Anita Hollander was just 21 when she faced her first bout of cancer—a malignant tumor in her left leg. That was 1977 and Hollander, who was a theater major at Carnegie Mellon University, returned to school just a few weeks after surgery. Her cancer came back five years later and that time her leg could not be saved. In a recent interview with JewishBoston, Hollander said: “What I know better than anything else is theater. After the amputation, I was always going to go back to work. Going back on stage helped me to heal.”
STILL STANDING
FEB 9-MAR 3/2019
blackbox theater
STILL STANDING
written and performed by Anita Hollander
Anita Hollander lost her leg in 1977 to cancer. Still Standing details her story from diagnosis to the very moment of performance. Her leg will not grow back, but her mind and spirit and soul have grown to more than compensate. With songs, wit, understatement, great dollops of humor, but not a smidgen of self-pity, Hollander reaches out to every member of the audience.
ASL Interpreted Performances: 2/22, 2/23, 2/24
RUN TIME: 60 Minutes
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MAINSTAGE SEASON
Straight White Men | We Will Not Be Silent | 1776 | Cardboard Piano | Becoming Dr. Ruth
BLACKBOX PLAYS
Heartland | Still Standing
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