Artistic Statement
I write female-driven, character-centered plays that explore the complex lives of queer women and their experiences with identity, trauma, and family.
I am drawn to intimate, “uncomfortable” stories that challenge us to witness and empathize with each other’s pain. In many ways, our pain makes us who we are. My work examines how we process, inflame, and tend to that pain. I believe, like the last line of a 1974 Adrienne Rich poem, that our “wounds [come] from the same source as [our] power.”*
I am also intrigued by queer female artists from history. I enjoy engaging with literary material and have an ongoing interest in adapting letters, novels, and other historical texts for the stage.
*“Power” from The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich
I am drawn to intimate, “uncomfortable” stories that challenge us to witness and empathize with each other’s pain. In many ways, our pain makes us who we are. My work examines how we process, inflame, and tend to that pain. I believe, like the last line of a 1974 Adrienne Rich poem, that our “wounds [come] from the same source as [our] power.”*
I am also intrigued by queer female artists from history. I enjoy engaging with literary material and have an ongoing interest in adapting letters, novels, and other historical texts for the stage.
*“Power” from The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich
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Julie-Anne Whitney
Artistic Statement
I write female-driven, character-centered plays that explore the complex lives of queer women and their experiences with identity, trauma, and family.
I am drawn to intimate, “uncomfortable” stories that challenge us to witness and empathize with each other’s pain. In many ways, our pain makes us who we are. My work examines how we process, inflame, and tend to that pain. I believe, like the last line of a 1974 Adrienne Rich poem, that our “wounds [come] from the same source as [our] power.”*
I am also intrigued by queer female artists from history. I enjoy engaging with literary material and have an ongoing interest in adapting letters, novels, and other historical texts for the stage.
*“Power” from The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich
I am drawn to intimate, “uncomfortable” stories that challenge us to witness and empathize with each other’s pain. In many ways, our pain makes us who we are. My work examines how we process, inflame, and tend to that pain. I believe, like the last line of a 1974 Adrienne Rich poem, that our “wounds [come] from the same source as [our] power.”*
I am also intrigued by queer female artists from history. I enjoy engaging with literary material and have an ongoing interest in adapting letters, novels, and other historical texts for the stage.
*“Power” from The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich