Her Honor Jane Byrne Revisited: An Introduction to the Radio Play

Her Honor Jane Byrne Revisited: An Introduction to the Radio Play Live performances of Her Honor Jane Byrne were cut short by COVID-19, but the play now comes to vibrant life as a radio play on WBEZ.  Hear all about the play’s creation, its impact on a former resident of Cabrini-Green, and how the play’s events reflect our ongoing national conversations around race, class, and gender.  Now featuring new interviews with daughters of the two main characters, Mayor Jane Byrne and activist Marion Stamps. J. Nicole Brooks, Her Honor Jane Byrne playwright and director, Lookingglass Ensemble Member Kathy Byrne, attorney, author, speaker, daughter of Jane Byrne J.R. Fleming, former Cabrini-Green resident, co-founder and director of the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign Lisa Yun Lee, Executive Director of the National Public Housing Museum Guana Stamps, activist, President/CEO of Keep It Moving Transportation, LLC, daughter of Marion Stamps