A little after 5 p.m. last Thursday, a jury in New York found former President Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Immediately, my phone was flooded with messages about the court’s ruling—from news apps, my family, friends, and coworkers. Some cheered. Others wondered if a guilty verdict really meant anything for someone like Trump. Others still expressed concern for the safety of the jurors.
There is something unusual, perhaps even intimidating, about seeing 13 women on stage together—a conceit that the play leans into, asking us to consider what it means when a decision-making body is made up entirely of women. Do they fare any better than men? In an interview on Vanity Fair’s Little Gold Men podcast earlier this year, Oh talked about the freedom—and the responsibility—that she has earned in her career to be discerning about the roles she takes on.