The show will be performed by actress and writer Libby Skala, who portrays the life of her grandmother, architect and Oscar-nominated actress Lilia Skala, whose architectural drawings are archived in IAWA’s permanent collection in Special Collections within Virginia Tech’s University Libraries. Viennese-born Lilia Skala became the first female architect in Austria, a stage star in Max Reinhardt’s theater, and finally a Hitler refugee who worked her way out of a New York zipper factory to an acting career on Broadway and in television and film. She collected award nominations for her performance in “Roseland” (Golden Globe) and “Eleanor and Franklin” (Emmy). Most notably, Lilia Skala received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for her role as the Mother Superior in “Lilies of the Field.”......Continue Reading