< p> In 1978, Julia Miles founded the Women's Project & Productions and became its Artistic Director. Since then, her off-Broadway theatre has become the nation's preeminent venue for putting women playwrights center stage. As playwright and Women's Project board member Wendy Wasserstein attests: Julia Miles has created a home for American women playwrights for 25 years. She has provided us with what has always been excruciatingly necessary in the American theatre landscape, a permanent presence for women playwrights. Julia has changed the face of American theatre.< /p> < p> To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Women's Project, this collection presents six of the Project's most outstanding productions: < ul> < li> < i> A...My Name is Alice< /i> (Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd)< /li> < li> < i> Abingdon Square< /i> (Maria Irene Fornes)< /li> < li> < i> Little Victories< /i> (Lavonne Mueller)< /li> < li> < i> Etta Jenks< /i> (Marlane Meyer)< /li> < li> < i> The Exact Center of the Universe< /i> (Joan Vail Thorne)< /li> < li> < i> St. Lucy's Eyes< /i> (Bridgette Wimberly).< /li> < /ul> Also included in the volume is a short history of the WPP by Alexis Greene and an appendix of its production history.< /p> < p> Step into the world of entertaining and provocative stories written by women. Read the results of one woman's efforts to provide women theatre artists with a voiceand a roomof their own.< /p>

Since founding her off-Broadway theater in 1978, Miles has produced 111 plays by women playwrights. This book celebrates 25 years of the Women's Project & Productions, providing a short history of the project, an appendix of its production history, and scripts from six of its most outstanding productions including introductions by the playwrights. The plays include Little Victories by Lavonne Mueller, Etta Jenks by Marlane Gomard Meyer, and The Exact Center of the Universe by Joan Vail Thorne. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

One of the most influential theatre groups in America, the Women's Project celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary with this collection of 6 of its most outstanding productions.

In 1978, Julia Miles founded the Women's Project and Productions and became its Artistic Director. Since then, her off-Broadway theatre has become the nation's preeminent venue for putting women playwrights center stage. As playwright and Women's Project board member Wendy Wasserstein attests: "Julia Miles has created a home for American women playwrights for 25 years. She has provided us with what has always been excruciatingly necessary in the American theatre landscape, a permanent presence for women playwrights. Julia has changed the face of American theatre."

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Women's Project, this collection presents six of the Project's most outstanding productions:

• A...My Name is Alice (Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd)
• Abingdon Square (Maria Irene Fornes)
• Little Victories (Lavonne Mueller)
• Etta Jenks (Marlane Meyer)
• The Exact Center of the Universe (Joan Vail Thorne)
• St. Lucy's Eyes (Bridgette Wimberly).

Also included in the volume is a short history of the WPP by Alexis Greene and an appendix of its production history.

Step into the world of entertaining and provocative stories written by women. Read the results of one woman's efforts to provide women theatre artists with a voiceand a roomof their own.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Women's Project and Productions, this collection presents six of the Project's most outstanding productions.

JULIA MILES is the Founder and Artistic Director of Women's Project and Productions, which has produced 111 plays and over 400 readings and workshops by women playwrights. In the early 1960s, Miles co-founded Theatre Current in Brooklyn Heights and later became Associate Director of The American Place Theatre. She has co-produced Off-Broadway productions, including Elaine May's Not Enough Rope . She is the founder of the League of Professional Theatre Women/New York and is the proud parent and grandparent of three daughters and six grandchildren.