Who Raced Boats, Romanced Dietrich, and Rejected Her Gender? - Writer-performer Phoebe Legere examines the unconventional life of Joe Carstairs
Writer-performer Phoebe Legere examines the unconventional life of Joe Carstairs---"I could die during this show," jokes Phoebe Legere as she soars above the stage in a motorboat in Speed Queen. A fusion of theatre, dance, and video, Legere's solo musical chronicles the groundbreaking life of early 20th-century speedboat champion and oil heiress Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs, who presented as male and had a successi…