Play script

By: Wendy Wasserstein

Date: 1988

Source: Wasserstein, Wendy. The Heidi Chronicles and Other Plays. 1988. Reprint, New York: Vintage Books, 1991, 162–167.

About the Author: Wendy Wasserstein (1950–) was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Manhattan. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1971 from Mt. Holyoke College before pursuing a graduate degree in 1973 in creative writing at City College of New York. Wasserstein also attended Yale University School of Drama in 1976 where she studied with Robert Brustein, a prestigious drama critic.

Introduction

Wendy Wasserstein's first professional play was Any Woman Can't, a farce about a woman who tried to become independent in the male–dominated world. Produced in 1973, the play began Wasserstein's career and her quest to create women in drama who weren't just stereotypes. Wasserstein's...