This play is written and directed by LSA students. Based on an early fictional account of a woman’s experience at the university, as well as primary resources discovered at the Bentley Historical Library, the play follows five female students in the 1870s as they navigate through the university and struggle to be taken seriously by faculty, administration, male peers, and even the Ann Arbor community. The play will run February 10 and 11 at 8:00 p.m. and February 12 at 2:00 p.m.; all performances will be held at East Quad’s Keene Theater.

Residential College junior Sophia Kaufman co-directed the play with LSA junior (and playwright) Emma McGlashen. It is produced by Kate Mendeloff, a lecturer in the Residential College.

This LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester event is presented with support from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office. Additional support provided by the Department of History, the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, and the Residential College.