According to a news briefing from the Associated Press, playwright Wendy Wasserstein died of cancer this January at the age of fifty-five. Her works include “The Heidi Chronicles,” ‘Third,” “An American Daughter,” “Old Money,” “Bachelor Girls,” and “Shiksa Goddess: Or, How I Spent My Forties.” According to the Associated Press article, “Her writing was known for its sharp, often wry observations about what women had to do to succeed in a world dominated by men.” Wasserstein is survived by her daughter, Lucy Jane, who was born in 1999. In an interview with Time, Wasserstein is quoted as saying, “I think if you experience loss, you also on some level try to treasure joy. It can be as simple as going to the ballet or being with your child.”