Harvey Fierstein: History of Transvestites in the Catskills Inspiring "Casa Valentina"

WQXR's Elliott Forrest sat down with the four-time Tony Award-winner to talk about "Casa Valentina" - the first new play from Harvey Fierstein in nearly 30 years. Set in 1962 in the Catskill Mountains and based on actual events, the play centers on a group of heterosexual men who gather in an inconspicuous bungalow colony to discreetly and safely dress and act as women.

"There's this whole universe of heterosexual transvestite men who are faceless and voiceless, who we don't understand," he said. "I felt like...I can at least bring them out to an audience, have people see how very human they are, have people see their struggle, have people see this unbelievable joy."

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