Wendy Wasserstein
The leading female voice in American commercial theater of the 1980s and 1990s, Wasserstein wrote smart, self-deprecating comedies about educated women navigating feminism and ambivalence. The Heidi Chronicles won both the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award. Her work brought women's inner lives to Broadway with uncommon candor.
Works
- The Heidi ChroniclesBildungsroman of woman's feminist consciousness from fifties through AIDS crisis
- The Sisters RosensweigEnsemble play of three middle-aged Jewish women navigating identity and family secrets
- Uncommon Women and OthersComedy about female friendship and ambition spanning college to adulthood
- An American DaughterPolitical comedy exploring motherhood, marriage, and medical ethics
- Third