About the Author

Adrienne Kennedy (b. 1931) is a three-time Obie-award winning playwright whose works have been widely performed and anthologized. A recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters award and the Guggenheim fellowship, among many other awards, she has been a visiting professor at Yale, Princeton, Brown, the University of California at Berkeley, and Harvard.

Marc Robinson is Professor of English, Theater and Performance Studies, and American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including The American Play- 1787-2000.