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Annalee Jefferies:
A life in theater
Excerpted from houston.sidewalk.com
(January 8th, 1998)
The Front Row -
Leading Lady
By Megan
Halverson, Houston.Sidewalk |
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| She starred as a buff Carol Cutrere in Tennessee Williams'
"Orpheus Descending," directed by Michael Wilson at the Alley in 1994. |
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| Jefferies spent time with brain damaged patients while researching
her role as Beth in Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind." The production played at
the Alley in 1987. |
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| She's played many queens, her first at 23. Here, Jefferies plays
Margaret of Anjou from "Henry VI" at the 1986 New Jersey Shakespeare Festival. |
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| A 1987 production of "The Rainmaker" with Vasili
Bogazianos and a Faye Dunaway-ish Jefferies at the Pennsylvania Centre Stage. |
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| Without any rehearsal, Jefferies stepped into the role of Maggie in
Arthur Miller's "After the Fall" as a company member at the Arena Stage in
Washington D.C. The production was part of the 1980 Hong Kong Arts Festival. |
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| The result of another collaboration with director Michael Wilson at
the Alley in 1991, this production of "Other People's Money" incorporated a Bob
Fosse-style cabaret scene. |
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| Yes, it's her — during the 1980-81 production of "God
Bless You Mr. Rosewater" at the Arena Stage. |
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