Peggy Shaw, Lois Weaver, and Debora Margolin in Tableau Vivant… from their first collaboration titles Split Britches

..Split Britches meaningfully extended the post-1960s political theatre mandate of combining art and life; they rip apart theatrical “convention” exposing it to the bone and creating a new aesthetic combining the trash street aesthetic and drag of Hot Peaches, the story-weaving of Spiderwoman, and the live-art Brechtian exposure of what is real now, never letting you forget they are performing as themselves. They explore butch-femme stylistics and, in every piece, women’s rage, desire, poverty, hope and love. Their performances are sites of clarity, inspiration and community.
Laurie Stone of the New York City Village Voice

Split Britches Lesbian Feminist Theatre Company was founded 27 years ago by Peggy Shaw, Lois Weaver and Deb Margolin. Since 1980 they have transformed the landscape of queer performance with their vaudevillian satirical gender-bending performance. Split Britches is currently working on Miss America which will premiere at LaMaMa in New York City in 2008.