Wendy+Wasserstein

=Wendy Wasserstein=

Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 for her play The Heidi Chronicles. Wasserstein was born in the Brooklyn section of New York City to Morris Wasserstein, a wealthy textile executive, and his wife, Lola Schleifer, an amateur dancer who moved to the United States from Poland when her father was accused of being a spy. Lola Wasserstein reportedly inspired some of her daughter's characters. Wendy was one of five siblings, including brother Bruce Wasserstein, a well-known investment banker. Her maternal grandfather was Simon Schleifer, a prominent Polish Jewish who moved to Paterson, New Jersey and became a Hebrew school principal. A graduate of the Calhoun School, Wasserstein earned a B.A. in history from Mount Holyoke College in 1971, an M.A. in creative writing from City College of New York, and an M.F.A. in 1976 from the Yale School of Drama, where her classmates included playwright Christopher Durang. In 1990 she received an honoris causa Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Mount Holyoke College and in 2002 she received an honoris causa Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Bates College.

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Wasserstein#Biography)

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=**List of Plays**=


 * Third (2005)
 * Psyche In Love (2003) -Tribeca Theater Festival
 * Old Money (2000)
 * An American Daughter (1997)
 * The Sisters Rosensweig (1992)
 * The Heidi Chronicles (1988)
 * The Man in a Case (1985)
 * Isn't It Romantic (1983)
 * Tender Offer (1983)
 * Uncommon Women and Others (1977)
 * Any Woman Can't (1973)

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Wasserstein#Biography)

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