# Stagestruck! Session 2: Reclaiming Women of the American Musical

Chaired by Stacy Wolf, this panel featured three lectures: Sunny Stalter-Pace, Hargis Professor of American Literature at Auburn University: Remembering Albertina Rasch Kathryn Edney, Assistant Vice President of Institutional Research at Curry College: Beyond Bloody Mary: Researching the Archives for Juanita Hall Becky Potter, San Francisco-based director, teacher, and dramaturg: Trude Rittmann Part of the sixth StageStruck! Conference: “Women and the American Musical,” a three-day conference May 14-16, 2025, hosted by the Music Division of the Library of Congress.

The centrality of women to the American musical on stage and screen has long been acknowledged by scholarship. This special edition of StageStruck! at the Library of Congress focused on the latest research related to women in and around the American musical in all formats and media, and showcased the Library’s rich collections related to the subject.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 1 h 29 min
- By: Potter, Becky
- Genres: Music
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10920/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-10920?play=1)