BY SARAH TREEM directed by Keira Fromm

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writing more than 150 years is the opportunity to watch arah Treem’s The How apart—tackle many of the two exceedingly smart women Sand the Why premiered at questions that lie within Time- who are blazing trails in their the McCarter Theatre starring Line’s mission of exploring field, with nary a man to be (with Emily history. What is the difference found on stage. It’s a depress- Mann directing) and went between then and now? How ingly rare thing to see in on to productions at Interact Dear Friends, and why have we evolved to American theater, just as it’s Theatre and Trinity Repertory, We laugh, we cry, we are born, where we are today? still depressingly uncommon among others. Her play to find women at the helm in A Feminine Ending premiered we die, My remarkable colleague Playwright Sarah Treem. many professions, science and at Playwrights Horizons and Who will riddle me the how Janet Ulrich Brooks brought theater included. went on to productions at Sundance Theatre Lab, Ojai How to Make It in America and and the why? this play to us, with a passion South Coast Repertory and Playwrights Festival, the the series House of unlike any I’ve seen in the 10 Happily, there’s someone like How you are you? Why I am I? Portland Center Stage, among Screenwriters Colony, Hedge- Cards, starring Kevin Spacey. years I’ve known her. And if Sarah Treem, who early in her Who will riddle me the how others. Sarah’s other plays brook and Yaddo. In addition She currently has a new pilot you’ve witnessed Janet on career has already built a body and the why? include Empty Sky, Orphan to her theater career, Sarah called The Affair in production stage in such TimeLine shows of work in theater, TV and film Island, Human Voices and wrote and produced all three with Showtime. The world is somewhat; it goes as 33 Variations, All My Sons, that is as impressive as it is di- Mirror Mirror. seasons of the acclaimed on somehow; Not Enough Air, Lillian and verse. Any fan of the TV shows Sarah has taught playwriting HBO series , for at , where she But what is the meaning of more, you know that Janet House of Cards, In Treatment She has been commissioned which she won a Writers Guild then and now! is not someone who lacks or How To Make It In America by Playwrights Horizons, earned her BA and MFA. She of America award and was recently moved from Brooklyn These excerpts from the poem passion! Hearing Janet talk can attest to the intelligence, Southcoast Repertory and nominated for a Humanitas about the play and then having daring and savvy of Sarah’s Manhattan Theatre Club to Los Angeles with her hus- “The ‘How’ and the ‘Why’” by award. She also was a writer/ band, Jay, and their son, Henry. Alfred Lord Tennyson speak our entire Company read it, work as a writer and producer. and developed work at the producer for the HBO series very much to the heart of we saw how and why the play And she has plenty more in Sarah Treem’s terrifically sparked her intense interest. the works, including a new play, When We Were Young On , the Grandmother Hypothesis, Menstruation and more smart play of the same name. In a seemingly simple format— and Unafraid, opening this Both Tennyson and Treem— two female scientists meeting spring at Manhattan Theatre the scientists and talking—The How and Club, starring . It’s regrettable the Why probes a tremendous hile the characters in there is disagreement and a Williams’ article “Pleiotropy, number of provocative issues. I couldn’t be happier to wel- that one of the The How and the Why significant number of scientists and the Evo- It delves into women’s health, come Sarah and her work to W things notable are fictional, the science dis- who favor ). lution of Senescence” appeared genetics, adoption, balanc- TimeLine, brought to life by Ja- cussed in the play is based on His 1966 book Adaptation in Evolution in 1957 and laid about this play is ing work and family, and the net and the equally formidable real theories by real scientists. and Natural Selection worked out the outline of what is now the opportunity generational clash between a actress Elizabeth Ledo, under to clarify this central question known as “the grandmother woman in her 50s and one in the direction of Keira Fromm. George C. Williams was to watch two about whether natural selection hypothesis.” His original the- her 20s, with the younger one I look forward to discussing an evolutionary biologist exceedingly smart works to favor elements as ory suggests that menopause facing different career oppor- with you the many, many who helped shape modern small as a gene or as large and prolonged life after meno- women who are tunities and challenges than questions that this play sparks theories of natural selection. He as a whole species. Richard pause might be advantageous blazing trails in the other experienced amidst —all the how’s and why’s that pioneered the prevailing theory Dawkins’ 1976 book The Self- for humans. It does not suggest their field, with the 1970s feminist movement. got us to this moment. that natural selection works at the level of the gene and the ish Gene built upon Williams’ that grandmothers might con- Fondly, nary a man to be It’s regrettable that one of the individual—not for the benefit ideas and made them available tribute to the success of their found on stage. things notable about this play of the group or species (though to a wider audience. grandchildren. It does introduce

Timeline: Origins of several major concepts, includ- Because of her lack of back- 610-546 BC The Greek phi- ing the idea that senescence ground in the field, Profet was losopher Anaximander suggests (or aging) is synchronized by ill-equipped to deal with the that all life evolved from fish in the sea. natural selection, and the idea criticism lobbed against her of antagonistic pleiotropy—that ideas. In 1996, her theories 1735 Carl Linneaus publishes one gene may control multiple were rebutted point by point by the first volume of Systema traits, including at least one anthropologist Beverly Strass- Naturae, laying the foundations Pictured (from left): George C. Williams, Kristen Hawkes and Sarah Hrdy. Margaret Profet. for modern taxonomy. that is beneficial to the fitness mann in the Quarterly Review of the animal and another of Biology. 1809 is born in ates us from other great apes. ternal Instincts and How They that is detrimental to it. In this “I found myself Shrewsbury, England. She has published on the Shape the Human Species, and In 2005, Profet disappeared way, a gene that caused both torn between 1830 Charles Lyell pub- grandmother hypothesis in Natural Selection and Mothers from the Boston area and increased reproduction early in lishes Principles of Geology. His many scientific journals and and Others: The Evolutionary my work and was missing for seven years. life and aging later in life would insights about the layers of in Grandmotherhood: The Origins of Mutual Understanding. Friends and family were still be adaptive evolution. an admittedly history in geological strata are Evolutionary Significance of concerned and hinted she had Her work shocked people adorable but influential for Charles Darwin. Further development of the the Second Half of Life. She serious psychological problems. because she discussed the 1831 Charles Darwin leaves on grandmother hypothesis and has studied in hunter-gatherer insatiably In 2012, she was reunited with prevalence of infanticide and the HMS Beagle for a five-year the potential advantages of populations, including the Ache her family after having been abortion across the animal demanding journey. His observations of human grandmothers to their of Eastern Paraguay and the sick and living in poverty. Profet kingdom. She also has theo- human baby.” nature during the trip will be the offspring continues to be done Hadza of Northern Tanzania. said she had not realized her basis for his theories. rized that female monkeys will by other scientists, such as – Sarah Hrdy in Discover family was looking for her until Sarah Blaffer Hrdy is an copulate with many males to 1857 William Acton, lead- Kristen Hawkes. magazine, March 2003 a friend saw it online. anthropologist who uses a lot of confuse parentage—so the ing physician and Victorian Kristen Hawkes is an evolutionary biology in her work. males will not kill offspring— Beverly Strassmann is a sexologist, writes Functions and when, in 1993, she published Disorders of the Reproductive anthropologist at the University She received the W.W. Howells and that primates are designed professor of anthropology at her findings on the evolution- Organs in Youth, in Adult Age of Utah and a Collaborative Prize for outstanding contribu- for alloparenting because it is ary role of menstruation as a the University of Michigan and and in Advanced Life, in which Scientist at the Yerkes National tions in biological anthropology so costly and time consuming defense against pathogens the director of a 27-year study he writes that most women Primate Research Center. Her in 2000 and 2012 and is the to raise a young primate. She introduced by sperm, and other of the human biology of the “are not very much troubled with work focuses on the history of author of Mother Nature: A has been accused of personal- theories about allergies and Dogon of Mali. She countered sexual feeling of any kind.” evolution and is driven by the History of Mothers, Infants and izing her work and has written as ways of Margie Profet’s claims about 1858 Charles Darwin and Al- hypothesis that grandmothering Natural Selection (written after about how her ideas were eliminating pathogens, menstruation in a 1996 article fred Russel Wallace co-present is a fundamental shift in the receiving a Guggenheim Fel- critiqued because she is both a and carcinogens from the body. in the Quarterly Review of Biolo- the theory of evolution through human genus that differenti- lowship), Mother Nature: Ma- scholar and a woman. Also that year, she received gy, “The Evolution of Endome- the means of natural selection, trial Cycles and Menstruation.” on which they each had been Margaret “Margie” Profet a MacArthur “Genius” Award, independently working. “The grandmother hypothesis is an American evolutionary which drew attention to her Ernst Mayr and Max Gluck- highlights key differences in life biologist. The daughter of two theories and led to profiles in man, mentioned in the play, 1859 Charles Darwin publishes Berkeley-trained engineers, major science and news outlets. are also real scientists. Profiles On the Origin of Species by history between people and our Means of Natural Selection. The she has degrees in political of them, expanded profiles of Profet told a dream researcher, first printing sells out. closest living relatives, chimpanzees, philosophy and physics and the scientists listed here, plus professor of psychology Deirdre 1865 The Czech monk Gregor including the substantially greater also studied mathematics. Barrett, that the idea for her information about other key fig- ures in evolutionary biology are Mendel publishes his research longevity in humans—even though With no formal training in evolu- article about menstruation on an eight-year study of in The How and the Why Study tionary biology, Profet caused a came in a dream about black pea plants that looks at the fertility ends at about the same age Guide, available for download at stir in the scientific community triangles in a red field. inheritance of traits from one in both species.” – Kristen Hawkes timelinetheatre.com. Evolution and the Human Female Cultural History of Women’s Bodies generation to another and the biology the taboos determines the principles of dominant and recessive traits. n biology, evolution refers ovulate mid-cycle and that he cultural taboos sur- female reproductive system The significance of his work will not be realized and used by to the cumulative changes estrogen regulates ovulation. rounding menstruation were surgically removed in I T other scientists for 35 years. that occur in a population Researchers looked for estrus have been strong around the the belief that the womb was over time. When naturally (heat) in human females and world throughout history. In a cause of various mental 1871 Charles Darwin’s The Descent of Man is published, in occurring mutations create by the 1960s mixed results fact, “taboo” is a Polynesian illnesses in women. characteristics that have led many researchers to word and originally referred which he argues that females During the 1950s and ‘60s, are a determining factor in a survival or reproductive conclude that estrus had been to a place restricted from health guidelines for men- sexual selection and the evolu- advantage, these traits tend lost in recent . menstruating women. struating women suggested tion of species. to increase in a population. Biologist and The ancient Greek physician avoiding exercise, swimming, 1911 Undergraduate Traits that are a disadvantage evolutionary psychologist Hippocrates thought that a and showers that were too researcher Alfred Sturtevant to survival tend to decrease. Steven Gangestad have woman’s womb was likely hot or cold. The first time the realizes that he can map the Traits that develop during a argued that estrus was not Human red blood cells. to wander around the body word “period” was mentioned location of genes and the creature’s lifetime and cannot lost, but has been concealed, causing illness or hysteria (the on television was in a 1985 mutations in genes in fruit flies be passed on to another like human ovulation. to many primate species), word “hysteria” is derived from Tampax commercial. he is studying. generation are not examples of In short, there is an creating the appearance of the Greek word for “womb”). 1925 A teacher in Tennessee evolution. Today, women’s bodies are evolutionary arms race continuous fertility. In AD 77 Pliny the Elder wrote is tried after a law makes it still a source of anxiety and Research on evolutionary between human males and Scientific research is always his Natural History, in which he illegal to teach any scientific controversy. One question is biology in the human female females. If a male wants a process of building on, declared that menstrual blood theory that denies divine cre- whether women should stop did not begin until the late offspring, it is advantageous to revising or discarding earlier could make seeds infertile, kill ation. It becomes known as the menstruation altogether by Scopes Monkey Trial. 19th Century. Initially, women mate with as many females as theories. Current theories insects, flowers and grass, continuously taking the hor- were viewed as passive possible. However, for females suggest that human females cause fruit to fall from trees, 1942 Ernst Mayr publishes mones in birth control. Another receptacles for semen from it is beneficial to conceal the menstruate because the body and drive dogs mad. Systematics and the Origin of the male. In fact, even the role time of heightened fertility. would require more energy concerns the heightened risk Species, synthesizing Darwin’s Historically as well as today, of the egg was not understood Doing so means a male cannot to maintain the endometrium of some types of cancer from evolutionary theory with Men- some tribes and religions have del’s theories on inheritance. at first. Women exhibiting know if he has mated with than to shed it on a cyclical hormone replacement therapy required women to avoid the The work also proposes that if sexual behavior or desire were the female while she was basis. Current theories during menopause. And in community and sacred spaces populations became isolated considered pathological. fertile—thus he has a vested around menopause suggest both cases, hormones may while menstruating, perform escape in urine and make from each other, each could Charles Darwin’s theory of interest in staying with her, it is advantageous for human ritual purification after men- their way into the water supply, develop traits so different from sexual selection suggested to guarantee offspring. And females to stop ovulating the other that they could no struation, or both. where they can cause gender that females of any species given the amount of time and because mortality risks longer interbreed and thus changes in frogs and fish. made choices in sex partners care human children require, increase with pregnancies in Popular medical treatments for became separate species. based on their desirable traits offspring are more successful older females, as do problems women during the Victorian Another concern is that medi- 1953 James D. Watson and (such as plumage in birds)—a if they benefit from the with the egg. Ultimately, it era seem shocking by modern cal research has been slow Francis Crick discover the key component in inheritance. contributions of both parents. is advantageous to invest standards. Medical doctors to recognize that differences structure of DNA. Scientist Ro- At a time when human women Human women’s physical more time in the success of would masturbate a “hysteric between men and women salind Franklin will not be given were not thought to have appearance does not change existing offspring or in raising woman” until she came to a might be important in drug credit for her contributions to sexual feeling, the idea that with fertility (as opposed grandchildren. “hysterical paroxysm.” Vibra- research. A landmark study the discovery of the double helix until years later. females made choices so key tors and the “water treatment” on the heart benefits of daily to the inheritance of traits was “I should say that the majority of women (shooting jets of water at the aspirin therapy did not include 1957 George C. Williams’ revolutionary. (happily for them) are not very much female genitalia) became any women. So more work article “Pleiotropy, Natural popular methods for treating Selection and the Evolution of Early research revealed that troubled with sexual feeling of any kind.” still needs to be done on a a variety of women’s illnesses. variety of issues surrounding Senescence” appears in Evolu- human women generally tion, laying the foundations of – William Acton, physician and sexologist, 1857 In some cases, parts of the women’s health. Gender Bias in Science The Gender of Science what will come to be known as the discrimination the gap “the grandmother hypothesis.” He theorizes that because n 2005, Harvard President “I think we were all just a little bit surprised This article courtesy of North- directly coincides with human infants are risky to give Lawrence Summers sug- western University’s Women’s women’s “biological clocks,” birth to and those risks increase I ... the significance and strength of the results with the mother’s age, it is gested so few women held Health Research Institute. placing scientific profes- were really quite striking.” adaptively advantageous for tenured jobs in the hard sci- sionalism and domesticity in – Jo Handelsman, Yale professor Science is gendered. The core human females to stop being ences due to “issues of intrinsic opposition. The same career of science as a systematic reproductive and to care for the aptitude.” His suggestion that dedication that paints men as application for competence on women deciding not to choose accumulation of knowledge offspring they already have. biological differences between ambitious connotes women a scale from 1 to 7 and to offer a career in science. However, gained through observation 1958 Rosalind Franklin dies genders might be responsible as selfish. a starting salary. male scientists tended to feel and experimentation reveals of ovarian cancer. Her death for the lack of women in the that the discrimination took science as a uniquely human As the 2005 Harvard Presi- means she will not be able to sciences—as opposed to other The professors gave John an place in grade school, while activity mediated through the dent rudely reminded us, the share the Nobel Prize with Wat- factors such as discrimina- average score of 4 and Jennifer female scientists believed the lens of gender. As men have, biases that still suppress son and Crick, as the prize is not tion—opened a heated debate a 3.3. John was offered a sal- awarded posthumously. discrimination was ongoing. historically, claimed a larger women in the sciences have about why there are still so few ary of $30,328 while Jennifer role in the development and questioned not only females’ 1962 Watson, Crick and women in science. was offered $26,508. Strik- In an October 3, 2013 article perpetuation of the sciences, intellectual competencies Wilkins win the Nobel Prize for ingly, the bias was not related in The New York Times entitled Physiology or Medicine for “their A 2012 study from Yale Uni- they have influenced the very but also women’s biological to the professor’s age, sex, “Why Are There Still So Few discoveries concerning the mo- versity showed that American field or tenure. Women in Science?,” many patterns, languages, and responsibilities. This begs the lecular structure of nucleic acids science professors view of the women interviewed methods used by scientists question: Do women have to Another study, funded by the and its significance for informa- female undergraduates as less described discouragement and even today. suppress their femininity to tion transfer in living material.” competent than their male National Science Foundation find success in a scientific discrimination by advisors and This male-dominated realm 1987 Congress approves counterparts despite compara- and titled “Gender Segrega- career? colleagues while others wor- has subtly subverted both the funding for the Human Genome ble accomplishments and skills. tion in Elite Academic Science,” ried how they would conduct biological and intellectual role Instinct tells us “no”—yet, a Project, an effort to map and The Yale study asked profes- found that in a survey of 2,500 research and teach once they of the female, touting the role 2012 Yale study found that understand the function of all sors to evaluate the same biologists and physicists at elite had children. Even as more of the male as active and fe- male scientists are more likely human genes. one-page resume of a potential institutions of higher education, women enter scientific fields, male as passive. Even the text- to be hired over females with 1993 Lacking a background in student employee, altering only a majority of both male and discrimination and the lack of book definition of reproduction equal qualifications. Nationally, evolutionary biology, Margaret the name (John or Jennifer). female scientists viewed gender high-ranking women at univer- paints females in a biologically women hold less than 18% of “Margie” Profet publishes on They were asked to score the discrimination as a factor in menstruation as a defense sities remains an issue. passive state, stating the egg science faculty positions. against pathogens carried with is fertilized by the sperm, ac- Charged to address this gen- male sperm. She receives a crediting the “action” of life to der gap in academia as well as MacArthur “Genius” Prize. “We live in a scientific age, yet we assume be male-mandated—in other in medical research, North- 1996 Beverly Strassmann words, the docile female egg that knowledge of science is the prerogative western’s Women’s Health counters Margie Profet’s claims awaits stimulation from the Research Institute came to about menstruation in her own ever-mobile sperm. of only a small number of human beings, fruition. Among its initiatives, article in the Quarterly Review isolated and priest like in their laboratories. These predetermined gender women may participate in of Biology, “The Evolution of biases have permeated nearly the Illinois Women’s Health Endometrial Cycles and Men- struation.” Most scientists feel This is not true. The materials of science are every facet of the scientific Registry, which provides the this is the complete debunking the materials of life itself. Science is part of realm. The very structure of opportunity to participate in of Profet’s claims. many scientific careers, which studies that explore sex and the reality of living; it is the way, the how and places an extreme emphasis gender differences. 2003 The Human Genome Project, an effort to map on research accumulation dur- the why for everything in our experience.” To learn more about WHRI, visit all known human genes, is ing one’s 20s and 30s, – Scientist Rachel Carson in a 1952 speech womenshealth.northwestern.edu. completed. Playwright Sarah Treem History Makers Event the interview backstage BACKSTORY: THE CREDITS During rehearsals, Artistic Director PJ Powers (PJP) interviewed playwright Sarah Treem (ST) Celebrating Our History Makers Dramaturgy & Historical about her career and The How and the Why. This is an edited version. To read the entire inter- Research by Maren Robinson imeLine is grateful to our supporters for the incredible belief view, visit timelinetheatre.com/how_and_why/resources.htm. in our mission that they demonstrate regularly with their Written by Maren Robinson, PJ T Powers and Lara Goetsch, with PJP: I swear I’m not trying to PJP: What inspired you to write a play, which is basically a donations. In appreciation, we are delighted to offer TimeLine contribution from Northwestern be too cute, but how and why The How and the Why? long conversation between donors special benefits designed to bring them closer to the art, University’s Women’s Health did you become a writer? two women about science. I artists and organization they have chosen to support. In addition ST: So that’s a more compli- Research Institute had never seen these types of to recognition in donor listings, benefits at varying levels include ST: People ask this a lot and cated question. Literally, the characters up on stage before. a private play reading, donor breakfast, opening night celebra- Edited by Lara Goetsch and my answer sounds so cute, play is inspired by a book called I wanted to write women who tions, first rehearsals, and dinner with the artistic director. Llani O’Connor but it’s the truth. I’ve always Woman by Natalie Angier, a were complicated—strong and considered myself a writer. I’ve science writer for The New York Most recently, we held an event for members of our History Behind-the-scenes vulnerable and angry and loving been writing for as long as I Times. It’s an exhaustive explo- Makers Society—generous donors of $1,000 or more. Held photography by Lara Goetsch —like real people. at the luxurious Ritz Carlton Chicago, the evening featured a can remember. I’m an excellent ration of female physiology. I Graphic Design by cocktail reception and special artistic conversation with Artistic mimic and when I was a kid, tore through the book in my So I was pleased to see that Lara Goetsch I would write poems in the late 20s and stumbled upon audiences have really engaged Director PJ Powers, acclaimed actor/director and 2010 MacAr- The How and the Why photo voices of Shel Silverstein or these two theories—one was with these characters and not thur Fellow David Cromer (Ned Weeks in TimeLine’s production illustration and photography by Dr. Seuss to entertain myself. the grandmother hypothesis too many eyes have glazed over. of The Normal Heart) and Associate Artistic Director (and The t. HARRISON HILLMAN My grandmother lived in New and the other was the menses Normal Heart director) Nick Bowling. PJP: You’ve been incredibly York and when we came to as defense hypothesis. We thank all of our donors for your support! TimeLine’s work Backstory is published four prolific in recent years writing visit her, she would take me to truly would not be possible without your generosity. For details times each season. On a personal level, it’s a and producing TV shows. theater. She took me to The about all the benefits of being a TimeLine donor, please visit little hard for me to remember Yet you continue to write plays. Pictured on front cover Crucible when I was 9. I guess timelinetheatre.com/donate. where I was at 28 when I How is the creative process (from left): Scenic designer she thought I could handle it. I started this play, but I think I different in the theater than in Collette Pollard; sound wrote my first play at 12. It won was, like many girls I know, in your other work? designer Mikhail Fiksel; a young playwrights contest, an emotional vortex. That’s a actor Janet Ulrich Brooks; which I took to signify that I had ST: It’s like coming home for tough age. You’ve outgrown set model by Pollard; actor found my calling. I remember a me. It’s the form I imprinted your childhood and your Elizabeth Ledo; and Living certain sense of relief—like, oh on. So when I start a new play, younger self, but there’s a History teaching artist good, one less thing to worry I kind of relax—it’s like yes, real period of searching that Jessamyn Fitzpatrick, director about. The writing has been this is where I live. But being a needs to happen before you Keira Fromm and production my constant companion for my playwright has never paid my can formulate an appropriate Pictured (from top, left to right): manager John Kearns. entire life. bills and I feel extremely fortu- adulthood. That searching can PJ Powers, David Cromer and Nick nate to have become a part of Bowling engage in conversation be really scary and painful be- Mercedes Ruehl (left) and the television industry. It really with each other and the crowd of Our Mission: cause who knows where you’re Bess Rous in the 2011 McCarter is the golden age of television. TimeLine History Makers gathered for TimeLine Theatre presents Theatre Center production of going to end up. That’s where I the occasion; Cromer, Powers and We’re creating content that is stories inspired by history The How and the Why. (Photo was when I started that play. Bowling; guests enjoy the cocktail by T. Charles Erickson) disseminated and devoured im- reception at the Ritz Carlton Chicago; that connect with today’s PJP: Have there been respons- mediately and we’re influencing Company Members Juliet Hart and social and political issues. es to the play that surprise you? the national conversation. I was Bowling with Board Member John Our collaborative artistic surprised to find that the differ- Sirek, Richard Stockton and Board ST: I don’t think I hoped for any Member Anne Stockton; Michael team produces provocative ent mediums really inform each specific kind of response. I just Fain and Judith Barnard; and theatre and educational other. Writing for television has hoped people would sit through Managing Director Elizabeth Auman programs that engage, made me a better playwright. with Kathryn Clarke. entertain and enlighten. Step Into Time the gala STEP INTO TIME:

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