, who would later become the Alley's second artistic director and a founder […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:32PM on October 12, 2018