"Playwright Festival": La Mujer Barbuda

Name: Instructor: Course: Date: La Mujer Barbuda The piece is about two women who are from different time frames. Maggie is an American pilot and she’s also a new mother. When she tries to pump milk for her child while at work on the plane, she finds herself nearly crashing the plane. The other character is Magdalena, in a painting, who is from the 17th century and a weaver and a new mother as well (Ohio University). Suddenly, she grows a beard and gets a child at the age of fifty. The piece thus largely majors on the elements of the roles that women play in the society relative to those that are played by men. This is the subtle inspiration behind the choice of the piece as it touches on the social inequalities and gender roles, all of which are controversial. The research that was conducted in this case is in reference to gender roles and how they have impacted the relationships between men and women (Russo). Specifically, the research narrowed down on the woman pilot relative to the women in the society that have taken up roles that were traditionally considered to be for men. More importantly, t...