Playwrights and their stage works 

Susan Yankowitz


Born in Newark, New Jersey, 20 February 1941. Educated at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, B.A. 1963; Yale University School of Drama, New Haven, Connecticut, M.F.A. 1968. Married Herbert Leibowitz in 1978; one son. Recipient: Vernon Rice award, 1970; MacDowell Colony fellowship, 1971, 1973; National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, 1972, 1979; Rockefeller grant, 1973; Guggenheim fellowship, 1974; Creative Artists Public Service grant, 1974; New York State Council on the Arts grant, 1984; Japan/US Friendship Commission grant, 1985.

Stage Works

  1. The Cage (produced 1965)
  2. Nightmare (produced 1967)
  3. Terminal (produced 1969)
  4. The Ha-Ha Play (produced 1970)
  5. The Lamb (produced 1970)
  6. Slaughterhouse Play (produced 1971)
  7. Transplant (produced 1971)
  8. Basics (produced 1972)
  9. Positions (produced 1972)
  10. Boxes (produced 1972)
  11. Acts of Love (produced 1973)
  12. Monologues for Wicked Women Revue (produced 1973)
  13. Wooden Nickels (produced 1973)
  14. America Piece, (with the Provisional Theatre) (produced 1974)
  15. Still Life (produced 1977)
  16. True Romances, music by Elmer Bernstein (produced 1977)
  17. Qui Est Anna Marks? (Who Done It?) (produced 1978)
  18. A Knife in the Heart (produced 1983)
  19. Baby (original story), book by Sybille Pearson, music by David Shire, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. (produced 1983)