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Beth Allen and Jane Chambers

Jane Chambers was born in Columbia, South Carolina, on March 27, 1937. Her plays include Random Violence, Tales of the Revolution and Other American Fables, Common Garden Variety, A Late Snow, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, My Blue Heaven, Kudzu and Quintessential Image. She wrote for the CBS-TV soap opera Search for Tomorrow. Her novels include Burning and Chasin' Jason.

After her death in 1983 from cancer, her long-time partner and manager Beth Allen published a collection of her poems entitled Warrior at Rest. Chambers was an active member of the New York Theatrical community in the sixties, seventies and early eighties. In addition to being Playwright-in-Residence for The Glines, she was the recipient numerous prestigious awards. For a complete list, see www.glbtq.com/literature/chambers_j.html