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Tales from the 20's in Black &

White. Performed by Stephanie Garett & Gayle Stahlhuth

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Stephanie Garrett focuses on stories about the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes (1901-1967) and Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) and Gayle Stahlhuth discusses the Algonquin Round Table, the founding of The New Yorker 100 years ago, Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) and Dorothy Parker (1893-1967). 

Stephanie Garrett has delighted audiences at Historic Cold Spring Village, East Lynne Theater Company, and now, Classic American Tales with her stories by and about African Americans. Garrett has a BA and MA in Sociology and worked as a Sociologist and Human Resources Manager during her career in Federal Government.  Upon early retirement she received the Meritorious Service Award, the highest award given by the Department of the Navy to a civilian employee.  

Gayle Stahlhuth is an actor, director, playwright, producer, storyteller, and teacher. From 1999 through 2022 she was the producing artistic director of East Lynne Theater Company and currently is the founding artistic director of Classic American Tales. She has performed off-Broadway, in touring shows, regional theater, TV and film. The National League of Professional Women honored her in 2016 for her work as a theater professional and she is listed in the newest edition of THE CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO AMERICAN THEATRE (2008).  

She is also founder of Classic American Tales, a company for presenting story readings and plays about the human condition that have stood the test of time, as well as new works that relate to the many facets of what it means to be “American.”. Learn more here: http://www.classicamericantales.org/ 

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