Word: wasserstein
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wendy Wasserstein won't be put on a pedestal. She prefers a simple 'Wendy,' she doesn't like too much meaning ascribed to her plays, and she definitely won't pontificate about technique. "I like to lock myself away in an Inn or spend the day on the telephone," she quips to the delight of a loving audience. "And I write everything out by hand first...
...Wasserstein is loathe to be anything but familiar. Much has been made of her vulnerability and the charm that comes straight out of her work. Part of it is her affection for honesty bordering on self-deprecation, part of it is a healthy modesty about the scope of her work. Mostly Wasserstein offers a lot of witty warmth. Questions she finds irrelevant to her unassuming style, like those asking her to speak as an artiste, she merely deflects with a joke...
...last 45 minutes, members of the audience asked Wasserstein questions pertaining predominantly to playwriting...
...Wasserstein said she is currently working on a possible film script and an adaptation of The Sisters Rosensweig for the BBC. But she assured the audience she is not planning to write a sequel to The Heidi Chronicles...
...Wasserstein's speech was part of the "Learning from Performers" series, which is sponsored by the Office for the Arts. Christopher Durang '71 and Terrence McNally will come to Harvard next month as part of the series...