— You Are Cordially Invited —

Every Friday for decades, Natalie Clifford Barney opened the doors of her Paris salon to artists, thinkers, and lovers of beauty and truth. Now, for eight intimate performances across two weekends in May, you are invited to step through that door.

Sappho’s Salon is an immersive, multi-floor theater experience honoring the radical sapphic artists who gathered at Barney’s legendary Temple of Friendship. Downstairs, you’ll be a guest at the salon itself, witnessing readings, performances, philosophical debates, and the kind of conversation that only happens when queer women and artists gather in a space that shouldn’t exist according to the world’s rules. Upstairs, wander through intimate rooms where extraordinary women come alive: a burlesque tease from Marlene Dietrich, a philosophy lesson from Hypatia, a Charleston dance lesson with Bricktop, Virginia Woolf’s interactive writing room, and more.

This is not a show you watch from the outside. You are a guest. Your voice matters. Your presence changes the evening. Come as you are.

Inspired by Selby Wynn Schwartz’s novel After Sappho and expanded from our sold-out November 2025 pilot at Dyke+ ArtHaus.