Gloria: A Life (TCG Edition)

by Emily Mann

Overview

“Gloria: A Life is a unique, deeply moving performance created in the hopeful, conversational spirit of its extraordinary subject.” —Sara Holdren, New York Magazine’s Vulture  

Five decades after Gloria Steinem began raising her voice for equality and championing the voices of others, she remains a leader of the American feminist movement. 

Emily Mann’s play, Gloria: A Life, traces the progress of Steinem’s extraordinary life, from her undercover Playboy Bunny exposé in the 1960s, through her founding of Ms. Magazine in the 1970s, to her activism in today’s women’s movement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559369602
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	11/26/2019
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Emily Mann is a playwright and director. Her plays include Execution of Justice, Still Life and Having Our Say, among others. She is currently Artistic Director of Princeton, New Jersey’s McCarter Theatre—recipient of the 1994 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Her numerous awards for artistic excellence include a Guggenheim, a Playwrights Fellowship and Artistic Associate Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a McKnight Fellowship and a Rosamund Gilder Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in the Theatre. In recognition of her achievements illuminating the possibilities for social, cultural and political change, Ms. Mann was awarded the Lee Reynolds Award from the League of Professional Theatre Women/NY. 

Editorial Reviews

One part theater, one part consciousness-raising group therapy session, Gloria: A Life offers an experience that promises to be a more intimate recollection of Steinem’s journey, not only because it’s been singularly shaped by the hands of women.” ―Noor Brara, Vogue 

“Gloria: A Life is a unique, deeply moving performance created in the hopeful, conversational spirit of its extraordinary subject.”―Sara Holdren, New York Magazine 

“Emily Mann’s well-crafted play encourages cathartic engagement… The show’s real power comes in Steinem’s ability to give voice to the deep-seated feelings of powerlessness and frustration and exploitation that many women feel—and to channel those feelings into meaningful action.”―Thom Geier, The Wrap 

“In many ways Gloria: A Life, a play about a movement, became a movement. For millennia, human beings have been sitting around campfires, telling and listening to each other’s stories… Only being together with all five senses allows us to empathize, to understand, and to act. This is the magic of both a movement and a play. Like a pebble tossed into a pond, the ripples keep changing lives.” ―Gloria Steinem, from her Foreword

“Gloria: A Life doesn’t dwell on Steinem’s romantic life… The meaningful connections here are the ones Steinem made with women. This show is in no danger of getting old anytime soon.”―Elisabeth Vincentelli, Hollywood Reporter 

From the Publisher

Gloria: A Life is a unique, deeply moving performance created in the hopeful, conversational spirit of its extraordinary subject.”

New York Magazine - Sara Holdren

Gloria: A Life doesn’t dwell on Steinem’s romantic life… The meaningful connections here are the ones Steinem made with women. This show is in no danger of getting old anytime soon.”

Hollywood Reporter - Elisabeth Vincentelli

Emily Mann’s well-crafted play encourages cathartic engagement… The show’s real power comes in Steinem’s ability to give voice to the deep-seated feelings of powerlessness and frustration and exploitation that many women feel—and to channel those feelings into meaningful action.”

The Wrap - Thom Geier

In many ways Gloria: A Life, a play about a movement, became a movement. For millennia, human beings have been sitting around campfires, telling and listening to each other’s stories… Only being together with all five senses allows us to empathize, to understand, and to act. This is the magic of both a movement and a play. Like a pebble tossed into a pond, the ripples keep changing lives.”

Gloria Steinem

One part theater, one part consciousness-raising group therapy session, Gloria: A Life offers an experience that promises to be a more intimate recollection of Steinem’s journey, not only because it’s been singularly shaped by the hands of women.”

Vogue - Noor Brara

"The show's real power, though, comes in Steinem's...ability to give voice to the deep-seated feelings of powerlessness and frustration and exploitation that many women feel — and to channel those feelings into meaningful action."

The Wrap