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Conversation with Edith Head
Benefit for the Chicago Historical Society brings Oscar-winning
costume designer to life
Tucson-based
actress and writer Susan Claassen is bringing her one-woman
show “A Conversation with Edith Head” to The Casino
in Chicago on March 6 2003, for a special
evening benefiting the Chicago Historical Society.
“A Conversation with Edith Head” is the brainchild
of Susan Claassen, actress and Managing Artistic Director
of Tucson’s Invisible Theatre. Susan first got the idea
to do the show watching a television biography about the
legendary designer in which she noticed her own striking
physical resemblance to Edith Head. Claassen wrote the show,
with Paddy Calistro, the Los Angeles author of Edith Head’s
Hollywood (E.P. Dutton, Inc. 1983) and Tuscon director Carol
Calkins. Much of the dialogue came directly from 13 hours
of taped Edith Head interviews, acquired from Head’s estate.
“Edithisms”,
as Ms. Head referred to her own sayings, abound in the show.
Drawn from interviews with Bob Mackie, who once worked for
Head as a sketch artist, Edie Wasserman, wife of Universal
Studio head Lew Wasserman, and Art Linkletter, award winning
host of “House Party”, “Edithisms” provide
first-hand insights into the world of Hollywood glamour
and film stars.
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Conversation with Edith Head/ADD ONE
The
one-woman show is set in Edith Head’s Universal Studio bungalow,
with Claassen bringing to life a story spanning six decades
in the film industry, encompassing over 1,000 films and
an unprecedented eight Oscars for Costume Design.
Proceeds
from the evening, sponsored by both the Guild and the Costume
Council of the Chicago Historical Society, will benefit
the new digital photography studio at CHS, as well as the
continued preservation of Hope B. McCormick Costume Collection
at the Chicago Historical Society, one of the finest in
the United States. Event Co-Chairs are Madeline McMullan
(Mrs. James M. McMullan) and Patricia Kaplan (Mrs. Sheldon
Kaplan). For ticket information, contact the Chicago Historical
Society at 312-799-2004.
About
The Chicago Historical Society:
A major museum and research center for Chicago and American
history, is located on Clark Street at North Avenue, and
can be reached by CTA buses 11, 22, 36, 72, 151 and 156.
Public parking is conveniently located one block north of
CHS at Clark and LaSalle Streets - enter on Stockton Drive.
The museum is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and
Sundays from noon to 5:00 p.m. Suggested admission is $5
for adults; $3 for seniors and students (ages 13-22) with
valid school IDs; $1 for children (ages 6-12); free for
members and children under 6. Admission is free on Mondays.
For
more information, call 312-642-4600 or
visit www.chicagohistory.org
The Chicago Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the
Chicago Park District’s generous support of all of the museum’s
activities.
