Edgecombe and Ware produce play for UAA sabbatical project

"A Woman by Design," a play about Mary Colter, the foremost architect of the Southwest, will premiere at La Posada (designed by Colter) in Winslow, Ariz., on June 6 and 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the hotel's ballroom. The next weekend, on June 14, there will be a performance at the Grand Canyon in the Shrine of the Ages. Featured in the title role is Elizabeth Ware, UAA adjunct instructor and a professional actress well known for her solo performances. Ware and her husband, David Edgecombe, UAA professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, conceived, wrote and produced this 70-minute one-act play as a sabbatical project from the University of Alaska Anchorage. As the chief architect and designer for the Fred Harvey Company, Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter was responsible for La Posada and most of the buildings that dot the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Her work is now viewed as pivotal in the development of Southwestern architectural design. The production features slides of her major works and gives insight into a turbulent artistic life.

For more about Edgecombe and Ware's work, visit edgewareproductions.com.

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