Beth Henley (born May 8, 1952 - ), of Jackson, Mississippi, is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. Henley attended Southern Methodist University. Her most famous play, Crimes of the Heart, was her first produced professionally. It opened at the Actors Theatre of Lousiville and moved to New York. Crimes of the Heart won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play of 1981. The play also earned Henley a Tony award nomination and her screenplay for the film version of Crimes of the Heart was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Henley continues to write plays and screenplays from her home in California.
List of Plays
- Crimes of the Heart (1979)
- The Wake of Jamey Foster (1982)
- Am I Blue (1982)
- The Miss Firecracker Contest (1984)
- The Debutante Ball (1985)
- The Lucky Spot (1986)
- Abundance (1990)
- Control Freaks (1992)
- Signature (1995)
- L-Play (1996)
- Impossible Marriage (1998)
- Family Week (2000)
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