She Persisted: Thirty Ten-Minute Plays by Women over Forty
She Persisted: Thirty Ten-Minute Plays by Women over Forty is a collection of plays by members of Honor Roll!, an advocacy group of women over forty.

About Honor Roll!:

"Honor Roll! is an advocacy and action group of women+ playwrights over forty—and our allies—whose goal is our inclusion in theater. The term "women+" refers to a spectrum of gender identification that includes women, non-binary identifiers, and trans. We are the generation excluded at the outset of our careers because of sexism, now overlooked because of ageism. We celebrate diversity in theater, and work to call attention to the negative impact of age discrimination alongside gender, race, ethnicity, faith, socioeconomic status, disability, and sexual orientation in the American Theatre and beyond."

"These women are in their forties and fifties and sixties, and they have been writing a long time, and they are at the height of their craft. These are tight, complex, nuanced pieces of writing, which no one has seen because for too long they weren't looking.

These are important writers, and important plays."

—Theresa Rebeck, from the introduction

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She Persisted: Thirty Ten-Minute Plays by Women over Forty
She Persisted: Thirty Ten-Minute Plays by Women over Forty is a collection of plays by members of Honor Roll!, an advocacy group of women over forty.

About Honor Roll!:

"Honor Roll! is an advocacy and action group of women+ playwrights over forty—and our allies—whose goal is our inclusion in theater. The term "women+" refers to a spectrum of gender identification that includes women, non-binary identifiers, and trans. We are the generation excluded at the outset of our careers because of sexism, now overlooked because of ageism. We celebrate diversity in theater, and work to call attention to the negative impact of age discrimination alongside gender, race, ethnicity, faith, socioeconomic status, disability, and sexual orientation in the American Theatre and beyond."

"These women are in their forties and fifties and sixties, and they have been writing a long time, and they are at the height of their craft. These are tight, complex, nuanced pieces of writing, which no one has seen because for too long they weren't looking.

These are important writers, and important plays."

—Theresa Rebeck, from the introduction

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She Persisted: Thirty Ten-Minute Plays by Women over Forty

She Persisted: Thirty Ten-Minute Plays by Women over Forty

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She Persisted: Thirty Ten-Minute Plays by Women over Forty is a collection of plays by members of Honor Roll!, an advocacy group of women over forty.

About Honor Roll!:

"Honor Roll! is an advocacy and action group of women+ playwrights over forty—and our allies—whose goal is our inclusion in theater. The term "women+" refers to a spectrum of gender identification that includes women, non-binary identifiers, and trans. We are the generation excluded at the outset of our careers because of sexism, now overlooked because of ageism. We celebrate diversity in theater, and work to call attention to the negative impact of age discrimination alongside gender, race, ethnicity, faith, socioeconomic status, disability, and sexual orientation in the American Theatre and beyond."

"These women are in their forties and fifties and sixties, and they have been writing a long time, and they are at the height of their craft. These are tight, complex, nuanced pieces of writing, which no one has seen because for too long they weren't looking.

These are important writers, and important plays."

—Theresa Rebeck, from the introduction


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493061297
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 11/01/2021
Series: Applause Acting Series
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Lawrence Harbison was in charge of new play acquisitions for Samuel French, Inc., for over thirty years. He edits annual anthologies of best plays by new playwrights and women playwrights, best ten-minute plays, and monologues for men and for women. His column, "On the Aisle with Larry," is a regular feature at www.applausebooks.com. Harbison was a member of the Drama Desk Nominating Committee for the 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 seasons. He works with individual playwrights to help them develop their plays (see his website: www.playfixer.com). Harbison is the editor of Best Contemporary Monologues for Women, Best Contemporary Monologues for Men, and Best Contemporary Monologues for Kids, also from Applause, who published his book How I Did It: Establishing a Playwriting Career in 2015.

Table of Contents

Preface Jacquelyn Reingold vii

Introduction Theresa Rebeck ix

Arts and Sciences Sheri Wilner 1

At the Train Station in Munich Cynthia L. Cooper 11

The Bardo State Susan Cinoman 21

Blood Ties Michael Angel Johnson 31

Bruce C. Denby Swanson 41

Buried Audrey Webb 49

Dinner During Yemen Karen Malpede 57

Everything is Fine Lynn Rosen 65

Fissshhhh Jennifer Maisel 77

From Ashlee to Ashes and Dust to Dustin Rita Anderson 87

Fucking Cupcakes Judith Leora 97

Get Mom C.S. Hanson 107

Getting in Touch with Your Dark Side Laura Rohrman 115

I Know Jacquelyn Reingold 129

Inauguration Jenny Lyn Bader 141

Is it Cold in Here? Julie Weinberg 153

I Think I Would Remember If I Had Sex with Denzel Washington Yvette Heyliger 163

A Late Summer Liz Amberly 175

Lightning Bugs Royal Shirée 185

Make No Mistake (A Fantasia) Betty Shamieh 193

Modern Romance Bridgette A. Wimberly 201

My Aim is True Lucy Wang 213

On the Cross Bronx Victoria Z. Daly 221

Peace Plaza Christine Toy Johnson 231

Privilege Susan Kim 239

Tennessee Waltz A.D. Williams 249

The Woodpile. J Thalia Cunningham 261

Tinder … Sucka Inda Craig-Galván 271

Waylay Makeover Donna Latham 279

You Haven't Changed a Bit Donna Hoke 285

10-Minute Play Producers 293

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