In Conversation...
In Conversation! Lisa Kron: I didn't start out as a writer. I was an actor. But I was told from the very beginning that there was no place for me in the theater. Lucy Simon: Who told you that? Lisa: My college theater professors who said, "You either need to lose fifty pounds or gain fifty pounds." As I like to say, I was told I was a character actress , which was a code word I realised later for "lesbian"…This professor said to me in a completely matter-of-fact way, "Well obviously, as you know, you don't convey any sexuality onstage." Why you would say that to a nineteen-year-old girl— Whilst researching further in to my topic for the inquiry in Module Three, I found this incredible article which facilitates a discussion between a group of prominent writers in musical theatre. What strikes me is that so many of these female writers have stories about being actors first and writing their own work because they have been told there'