About Women
On Theatre and Art: Wendy Wasserstein and Carole Rothman
Artistic director and producer Carole Rothman speaks with playwright Wendy Wasserstein about the role of women in theatre and art. This is the final evening of the 1989-1990 About Women series. Wasserstein reflects on how she came to love theater as she attended Broadway musicals with her parents after dance class. She started writing plays as an undergrad at Mount Holyoke and eventually attended the School of Drama at Yale. Wasserstein shares that, as a student, she became committed to writing about women after realizing that she really didn’t recognize anything resembling her life or the lives of her friends in conventional theater. She also emphasizes the importance of writing varied roles for women, especially for women over 40, who are often left entirely unrepresented on the stage. The discussion is followed with questions from the audience.
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