District Theatre Presents “They Call Me Genêt”

INDIANAPOLIS — Born and educated in Indianapolis, Janet Flanner began her journalism career at the Indianapolis Star before moving to Paris in the 1920s. Writing under the pen name Genêt for The New Yorker, she became one of the twentieth century’s most respected journalists, chronicling Europe between the wars, the Nazi occupation of France, and the rebirth of Paris after World War II.Her essays remain in print today, and her extraordinary life continues to inspire new readers