"The things that happen are very funny; it's a serious play with a great deal of humor."
But in the end she just can't convince you that this is a serious play.
However only a few of the singles received any serious play on Detroit radio.
"To write a completely serious play that makes people laugh all the time."
What she has come up with for herself is an art that is both hard labor and serious play.
If they come back to serious play relatively late in life, can they be as strong a force?
In London, you can go to the theater every night of the week and see an interesting, serious, intelligent play.
Yet this summer theater is determined to fit in a serious play.
"I think it is a serious play about education," he said.
I know it's hard to make a living writing serious plays, and it was ever thus.