Wendy Wasserstein

Join IPFW's Susan Domer in conversation with playwright Wendy Wasserstein as she reminisces about her life in the theater. Wasserstein first gained fame in 1978 with her off-Broadway "Uncommon Women and Others," a saga of her years at Mount Holyoke College in the late '60s. The play would propel the early careers of Swoozie Kurtz, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close and Jill Eikenberry. Wasserstein discusses her Seven Sisters' years, her "voice" as a writer and her new book of essays to be published this spring. She appeared recently at an IPFW Omnibus Lecture.

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• Wendy Wasserstein is welcomed and introduced by Susan Domer
• Influenced by education at Calhoun School and Mount Holyoke College
• Finding her voice as a writer
• About Ms. Wasserstein's family
• Jewish identity
• New book of essays out May 1
• About Hillary Clinton
• Dealing with the passage of time and the pattern of life
• Writing comedy
• London is "nice."
• Thank you and close

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