Beth Henley
Beth Henley
Elizabeth Becker "Beth" Henleyis an award-winning American playwright, screen writer, and actress. Her play, Crimes of the Heart won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the 1981 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, and a nomination for a Tony Award. Her screenplay for Crimes of the Heart was nominated for an Oscar as Best Adapted Screenplay...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth8 May 1952
CountryUnited States of America
thinking people world
I find it fascinating to think about what the world is going to be like when people won't talk anymore.
people mind genius
There are probably brilliant people, geniuses, alive today who don't even know how to say, "Hello, how do you do?" because their minds are absorbed with electronic images.
beautiful swings people
Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny.
control rehearsals utterly
When we were doing Control Freaks, it was all about being out of control in rehearsals and then doing a play that is so utterly controlled.
new-york fun too-much
Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much.
play faults too-short
My fault now is making my plays too short.
theatre raises
I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money
character emotional interesting
It's really interesting that whenever you do something that is so out of character, like having an emotional outburst, that you don't get in trouble
firsts shows productions
I'm very into the first production of the show
play firsts lucky
My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana.
mother play community-theatre
I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays
couple writing play
I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays
school los-angeles restless
I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles.
dog school college
The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress.