Survival Kit

Wendy Wasserstein

Sunday, June 23, 2002

Wasserstein is such a die-hard city dweller that her idea of a retreat is to move from her Manhattan apartment to a luxury hotel across town in order to write without distraction. In plays like The Heidi Chronicles (which won both a Pulitzer and a Tony Award), The Sisters Rosensweig and An American Daughter, and her essay collection Shiksa Goddess, she examines the lives of urban professional women and their struggles to balance career and family. And although our retreat does not offer room service, she has gamely agreed to pack up her survival kit for the adventure.

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