A new initiative will bring together 36 acclaimed women+ playwrights from across the world, with each creating ten-minute plays that respond to shared questions about the state of democracy in America. The Flynn will host the world premiere of all of the plays commissioned through Women+ on the Edge of Democracy in Vermont. The project is presented by Flynn Center for Performing Arts in partnership with the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Leslie Swackhamer, executive director of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, added, “Susan Smith Blackburn believed that our society needed more influence from talented women – that our stages, our stories, and our civic life were poorer without their voices at the center. The writers joining us for this project are being asked the most vital question of our time – what is the state of democracy in America?