Who is Beth Henley?
Beth Henley is an American playwright best known for her play Crimes of the Heart. Born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1952, she has won numerous awards in her life, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1981. Her plays continue to be well-received and widely popular, both in professional and regional theatres throughout the United States and beyond. From an early age Beth Henley was devoted to the theatre, and when she went to college at Southern Methodist University in the 1970s she studied theatre and eventually earned her B.F.A. in that field. During her study there she wrote her first one-act play, Am I Blue, which was produced at the college. Upon graduation she moved out to L.A. to pursue a career in screenwriting and playwriting. Henley wrote Crimes of the Heart in 1978, and the play won the Great American Play Contest, earning her some renown. The play then went on to open on Broadway in 1981, where it won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best new American play, and
Beth Henley is an American playwright best known for her play Crimes of the Heart. Born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1952, she has won numerous awards in her life, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1981. Her plays continue to be well-received and widely popular, both in professional and regional theatres throughout the United States and beyond. From an early age Beth Henley was devoted to the theatre, and when she went to college at Southern Methodist University in the 1970s she studied theatre and eventually earned her B.F.A. in that field. During her study there she wrote her first one-act play, Am I Blue, which was produced at the college. Upon graduation she moved out to L.A. to pursue a career in screenwriting and playwriting.
