S10 Ep3 Kimberly Belflower talks to Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
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S10 Ep3 Kimberly Belflower talks to Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
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Kimberly Belflower is a Tony-nominated playwright and educator from a two-stoplight town in rural Georgia, Appalachia.
I don’t think I’m alone in admitting that I have a mild obsession with Appalachia. Between the landscape, the legends, the people, and the region’s deep culture of storytelling, it has long been a hotbed for creativity. Great Appalachian writers include Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver, novelist Lee Smith, and poet Nikki Giovanni. The commonality in their work is generosity, intelligence, and an almost elemental force, exploring the region’s history, its communities, and its complicated relationship with industry.
Our guest today, Kimberly Belflower, emerges from that same rich tradition of storytelling.
Her plays include Lost Girl, Saint Pigtail, and John Proctor Is the Villain. Her work is known for its distinctive tonal balance of hilarity and gravitas, grappling with questions of gender, power, and change. She writes with remarkable attention to the interior lives of women and the social ecosystems that shape them, bringing great intelligence and emotional complexity to the stage...