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Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes appears headed for nomination as U.S. Surgeon General until a background check reveals an unreturned jury-duty notice and her remarks about her homemaker mother trigger media scrutiny. Her friend Judith Kaufman, a physician, supports her while facing troubles of her own.
A commissioned theatrical evening of seven short plays inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnets, ranging from comic and romantic scenes to a dance piece with original music.
At a party in an Upper East Side Manhattan townhouse, the play shifts between present-day guests and people of the early twentieth-century Gilded Era, examining materialism and contrasting social worlds.
The plot follows Heidi Holland from high school in the 1960s to her career as a successful art historian more than twenty years later. The play's main themes deal with the changing role of women during this time period, describing both Heidi's ardent feminism during the 1970s and her eventual sense of betrayal during the 1980s. Though most of the characters are women, there are two important male characters; Peter Patrone, a gay pediatrician who is arguably Heidi's best friend, and Scoop Rosenbaum, a magazine editor who marries and has many affairs, and with whom Heidi has a tense friendship. Heidi meets Scoop at a Eugene McCarthy rally where he tries to woo her with knowledge and wit. She seems unenthused, but she realizes Scoop is a very intelligent, attractive man despite his egotistical ways. Although their romantic relationship is unsuccessful, the chemistry between Scoop and Heidi is undeniable, and they become lifelong friends. Heidi realizes that remaining unmarried does not mean she cannot be a mother, and she chooses to adopt a child on her own.
Sara, who lives in London, is a representative for a major Hong Kong bank and is about to turn 54. Her sisters, Gorgeous Teitelbaum and Pfeni Rosensweig, arrive to help celebrate the birthday. Gorgeous is Dr. Gorgeous with a radio-advice program; Pfeni is a world traveler. Various friends and boyfriends also arrive for the party. In particular, Mervyn, a friend of Pfeni's boyfriend Geoffrey, falls instantly in love with Sara.
At a small New England college, professor Laurie Jameson accuses student Woodson Bull III of plagiarism when his work seems beyond his ability. Their clash over academic standards and divergent political and personal outlooks unsettles Laurie’s assumptions, while family and generational questions complicate the conflict.
Uncommon Women and Others (1977), is the first play by noted 20th-century American playwright Wendy Wasserstein.
Dr. Lyssa Dent Hughes appears headed for nomination as U.S. Surgeon General until a background check reveals an unreturned jury-duty notice and her remarks about her homemaker mother trigger media scrutiny. Her friend Judith Kaufman, a physician, supports her while facing troubles of her own.
A commissioned theatrical evening of seven short plays inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnets, ranging from comic and romantic scenes to a dance piece with original music.
At a party in an Upper East Side Manhattan townhouse, the play shifts between present-day guests and people of the early twentieth-century Gilded Era, examining materialism and contrasting social worlds.
The plot follows Heidi Holland from high school in the 1960s to her career as a successful art historian more than twenty years later. The play's main themes deal with the changing role of women during this time period, describing both Heidi's ardent feminism during the 1970s and her eventual sense of betrayal during the 1980s. Though most of the characters are women, there are two important male characters; Peter Patrone, a gay pediatrician who is arguably Heidi's best friend, and Scoop Rosenbaum, a magazine editor who marries and has many affairs, and with whom Heidi has a tense friendship. Heidi meets Scoop at a Eugene McCarthy rally where he tries to woo her with knowledge and wit. She seems unenthused, but she realizes Scoop is a very intelligent, attractive man despite his egotistical ways. Although their romantic relationship is unsuccessful, the chemistry between Scoop and Heidi is undeniable, and they become lifelong friends. Heidi realizes that remaining unmarried does not mean she cannot be a mother, and she chooses to adopt a child on her own.
Sara, who lives in London, is a representative for a major Hong Kong bank and is about to turn 54. Her sisters, Gorgeous Teitelbaum and Pfeni Rosensweig, arrive to help celebrate the birthday. Gorgeous is Dr. Gorgeous with a radio-advice program; Pfeni is a world traveler. Various friends and boyfriends also arrive for the party. In particular, Mervyn, a friend of Pfeni's boyfriend Geoffrey, falls instantly in love with Sara.
At a small New England college, professor Laurie Jameson accuses student Woodson Bull III of plagiarism when his work seems beyond his ability. Their clash over academic standards and divergent political and personal outlooks unsettles Laurie’s assumptions, while family and generational questions complicate the conflict.
Uncommon Women and Others (1977), is the first play by noted 20th-century American playwright Wendy Wasserstein.