The Flynn has teamed up with the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize to create a project that will start a conversation about where we are in the world right now. Is democracy okay? Or just hanging on by a thread? These are the playwrights whose short plays and monologues will start some of the dialogue–and I’m delighted to be in the company of these incredible writers: Jane Anderson, Leslie Ayvazian, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Moira Buffini, Lucy Caldwell, Bridget Carpenter, Paula Cizmar, Migdalia Cruz, Erika Dickerson-Despenza,Elizabeth Diggs, Hannah Doran, Stella Feehily, Lauren M. Gunderson, Zinnie Harris, Justice Hehir, Beth Henley, Elizabeth Kuti, Haruna Lee, Kimber Lee, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Lisa Loomer, Sarah Mantell, Deb Margolin, Ellen McLaughlin, Susan Miller, Rona Munro, Lynn Nottage, Ife Olujobi, Dael Orlandersmith,a.k. payne, Heather Raffo, Sarah Ruhl, Heidi Schreck, Jenny Schwartz, Judith Thompson, and Else Went. The Women+ On the Edge of Democracy plays will be produced at The Flynn in Burlington, Vermont, October 2026.
