Boesing, Martha, 1936-

Martha Boesing was born in New Hampshire in 1936 and lived in New England throughout her childhood. In the 1960s Boesing migrated to Minneapolis where she worked with numerous theatres including Firehouse Theatre. In 1974, she became the artistic director and, along with her husband Paul Boesing and four others, one of the founding members of At the Foot of the Mountain, a feminist theatre collective. She was with At the Foot of the Mountain until 1984, though she worked with them intermittently after that date. Boesing worked as playwright, director, actor and producer throughout Minneapolis before moving to San Francisco in 2001. Her plays frequently explore feminist and environmental philosophy.

Biographical information drawn from:

Boesing, M. (2008). Martha boesing. Retrieved from www.marthaboesing.com

Peterson, J. T., and Bennett, S. (1997). Women playwrights of diversity: A bio-bibliographic sourcebook. (pp. 63-68). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Retrieved from http://books.google.com

From the guide to the Martha Boesing papers, 1963-2000, (bulk 1988-2000), (University of Minnesota Libraries. Performing Arts Archives, Manuscripts Division [paa])