Gerstenberg, Alice

Author and dramatist Gerstenberg was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1885, the daughter of Erich and Julia Weischendorff Gerstenberg. She attended Bryn Mawr College, wrote novels and plays, and was the co-founder of the Junior League Theater for Children (1921) and founder of the Playwright Theater (1922), both in Chicago.

Nancy Cox-McCormack Cushman studied art in St. Louis and Chicago, and was a sculptor in bronze and terra cotta. She was married to Charles T. Cushman.

From the description of Papers, 1929-1952 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007217

Chicago actress, playwright, and activist in the Little theater movement.

Born in 1885 in Chicago, Gerstenberg graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1907 and then returned to Chicago where she spent many years involved with drama and the theater. She was an original member of the Chicago Little Theatre, founded the Chicago Junior League Theatre for Children and the Playwright's Theatre of Chicago, and was active in the Gerstenberg Experimental Theatre Workshop and the Alice Gerstenberg Theatre. As a playwright Gerstenberg wrote mostly experimental one-act plays, many of which featured women in leading roles. The most enduring is "Overtones" (1915). She died in 1972.

From the description of Alice Gerstenberg papers, 1903-1971. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 46630433