Women Pillars of Playwrighting

Looking at an overview of women in Theatre and Cinema,
women
playwrights and the work that they and other female writers are now
doing as we see ourselves in an age where the relationship between men
and women and how society views them have never been closer. However,
there is still a gap that remains with the role and influence of women
in politics, religion, business and entertainment. The American view of
the “Ideal Woman” has changed in the last 100 years and even more
drastically in the last 40 years since the 1970’s when the voices of
women and the issues that directly affected them began to get heard in
stronger way. Remember that is it still less then 100 years since women
have had the right to vote in America. Only since the 60’s that women
have been allowed their own credit credits cards separate from their
husbands just to name a few examples….. Times have changed and much of
that is with the voices of women writing about women and the trials and
struggles they face. We have seen from film to T.V. to the theatrical
stage a huge upsurge of female-centric storytelling and even, perhaps, a
future female president! Remember that like her or not… Hillary
Clinton won the popular vote in the 16′ elections by roughly 3 million
votes and came the closest woman to ever hold the seat of President. I
think it safe to say that this class has a general working familiarity
with some of the issues that would be important to women particularly
including: fair pay, parenting, working as a professional, women’s
rights politically, education, the “Glass Ceiling”, abortion rights,
health concerns, sexual harassment in the work place, the “War on Women”
and your opinions about how women are used as political opportunities.
YOUR ASSIGNMENT: Choose one female playwright from this small list and do further research on that playwright. This is a very short list of some very important female playwrights over the last 100 years. Your list to choose from: Sarah RuhlKatori HallPaula VogelWendy WassersteinSusan-Lori ParksLillian HellmanSarah KaneCaryl ChurchillMarsha NormanBeth HenleyMaya AngelouLorraine Vivian HansberryRebecca GillmanLynn NottageKathryn BigelowShonda RhimesLinda Bloodworth-ThomasonTopics of discussion would be:The playwright’s history and background.How they came into being a playwright?You
can discuss topics and themes that are/were important to the playwright
and how being a woman influenced their Art in a positive or negative
way.The nature of the playwrights world
and society in terms political, social and religious view of the
playwrights time and era with respect to women’s issues that may have
influence their art and storytelling. What
impact did the playwright have on the overall public and political
discourse about topics that are considered women’s issues? Was it
positive or negativeAwards, recognition or infamy that they may have received as a result of their work.Would you like to watch a play by this playwright? Why or why not? A minimum of TWO pages double spaced. You may include 1-2 pictures with your research. Proper formatting and spelling.

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