If all the world’s a stage, what would it be like to be the understudy in your own life? To watch the play unfold from the wings? Award-winning playwright Emily Mann has no idea—when she was told women couldn’t write or direct theater, she boldly took back the narrative, shining a spotlight on the stories of women and people of color. On this episode of Formative, young Kevin—a student of history—asks about how her illustrious career was shaped by feminism, family, and the struggle for civil rights in America.