Theatre Communications Group imprint: 261 books

"The poetry of Cruz's writing is what those who love his work cite most often about his style, and Sotto Voce has that. Yet it also contains passages that are realistic, whimsical, sensual and heartbreaking. Cruz may be that rarity, a poet of the stage, but he is first and foremost a dramatist."—The...

"The words of Nilo Cruz waft from the stage like a scented breeze. They sparkle and prickle and swirl, enveloping those who listen in both specific place and time . . . and in timeless passions that touch us all."—The Miami Herald One of the United States' most-produced Cuban American...

In Collected Stories, playwright Donald Margulies explores the vexed emotional and legal question of a writer's right to create art from the biographical material of another person's life--particularly when that other person is also a writer. Meditating upon the recent, real-life conflict between poet...

"A lyrical and understanding chronicler of people who somehow become displaced within their own lives…Mr. Lindsay-Abaire has shown a special affinity for female characters suddenly forced to re-evaluate the roles by which they define themselves."—New York Times Set in the Bristol...

“Midway through Water & Power comes a scene so perfectly written, so chilling and yet so hilarious [it] encapsulates all the anger and social criticism fueling [the play], beginning with the agonizing realization (also central to Culture Clash’s smash Chavez Ravine) that the fates of the L.A....

Winner of the 2017 Tony Award for Best Play   Winner of the 2017 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play   Winner of the 2017 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play   “*Oslo* is a wonderful and moving work that portrays how real diplomacy...

-Good chance of Oscar nomination for acting and screenplay

"In the work of John Patrick Shanley, the truth is as charming as it is painful, reality as touched with magic as it is factual, and existence as absolute as it is illusory."—BOMB magazine For Anthony and Rosemary, introverted misfits straddling forty, love seems unlikely. In this...

Praise for José Rivera: "Even if you've never seen Puerto Rico or grown old, you sit there ruminating on love, sacrifice, and betrayal."-Chicago Tribune, on Boleros for the Disenchanted "Teasingly engrossing. . . . Vividly written. . . . An intriguing and evocative drama."-The...

“Extraordinary and evocative, the stellar Anna in the Tropics is a work of art.”—Christine Dolen, Miami Herald This lush romantic drama depicts a family of cigar makers whose loves and lives are played out against the backdrop of America in the midst of the Depression. Set in Ybor City...

"One of the most spectacularly original plays in recent memory."—Entertainment Weekly "Fascinating and hilarious . . . With each of its three acts, Mr. Burns grows grander."—Village Voice "When was the last time you met a new play that was so smart it made your head spin? . . . Mr....

In Karen Hartman’s "juicyfruit tragedy," two young sisters discover new appetites within the walls of their father’s garden. Gum explores the need to tame nature in a fictional fundamental country where the title candy is contraband and every desire has its price. "A brief, intense,...

* Author of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama * Dinner with Friends (1.55936.194.8, TCG)--5,000 copies sold since April 2000 * Sight Unseen and Other Plays (1.55936.103.4, TCG)--second printing over 4,000 copies sold *Collected Stories (1.55936.152.2, TCG)in its second printing over 3,000 copies sold...

"The cumulative power of these shared stories is nothing short of astonishing. Ping Chong creates a tremendous tapestry of lives."—Twin Cities Reader This three-piece volume of Undesirable Elements, the community-specific theater works series, examines the lives of those born into...