COVID-19 NOTICE
At this time, all performances remain subject to postponement and/or cancellation.
We will update this page as soon as we are made aware of any updates.
Rachel Carson
April 23, 2023
Silver Spring, MD, limited to the members of the Synagogue
Dorothy Parker
March 21, 2023
Temple Adas Shalom, limited to members
Contact Colleen to inquire about a presentation for your group.
Frida Kahlo
(None currently scheduled.)
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Georgia O’Keeffe
(None currently scheduled.)
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Emily Dickinson
(None currently scheduled)
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(NEW!) Mary Oliver
(None currently scheduled)
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Other Performances / Events
Colleen offers dramatic readings, guided literary tours and more. Contact her to discuss your ideas.
Previous Shows:
Georgia O’Keeffe
- Women's Club of Roland Park – March 2023
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland – April 2018
- South County Senior Center, Edgewater, MD – March 2017
- Tome School, Northeast, MD – March 2017
- Harford Day School, Bel Air, MD – March 2017
- Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA – Feb 2016
- Schaffer Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD – Oct 2016
- Bulle Rock Residents Club, Havre de Grace, MD – Nov 2016
- Canal Walk, Somerset, NJ – Nov 2016
Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico
Guided tour of Sante Fe and Taos
Including O’Keeffe Museum and Ghost Ranch and house at Abiquiu – March 2015
Contact Colleen if you are interested in a similar tour.
Frida Kahlo
- Symphony Manor, Baltimore, MD – January 2020
- Women’s Club of Roland Park, Baltimore, MD – January 2020
- Vandiver Inn, Havre de Grace, MD – September 2019
- Bulle Rock Residents Center, Havre de Grace, MD – July 2019
- Woman’s Club of Roland Park – February 2019
- Harford Day School, Bel Air, MD – March 2017
- Schaffer Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD – Oct 2016
- Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, Lutherville, MD – Oct 2016
- Day long bus trip to New York Botanical Gardens: Frida Kahlo’s Gardens – June 2015
Emily Dickinson
- Benefit for Harford County Department of Social Services – September 2022
- Little Falls, Fallston, MD – October 2019
- Darlington Quaker Meeting House, Darlington, MD – June 2019
- Bulle Rock Residents Center, Havre de Grace, MD – June 2017
- Odyssey Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD – March 2017
- Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland – Hillendale Country Club, Baltimore, MD – March 2017
- Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD – March 2016
- Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, Towson, MD – April 2016
- Bayou Restaurant, Havre de Grace, MD – Oct 2016
- Maryland Council of Teachers of English (Sponsored by Maryland Humanities), Annapolis, MD – Oct 2016
Dorothy Parker
- 3 Arts Club of Homeland – June 2019
- Odyssey Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD – March 2017
- Perryville Public Library, Perryville, MD – March 2016
- Bulle Rock Clubhouse, Havre de Grace, MD – April 2016
Rachel Carson
- Special performance for Harford County Department of Social Services Board of Directors – July 2022
- 2022 US Fish and Wildlife National Conference, Sherpardstown, WV – July 2022
- Rachel Carson Preserve Area, Silver Spring, MD – October 2019
- Harford Community College – October 2019
- Harford Bird Club Summer Social, Harford County, MD – July 2019
- Odyssey Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD – November 2018
Mary Oliver
- (Debut performance) Harford Cultural Arts, Bel Air Armory – September 2022
Praise for Colleen’s Performances
Gail Breyer, Notre Dame/Loyola Library
Colleen has an excellent reputation in the broader academic community and she didn’t disappoint. She is incredibly knowledgeable about her subjects and portrays them with grace, grit, and ease. She is smart, approachable and funny.
Marlene Lieb
You totally ROCKED the house! SOOO many people emailed me yesterday to tell me how much they loved your presentation.
Sophia Montgomery, Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland District III
Colleen Webster’s performance as Emily Dickinson, author and gardener was most engaging and appropriate for our audience!
John Lawton, The Community College of Baltimore County
Colleen’s Frida Kahlo performance was riveting. The perfect mix of visual representations and honest depictions of the woman/artist deliver the complete Frida Kahlo experience.
Prof. Trueschler
Professor Webster’s devotion to and understanding of Literature deepened [the] class discussion.
Larry G. Coleman, Ph.D.| Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs | The Community College of Baltimore County -Essex Campus
Colleen’s performances are loaded with fresh perspectives and well-crafted insights. I especially like the way she easily maneuvers across identity-boundaries of race, gender, class, and power. Fresh and classy is the best way that I can describe her genius, her person and her work.
Johns Hopkins Odyssey student
I love the poetry of Emily Dickinson and wanted to know more about Dorothy Parker. I thought that Dr. Webster offered everything I hoped to see and learn, and more. I really hope that she offers similar presentations in the future!
Johns Hopkins Odyssey student
Loved all 4 events: O’Keeffe, Kahlo, Dickinson and Parker. Would highly recommend to others.
Lisha D. Sturgill, Coordinator for Community Education Senior Adult and Leisure Learning
I’ve used Colleen in several capacities: as entertainment for a personal fund-raiser, as a presenter for a continuing education class, and as a tour leader for a literary tour. Her knowledge and passion is unmatched.
Johns Hopkins student
I was excited by the unusual format. I enrolled both semesters and I’m glad I did!
Johns Hopkins Odyssey student
One of the best lectures I ever had!
John Lawton, The Community College of Baltimore County
Colleen’s eclectic pool of knowledge is rivaled only by her passion and enthusiasm for what she does. Her impact was such that after only one presentation at CCBC, our students have expressly requested her services time and time again.
Lisha D. Sturgill, Coordinator for Community Education Senior Adult and Leisure Learning
Colleen’s portrayal of these wonderful women is inspiring. If you want to meet some of history’s great women, you only need to meet Colleen.
John Lawton, The Community College of Baltimore County
Colleen’s lecture on the expectations and representations of contemporary American women was fresh, relevant, multifaceted, and most importantly, it kept my students fully engaged for the duration of the program. I can genuinely say that this presentation was not only on a topic of paramount importance for our young women, but that it struck a chord with all of my students in a profound way.