Lavinia

The Madison premiere of Lavinia, a new play by Betty Diamond.  Presented by the Wisconsin Law Foundation and the Madison Theatre Guild!

On the Evjue Stage

In an infamous decision written by Chief Justice Edward G. Ryan, Lavinia Goodell was  denied admission to the bar of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1876 because she was a woman.

Originally commissioned by the Director of State Courts Office of the State of Wisconsin, and the Office of the Chief Justice of the State of Wisconsin, Lavinia follows  Lavinia Goodellʼs feisty entry into what was then a manʼs world, just in time for Women’s History Month.

 With the talents of:

Deborah Hearst………………………..Lavinia Goodell
Teressa Antivilo………………………..Miss Stafford
Ilona Pinzke, Sheri Meland,
Tim Irvin, Francisco Torres,
Brian Belz, and Jim Chiolino………….Company

Funded in part by the Wisconsin Humanities Council, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the State of Wisconsin.