Tina Howe, Playwright Best Known for ‘Coastal Disturbances,’ Dies at 85

Tina Howe in 2009. She was known for writing plays that presented multidimensional female characters of a type not often seen when she started out in the 1970s. She mixed insight and absurdity in a vast body of work that also included “Painting Churches” and “Pride’s Crossing,” both of which were…

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