Event

The Women

By Claire Booth Luce
Directed by M. Susan Anthony
Nov. 21 - 23, 7:30 PM
Nov. 24, 1:00 pm

Poor Mary Haines. As the pampered wife of wealthy Stephen Haines and a Park Avenue socialite in 1930s New York, she believes that her life is perfect. Mary's friends, however, inform her that her husband is having an affair with Crystal, a perfume-counter salesgirl. Mary must now deal with her straying husband, his scheming mistress, and Mary's own circle of "friends," who offer loud and frequent opinions about what she should do. Written by Luce, playwright, journalist, and congresswoman, The Women is a classic of the American stage. Described as a "wicked comedy," The Women offers a biting critique of women's relationships with each other and prompts spectators to consider the nature of happy marriages and true friends.

As the playwright stated, "The women who inspired this play deserved to be smacked across the head with a meat axe, and that, I flatter myself, is exactly what I smacked them with." Clare Booth Luce