
In 1984, she took a position as the director of the graduate playwriting program at Brown University, where she stayed until the fame she earned from How I Learned to Drive allowed her the financial independence to leave in 1997. Leaving Cornell gave her time to work on theater projects including guest lectureships at McGill University and University of Alaska. Work was selected for the 2004-2005 season of the Signature Theatre. Attended Bryn Mawr College, Catholic University of America, and Cornell University.įrom 1979 to 1982, she was a lecturer in Women's Studies and Theater Arts at Cornell she was fired in 1982 for political reasons.


How I Learned to Drive (premiered in 1997) garnered the Pulitzer Prize (1998), Lortel, Drama Desk, the Obie, and the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Play.
