Synopsis
The How and the Why
Published by Dramatists Play Service
0 Male 2 Female
On the eve of a prestigious conference, an up-and-coming evolutionary biologist wrestles for the truth with an established leader in the field
This intimate and keenly perceptive play explores the difficult choices faced by women of every generation
Reviews
"Sarah Treem's play brims with ideas and emotional colors that eddy and refract like rivulets in a lively, plunging stream" ~ Washington Post
" ... an exhilarating, intellectual evening out" ~ Star-Ledger
"A moving portrait of a woman meeting with equanimity an unexpected, often painful series of questions about the choices she made in the past" ~ NY Times
"Two absorbing hours with two finely formed, interesting, smart, and captivating women ... a very rare achievement indeed for women in and at the theatre" ~ Feminist Spectator