A collection of plays that spotlights women whose professions are pitted against their gender. Each play in this collection explores an imagined moment in the life of a little-known scientist sidelined by gender. Six brilliant women–Pythias of Assos, Susanna Lister, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Lise Meitner, Esther Lederberg, and Barbara McClintock–vibrantly inhabit these pages (and stages) at points where their personal and professional selves intersect. These plays can be performed together as an evening of theater for smart audiences.
