Woman's Work

by Elenna Stauffer

ONE ACT PLAY: After decades of being sidelined, feminist artist Deborah Talent has the opportunity for redemption and a renaissance, with a retrospective at the prestigious Kunst Museum. Learning that one of her pivotal pieces has disappeared, she returns to the museum where she was first championed, in search of the piece and of answers.

ONE ACT PLAY: After decades of being sidelined, feminist artist Deborah Talent has the opportunity for redemption and a renaissance, with a retrospective at the prestigious Kunst Museum. Learning that one of her pivotal pieces has disappeared, she returns to the museum where she was first championed, in search of the piece and of answers.

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Woman's Work

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  • Alli Hartley-Kong: Woman's Work by Elenna Stauffer
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    Stauffer's WOMAN'S WORK is a one-act play that is expansive in its scope. In this play, two strong-willed woman who have made it in the patriarchal art world clash in their views of feminism, women's work, and the eternal endurance of art. It's a brave, bold piece that covers expansive ground within the structure of a one-act.

    Stauffer's WOMAN'S WORK is a one-act play that is expansive in its scope. In this play, two strong-willed woman who have made it in the patriarchal art world clash in their views of feminism, women's work, and the eternal endurance of art. It's a brave, bold piece that covers expansive ground within the structure of a one-act.

    ”

Character Information

Because of the time and place, Georges should be probably be played by a white man (at least for the next few decades). The race/ethnicity of Deborah and Eloise is deliberately unspecified. Depending upon the ethnicity of the actresses cast, the themes of feminism and legacy and generational debt can have different nuances.
  • Eloise Fortier
    Acclaimed curator of a small world-renowned museum
    30s
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female
  • Deborah Talent
    Internationally famous feminist artist from the 1970’s, though she lapsed into relative obscurity in the decades that followed.
    70s
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      60s,
      70s+
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female
  • Georges Debruck
    Previous curator of the museum, responsible for its success and acclaim.
    70s
    White
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      60s,
      70s+
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male

Development History

  • Reading, Pittsburgh New Works , 2020

Awards

  • Warner International Playwrights Festival
    Warner Theatre
    Semi-Finalist
    2020