For Playwrights, Making It to Midcareer Is a Cliffhanger

The New York Times: “Absolutely not,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins declared. Leslye Headland chuckled. “Oh never, no.” “I don’t know anyone who could!” was Samuel D. Hunter’s astonished response. “Not really,” hedged Bess Wohl. “Until maybe last year.” The question that brought such universal denials from four frequently produced, much-awarded American playwrights was: “Have you ever made enough to live on from your plays?”