Theatre Communications Group: 261 books

"For me [The Train Driver] is the biggest of them all. Everything I have written before has been a journey to this."-Athol Fugard "A dramatic, moving theater experience written for South Africa. . . . It will save us from hopelessness. See it."-Sunday Independent The...

• Wilbur’s translations of Molière considered to be the finest available • Countless productions throughout the world • Wilbur is considered to be one of America’s most esteemed poets • Previous winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Poetry

Includes The Modern Ladies of Guanabacoa, Fabiola, In the Eye of the Hurricane and Broken Eggs.

“Some of Shanley’s sharpest comic writing in years… His intense engagement with questions of religion and ethics remains distinctive and invigorating.” - Charles Isherwood, New York Times“There’s a deeper philosophical vein that the author mines, allowing his language to acquire the heft and...

"Comedy nirvana . . . satisfyingly mean and funny."-New York Post "Without sacrificing his mordant wit or bleak worldview, this distinctive dramatist shows a new maturity and empathy in."?The New York Times "Nicky Silver's terrific play is filled with moments...

* strong interest in the gay and Lesbian market. * Lisa Kron is also a leading member of theatrical troupe The Five Lesbian Brothers. * This is her first publication as a single artist

Naomi Wallace's plays speak the underside of life. Her characters suffer and survive against the enormous weight of the times with a dignity that inspires. Her work challenges the audience and reader to reexamine the conflicts and meaning of our everyday lives through her singular, poetic imagery...

"Naomi Wallace commits the unpardonable sin of being partisan, and, the darkness and harshness of her work notwithstanding, outrageously optimistic. She seems to believe that the world can change. She certainly writes as if she intends to set it on fire."—Tony Kushner "Wallace...

“Bold, unguarded work . . . that resists pat definition. [Young Jean] Lee has penned profane lampoons of motivational bromides (Pullman, WA) and the Romantic poets (The Appeal). Now she piles her deconstructive scorn upon ethnic stereotypes in Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven, a sweet-and-sour...

Goodnight Children Everywhere "Richard Nelson’s new play announces itself almost as if it were Chekhovian . . . the play, like all plays of discovery and purgation, has a translucency and a density that nag, hurt and heal."—London Sunday TimesNew England "Smart, sharp, acridly funny . . . in the...

*Just appointed Chair of the Playwrighting Program at the Yale School of Drama

"Marked by the aching articulation, scathing wit and deep convictions of a mature artist with a complete vision."--Frank Rich, The New York Times "If Arthur Miller had married Noel Coward, their son would have been Robbie Baitz." --André Bishop, from the Preface Jon...

*Andre Gregory co-author with Wallace Shawn of "My Dinner With Andre" directed by Louis Malle *This year long exploration of Chekhov subject of 1994 film "Vanya on 42nd St" directed by Louis Malle

“The play’s two hours fly by as if you’ve barely taken a breath. . . . Ethical dilemmas arise like exploding mines.”–Variety “Mr. Margulies is a skilled practitioner of fluid dialogue that is naturally funny and sensibly smart.” –The New York Times In his “absorbing...