Nan Colton as Dora Maar
Playwright and storyteller Nan Colton will bring to life Dora Maar – painter, photographer and Picasso’s muse.
Dora Maar (1907 – 1997) was a painter, photographer and Picasso’s private muse. She was a woman who passionately loved a genius. Through Nan’s live character portrayal, the audience learns how Dora chronicled, through photography, the creation of Picasso’s masterpiece GUERNICA.
TICKETS: $20
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Nan Colton is a professional playwright, director, storyteller, actress and Literary and Performance Teaching Artist. She has performed and lectured professionally on stages throughout South Africa, Great Britain and the United States.
This is Colton’s tenth performance to benefit the Gulfport Senior Center Foundation. She has previously portrayed other important women artists and writers including Margaret Bourke-White, Virginia Woolf, Georgia O’Keefe, Agatha Christie and Harriet Beecher Stowe. In addition, she has brought influential women to the Gulfport stage including Eleanor Roosevelt and Mina Miller Edison along with her original character Mrs Tidbit.
Artist statement: “In all my work I strive to make the expression of my work relevant, entertaining and pertinent for the audience. I diligently research the historic and personal climate that molded the person I am portraying.”