Margaret+Edson

**Margaret Edson** Edson's first play was //[|Wit]//, first produced in 1995 at [|South Coast Repertory] in California, about a [|John Donne] scholar who is hospitalized for and dying of ovarian cancer. Edson did use her work experience in a hospital as part of the background in writing //Wit//.[|[][|1][|]][|[][|2][|]] At the time of the first New York production of //Wit// in late 1998, Edson was a kindergarten teacher at Centennial Place Elementary School ([|Atlanta], [|Georgia]). She won the 1999 [|Pulitzer Prize for Drama] for //Wit//.[|[][|3][|]] After she won the Pulitzer Prize, Edson received a large amount of publicity, including an interview on [|The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer] on [|PBS]. Edson has written a second play, //Satisfied//, whose subject is "country-gospel radio in Kentucky".[|[][|2][|]] As of April 2008, this second play has not received a production. Edson gave the commencement address during the commencement ceremony of 2008 at Smith College. Edson currently teaches kindergarten at [|John Hope Elementary] in Atlanta, where she is chair of the kindergarten team.
 * Margaret Edson** (born 4 July 1961, [|Washington, D.C.]) is an American [|playwright]. Edson graduated with a B.A. in Renaissance History from [|Smith College], and received a master's in English literature from [|Georgetown University]. Her jobs have included being a bicycle shop sales clerk and a volunteer [|ESL] teacher.

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Margaret teaching kindergarten at John Hope Elementary

__**Plays**__
 * **//Wit//**
 * **//Satisfied//**

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