Miss Alice Paul -

Tea With Alice and Me
The Intersecting Lives of Two ERA Militant Visionaries
Written and Performed by Zoe Nicholson. This is the story of the power that collects when women gather. It is, what Zoe calls, Applied History. Ladies, drawn together for tea, ventured from the parlor onto the street and saw their power explode. From the 5 ladies of 1848 who held a meeting in Seneca Falls to the millions who march all over the world, women together cannot be stopped.

Tea with Alice and Me is no history lesson, it is a call to action. Zoe has sifted through what works and how change occurs. This show is the long view of women’s culture as politic. It is never finished. It is dynamic. Zoe is constantly expanding it to include yesterday, today and tomorrow.

At the center of Zoe’s heart is the first person to organize a march down Pennsylvania Ave, Miss Alice Paul. Knowing this young Quaker woman who was arrested, served time and never rested in her 92 years, will invite you to celebrate Applied History, Applied Activism and honor the Mother of American Political Activism. When you put on a hat and march, you will know how that happened; Alice Paul.

"I felt transported into the world of Miss Alice Paul.

I imagined what it must have been like to be there,

fighting in the streets with Alice."

Tea with Alice and Me is a solo show
that takes the audience to women's tearooms and onto the street ~
Seneca, Selfridges, The National Women's Party, Women's Bookstores.
Of course it is really about a cup of revolution served up in nonviolent direct action.
From 1775 through today, Zoe takes you on her militant, revolutionary, feminist call to action. Hundreds of pictures and personal stories transport you to each time and place she describes.

Tea with Alice and Me is my heart song to Miss Paul.
My mission is to introduce you to the brilliant, strategic, relentless champion of EQUALITY.
She is my North Star, my teacher, my inspiration and I am committed to carry her as far as the winds allow. I am very happy in reaching so high, collating over 40 years of passion and setting hearts on fire. Zoe

Photo Credits: Josh Barash & City of West Hollywood

A Few Remarks from the Audience

Zoe Nicholson’s front-line radical experience informs her presentation of history in a tour-de-force demonstration of why we ask students to understand the value of a purpose beyond themselves.

Distinguishing between radical and moderate courses of action, she humorously and graciously bestows the ethical decisions upon her audience as we confront the tasks challenging us as a society, as a nation, today.

M. Mamigonian, PhD
Department of English and Kutler Center for Integrated and Independent Study, Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles

Zoe transported the standing room only audience from one era to the next and back again, weaving the story of Alice Paul with her own. Two stories of militant visionaries, two women at two different times, with one shared intent: Equality.

You were simply brilliant.
Funny. Rich. Engaging. Inspiring.

Laura Kanter
Director of Policy, Advocacy and Youth Programs, LGBT Center OC

Zoe Nicholson shows the power one woman has to change the world and the vision she left for equality that is still be carried out in her name today.

John Erickson
President, Hollywood NOW
Serves on CA Commission Status of Women

Zoe’s performance was profoundly moving & empowering.

I felt transported into the world of Miss Alice Paul. I imagined what it must have been like to be there, fighting in the streets with Alice. It made me think hard about and be thankful for the great sacrifices of these activist women.

Marcia Schwemer
Board Member, The June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives

Tea with Alice and Me was a joy to attend! Alice Paul was brought to life for me as well as my teenage daughter. Zoe is a natural storyteller and I could have listened to her for hours as she clearly knows the facts about Alice Paul.
... dramatic, heartfelt and informative.
Jennifer Hall Lee
Filmmaker, Feminist: Stories From Women's Liberation