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In the Company of Women.(Fifth International Women Playwrights Conference)

American Theatre,  January, 2001  by Uno, Roberta

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A conference in Greece attempts to advance women playwrights

When some 200 women play wrights and allied the atremakers gathered in Greece Oct. 1-7 for the Fifth International Women Playwrights Conference, the term "Greek drama" was given a contemporary redefinition. Averting a Greek tragedy became the unanticipated collective mission of the group, which, faced with schedule changes, communications glitches and taxi strikes, found itself taking a crash course in the realities of feminist organizing on an international scale.

Under the title "Eros ...

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