Front Lines: Political Plays by American Women

PRAISE FOR FRONT LINES: Political Plays by American Women

“[Front Lines]...aims to demonstrate that women can dramatize gritty or unlikely subjects, and upend our sense of what are appropriate topics for female authors.”

“[This anthology]...signals that tradition no longer dictates what women can write about.”
--By Jean Forst
In These Times, June 1, 2009

“Plays tell stories, and the best ones stay with us...The stories in this collection of critically acclaimed works by seven leading female playwrights address some of the most contentious of contemporary issues, and they will stick in readers' minds for a long time.”
-- Carolyn M. Mulac, Chicago P.L.
Library Journal, 5/1/2009

"[Shirley] Lauro the playwright of A Piece of My Heart, and co-editor Alexis Greene collected seven recent plays that make a strong case for the female embodiment of all that is fair, fearless, and right with mankind...the plays of Front Lines offer ammunition and inspiration.”
-- J.Y.C.,
Dramatics Magazine, 5/1/2009

FRONT LINES, edited by Alexis Greene and Shirley Lauro, joins works by Tennessee Williams and Andrew Lloyd Webber in Playbill.com, "Plays of Note" Section: "This new collection of plays [FRONT LINES] provides an introduction to the politically inspired work of some of America's leading women playwrights."
--Judy Samelson

Playbill.com June 27, 2009

Shirley Lauro,(left), and Alexis Greene(right), in interview by Melissa Silverstein (center) at book launch event at Woman's Project.

2009 COLLABORATION AWARD FINALIST

The New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts & Media honored FRONT LINES: Political Plays by American Women as one of 5 honorees at their March 2009 Biennial Collaboration Award celebration.