A theatre for women's voices : plays & history from the Women's Project at 25 / edited by Julia Miles ; introduction by Alexis Greene ; assistant editors, Suzanne Bennett and Karen Keagle ; photographs by Martha Holmes (unless otherwise noted).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miles, Julia.

Women's Project (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American drama--Women authors.

American drama.

American drama--20th century.

Feminist drama.

Women--Drama.

Women.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

x, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2003]

Summary:

In 1978, Julia Miles founded the Women's Project & Productions and became its Artistic Director. Since then, her off-Broadway theatre has become the nation's preeminent venue for putting women playwrights center stage. As playwright and Women's Project board member Wendy Wasserstein attests: "Julia Miles has created a home for American women playwrights for 25 years. She has provided us with what has always been excruciatingly necessary in the American theatre landscape, a permanent presence for women playwrights. Julia has changed the face of American theatre." Also included in the volume is a short history of the WPP by Alexis Greene and an appendix of its production history. Step into the world of entertaining and provocative stories written by women. Read the results of one woman's efforts to provide women theatre artists with a voice -- and a room -- of their own.

Contents:

Little victories / Lavonne Mueller

A

my name is Alice / Joan Micklin and Julianne Boyd

Abingdon Square / María Irene Fornés

Etta Jenks / Marlane Gomard Meyer

The exact center of the universe / Joan Vail Thorne

Saint Lucy's eyes / Bridgette Wimberly.

ISBN:

0325005575

OCLC:

51003920