It remains producible given eight meaty roles for women, plenty of piquant ribald humor (especially when the women try to act straight when Eva is invited to a party by Lil), sharply defined true-to-life characters, and a good deal of truthfulness in its observations of a certain class of people - upper-middle-class Manhattan lesbians who can afford summer rental cottages in the beach colonies along Long Island Sound. Smart will join original cast members for a Q&A following the July 15 performance), the play stays memorable for its deep feelings and realistic situation. Now in a 40th-anniversary revival by The Fountain Theatre (during which Ms. production, and the amazing performance of a then-unknown Jean Smart still remains with me. Eva meets cute with wry, sarcastic Lil, who’s fishing off the rocks at the cove, and thus begins a tale of awakening, love, and personal tragedy. Eva is a timid, naïve, and high-strung woman who has finally mustered the courage to leave her highly controlled and passionless marriage, emboldened by feminist thinker and cove vacationer Kitty ( Sarah Scott Davis), the author of The Female Sexual Imperative, whose ideology paved the way for Eva’s accidental arrival at Bluefish Cove. run she succumbed to a brain tumor in 1983). Second is the fact that Lil ( Ann Sonneville), a popular woman in the group of friends, is suffering from terminal cancer (Chambers herself had cancer during the play’s L.A.

First is the arrival of Eva Margolis ( Lindsay LaVanchy), a heterosexual woman who has just left her husband and is unaware that the cabin she has rented is intended for lesbians who value their privacy. The annual vacation is unsettled by two events. This story is a study of lesbian relationships - three couples, including a couple of former lovers - who meet every summer at an isolated beach resort, Bluefish Cove. Chambers’ name is legend as a daring playwright who put lesbian writing on stage before it was widely accepted to have out lesbians in public, let alone be depicted with a sense of normalcy.

Written in 1976 by the late Jane Chambers, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove - which opened in 1980, NYC - is a milestone in lesbian theatre history.

Last summer at bluefish cove