ABSTRACT
This chapter features an interview with playwright Tanya Barfield. Her play Bright Half Life was a Time Out New York Critic’s Pick at WP Theater and has been seen regionally at numerous theaters throughout the country. Blue Door was seen regionally at South Coast Rep, Playwrights Horizons, Berkeley Rep, and many others. A recipient of a Lilly Award, the inaugural Lilly Award Commission, a Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award, and a LAMDA Literary Award, Tanya is an alumna of New Dramatists and the Dramatist Guild Council. In 2016, the Profile Theatre devoted its entire season to her work. She shares a Writers Guild of America Award for her work on Season 4 of FX’s The Americans.
