Theatre Communications Group: 261 books

"Rapp remains a true man of the theater and a potent writer."—Time Out "To watch The Hallway Trilogy by Adam Rapp is to enter an alternate universe . . . a carnival of the desperate, the grotesque, the outrageous."—The New York Times "I knew in a single sentence...

Newly published as a stand-alone edition, Vogel’s widely celebrated masterpiece How I Learned to Drive was the winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Obie and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Play, and other honors. Known for its dark subject matter, the play examines the effects of child abuse on identity and the discovery of strength through trauma.

* Winner of the First Fringe Award at the Edinburgh Festival * May be the hardest ticket to get in New York

• Volume II to come Spring or Fall 1998 • Born in April 17, 1897; 1997 will be the centennial year of his birth. — Numerous productions are scheduled and his fiction works are scheduled to be reissued. • Wilder was born in Wisconsin and lived there for many years until his death in New Haven,...

"In [Wilder's] A Doll's House . . . the relationship of dialogue to action is very special, like nothing that had been heard on stage before."—David Hammond, PlayMakers Repertory CompanyNot staged since its Broadway premiere starring Ruth Gordon in 1937, the first-ever publication of this adaptation...

"Zestier and more colloquial than most translations . . . Letts' main achievement here is to make Chekhov more emotional, accessible and active."—Chicago Tribune "I've seen over a dozen Three Sisters, but never has the final scene . . . registered so hard. It's the cumulative...

- Mr. Wilbur has won the Pulitzer Prize and was a past Poet Laureate of the U.S. - Original cover designs by Chip Kidd. - Completes the publication of all of Wilbur's verse translations of Moliere in quality paper editions.

"The finest American author of his generation."—Sunday Mail This complex new work from celebrated playwright David Mamet revolves around a wealthy man, his young fiancée, and an airplane. The man has just bought a new plane as a wedding present for the girl. He intends to go into...

"What Lenny Bruce was to the 1950s, Bob Dylan to the 1960s, Woody Allen to the 1970s--that's what Eric Bogosian is to this frightening moment of drift in our history."--Frank Rich, The New York Times

From The Persians "Defeat is impossible Defeat is unthinkable We have always been the favorites of fate. Fortune has cupped us In her golden palms. It has only been a matter Of choosing our desire. Which fruit To pick from the nodding tree." This chilling passage is from Ellen McLaughlin’s...

"Brilliantly upsetting and endearing . . . riveting."—Newsday An updated and revised edition of Wallace Shawn's most outlandish work to date. This poetic epic about a scientist, his wife, and his two mistresses as they fend for their lives in a world savagely close to extinction,...

Due to the enormous—and ever-growing—interest in Palestinian plays around the world, Inside/Outside brings together six dynamic Palestinian playwrights from both Occupied Palestine and the Diaspora, making it the very first collection of its kind. These plays take on Palestinian history and culture...

* First volume of a three volume series documenting the work of Ping Chong * Ping Chong and Co. at New York's La Mama produces new work each year

These three Port Elizabeth plays, which established South African playwright Athol Fugard's international reputation more than twenty years ago, examine with passion and grace close family relationships strained almost unendurably by the harshest of economic and political conditions. "A rare playwright,...