Holly+Hughes

=Holly Hughes=

**Holly Hughes:** Born in [|Saginaw, Michigan] on March 10, 1955, she graduated from [|Kalamazoo College] in 1977 and moved to [|New York City] two years later.[|[1]] She started her career as a performance artist alongside [|Peggy Shaw] and [|Lois Weaver] .[|[1]] In 1990 Hughes earned national attention as one of the so-called [|NEA Four], artists whose funding from the [|National Endowment for the Arts] was vetoed.[|[3]] It has been argued that she is influenced by [|Sam Shepard] .[|[4]] In 2010, Holly Hughes received a <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Guggenheim Fellowship] .<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; color: #0645ad; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[|[5]] <span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">She works as an Associate Professor at the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|University of Michigan School of Art & Design] .<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; color: #0645ad; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[|[6]]

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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">A lesbian feminist performance artist and playwright with a flair for telling the outrageous stories of everyday lesbian life, Holly Hughes has grown used to controversy. Although she has won two Obie awards for excellence in off-Broadway theater for her plays (//Dress Suit to// //Hire//[1988] and //Clit Notes// [1990]), her work has been called pornographic by both right-wing politicians and some members of the queer community.

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Holly Hughes
**List of Plays**

World Without End
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