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Libby Howes, a Promising Young Actress, Left New York in 1981 and Disappeared. What Happened? by Helen Shaw

Libby Howes was an imposing presence onstage with the Wooster Group. But after abruptly leaving New York in 1981 she became a theater world mystery. What happened?

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