Shirley Lauro
Guggenheim Fellow Shirley Lauro's best-known work is A Piece of my Heart. With over 2,000 productions, it was named "among our top-produced plays worldwide" for the second consecutive year, including ... Read more
Guggenheim Fellow Shirley Lauro's best-known work is A Piece of my Heart. With over 2,000 productions, it was named "among our top-produced plays worldwide" for the second consecutive year, including dramas and musicals (Nate Collins, President, Samuel French Play Publishers, 1/31/18). Debuting in New York at Manhattan Theatre Club, A Piece of my Heart has been seen throughout America and in such countries as South Africa, Germany, England, France, Israel, Scotland and Turkey. There have been numerous university productions, among them Wellesley Rep Theatre, which won The 2018 Moss Hart Award for Theatrical Excellence.