Alice Gerstenberg

Alice Erya Gerstenberg was an American playwright, actress, and activist best known for her experimental, feminist drama and her involvement with the Little Theatre Movement in Chicago.

Gerstenberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, the only child of Julia and Erich Gerstenberg. Gerstenbergs grandfather was a founder and member of the Chicago Board of Trade in 1848, a position Gerstenbergs father inherited later on. Due to this, the Gerstenbergs enjoyed a higher standard of living than most middleclass families in Chicago at the time. Growing up, Gerstenberg had ample travel experiences and social indulgences including commercial theater. She attended a private school in Chicago and later graduated from Bryn Mawr, a womens college in Pennsylvania, in 1907. After college, she spent some time in New York watching the rehearsals of David Belasco before returning home to Chicago.

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