Women who Write Plays

Women who Write Plays

Author: Alexis Greene

Publisher: Smith & Kraus

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13:

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Book DescriptionIn this collection of 25 interviews, theater critic Alexis Greene talks with women who write plays for the American stage. She explores topics such as cultural background, playwriting style, the challenges of sustaining a career, and the relationship between life and art. These in-depth conversations provide unique insights into the work, thought processes, and personalities of an extraordinary group of writers. About the AuthorAlexis Greene is chief drama critic for In Theater magazine. Prior to that she was theater critic for Theater on Ms. Taymor's book, Pride Rock: The Lion King on Broadway (Hyperion). Ms. Greene is co-founder of the national service organization Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) and has taught theater at Hunter College, Vassar College, and New York University. She holds a Ph.D. in Theatre Criticism from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.Week magazine. Recently she collaborated with Julie Taymor.


Real Women Have Curves & Other Plays

Real Women Have Curves & Other Plays

Author: Josefina López

Publisher: Wpr Publishing

Published: 2011-05-09

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781889379234

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"Real Women Have Curves explores the politics of beauty and the power women have when working together. Simply Maria or the American Dream deals with the struggle of a young Mexican girl to find her identity and stay true to her self and her dreams. Confessions of Women from East L.A. shatters stereotypes of Latina women by providing complex explorations into to the Latina experience. Food for the Dead is a satirical look at machismo while celebrating Mexican cultural traditions and sexual liberation. Unconquered Spirits explores the legend of "La Llorona" from a Chicana feminist perspective retelling the spiritual conquest of Mexico and celebrating the unbeatable spirit of the indigenous and Chicanos"-- Back cover.


The Catastrophist

The Catastrophist

Author: Lauren Gunderson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-12-16

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1350289108

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Honestly the best science I've ever done and - frankly the best science in the history of humankind - has started with the same thought experiment: find the ways in which humanity thinks it is special... and assume that we're not. How do you plan for a catastrophe? Virologist Nathan Wolfe, named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World for his work tracking viral pandemic outbreaks, proposed pandemic insurance years before the novel coronavirus outbreak. No one bought it. Now, in a post-COVID world, we hear his story. A time-jumping tale based on the life and work of Nathan Wolfe (who also happens to be the playwright's husband). Though not a play about COVID19, it is a true story of a pandemic expert. A deep dive into the profundities of scientific exploration and modern Judaism, the lengths one goes for love and family, the bracing truths of fatherhood and discovery, and the harrowing realities of facing your own mortality, The Catastrophist is also a story of a main character battling the story he's in... and who is writing it.


Silent Sky

Silent Sky

Author: Lauren Gunderson

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 0822233800

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THE STORY: When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. As Henrietta, in her free time, attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure of her life on Earth, trying to balance her dedication to science with family obligations and the possibility of love. The true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. Social progress, like scientific progress, can be hard to see when one is trapped among earthly complications; Henrietta Leavitt and her female peers believe in both, and their dedication changed the way we understand both the heavens and Earth.


Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope

Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope

Author: Micki Grant

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780573680809

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"This dynamic mixture of rock, calypso and ballads features a dozen singer-dancers in 20 numbers. In revue-style format, Don't Bother Me ... explores the African American experience through vibrant song and dance."--Publisher


Shakespeare's Dark Lady

Shakespeare's Dark Lady

Author: John Hudson

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2014-03-15

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1445621665

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Amelia Bassano Lanier is proved to be a strong candidate for authorship of Shakespeare's plays: Hudson looks at the fascinating life of this woman, believed by many to be the dark lady of the sonnets, and presents the case that she may have written Shakespeare's plays.


Women's Writes 2018

Women's Writes 2018

Author: Robin Buckallew

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-04-22

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 0359608809

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Originally begun as a project for Women's History Month, these stories are now being published as a collection. Short stories, plays, poems, and essays make up this month long work, one entry for every day of the month. This is the beginning of a challenge to write for women, about women, by a woman. The author has extensive history both with being a woman and with writing women, and shares her own journey with you, and brings along some old friends both real and imaginary. A woman who is a fish, worshiping a fish god? Check. A woman who leads a battle between penguins and kangaroos? Check. A woman who plays Jacob Marley to her best friend's Scrooge? Check. All these, and many more, are present. Don't miss roll call.


Women Writing Latin

Women Writing Latin

Author: Laurie J. Churchill

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-11

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1135377359

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This book is part of a 3-volume anthology of women's writing in Latin from antiquity to the early modern era. Each volume provides texts, contexts, and translations of a wide variety of works produced by women, including dramatic, poetic, and devotional writing. Volume Two covers women's writing in Latin in the Middle Ages.


The History of British Women's Writing, 1610-1690

The History of British Women's Writing, 1610-1690

Author: M. Suzuki

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-01-19

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0230305504

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During the seventeenth century, in response to political and social upheavals such as the English Civil Wars, women produced writings in both manuscript and print. This volume represents recent scholarship that has uncovered new texts as well as introduced new paradigms to further our understanding of women's literary history during this period.


A Room of One's Own

A Room of One's Own

Author: Virginia Woolf

Publisher: Modernista

Published: 2024-05-30

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 9180949509

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Virginia Woolf's playful exploration of a satirical »Oxbridge« became one of the world's most groundbreaking writings on women, writing, fiction, and gender. A Room of One's Own [1929] can be read as one or as six different essays, narrated from an intimate first-person perspective. Actual history blends with narrative and memoir. But perhaps most revolutionary was its address: the book is written by a woman for women. Male readers are compelled to read through women's eyes in a total inversion of the traditional male gaze. VIRGINIA WOOLF [1882–1941] was an English author. With novels like Jacob’s Room [1922], Mrs Dalloway [1925], To the Lighthouse [1927], and Orlando [1928], she became a leading figure of modernism and is considered one of the most important English-language authors of the 20th century. As a thinker, with essays like A Room of One’s Own [1929], Woolf has influenced the women’s movement in many countries.