<DIV><p>&ldquo;Emily Mann is one of our most urgently engaging, provocative and significant American playwrights.&rdquo;&mdash;Joyce Carol Oates</p><p>&ldquo;Elizabeth Packard emerges as a vibrant, passionate force of nature.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>The New York Times</i></p><p>Illinois, 1861: Without proof of insanity, Elizabeth Packard is committed by her husband to an asylum. Based on historical events, Emily Mann&rsquo;s play tells of one woman&rsquo;s struggle to right a system gone wrong in this winner of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award.</p><p><b>Emily Mann</b> is a playwright and director, now in her nineteenth season as artistic director of McCarter Theatre. Her award-winning plays have been produced throughout the world.</p></DIV>