About Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play 'night, Mother. She wrote the book and lyrics for such Broadway musicals as The Secret Garden, for which she won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and The Red Shoes, as well as the libretto for the musical The Color Purple and the book for the musical The Bridges of Madison County. She was co-chair of the playwriting program at The Juilliard School until stepping down in 2020. Norman's first play Getting Out was produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and then Off-Broadway in 1979. She later began attending productions by the newly founded Actors Theatre of Louisville.
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