“Spectacular…This new Vanya has a conversational smoothness that removes the cobwebs sticking to those other translations that never let you forget that the play was written in 1897… One of the most exquisite renderings of Uncle Vanya I’ve encountered.” —Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times “Quietly arresting… A canny and colloquial world-premiere translation ...
Pipeline had its premiere at Lincoln Center Theater (Off-Broadway) in the summer of 2017. Dominique Morisseau won the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Award for promising dramatists. Morriseau is an actor and playwright. She has been Award the NAACP Image Award twice for outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts and for promoting social justice through her work. Morriseau’s plays often comment on racial ...
In reaction to the extraordinary events of the first hundred days of the presidency of Donald J. Trump, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks has created a unique and personal response to one of the most tumultuous times in our recent history—a play diary for each day of the presidency, to capture and explore the events as they unfolded. Known for her distinctive lyrical dialogue and powerful sociopolitical themes, Parks’s <em> ...
World premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, C.T. in the spring of 2017, which opened to critical acclaim from regional reviewers. Subsequent Off-Broadway premiere at New York Theatre Workshop in the fall of 2017 starring Carrie Coon. <p><p> Early talk of Broadway transfer in spring 2018.<p><p> Herzog’s work is a popular for drama courses; Also, with themes of motherhood and caregiving, could do ...
Premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in the spring of 2016<p><p> Selected as a <i>Time Out New York</i> Critics’ Pick<p><p> Washburn is a member of 13P and The Civilians, and a New Georges affiliated artist<p><p> Washburn has been commissioned by The Civilians, Soho Rep, the Williamstown Theater Festival, and Yale. <p><p> Her plays have been pro ...
Premiered at the Lincoln Center Theater (Off-Broadway) in the winter of 2017<p><p> Ruhl teaches playwriting at Yale School of Drama<p><p> Sarah Ruhl's other plays include the Pulitzer Prize finalists <i>In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)</i> and <i>The Clean House</i><p><p> One of the top five most-produced playwrights from 2014 – 2016. <p><p> Ruhl ...
After their father dies, five siblings find themselves around the kitchen table of their childhood, pouring whiskey and sharing memories. The eldest, Ann, reminisces about her days playing Peter Pan at the local children’s theater, and soon the five are transported back to Neverland. For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday is a fantastical exploration of the enduring bonds of family, the resistance to “growing up,” and ...
“How many plays make us long for grace? Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Hudes is such a rare play; it is a yearning, funny, deeply sad and deeply lyrical piece, a worthy companion to Hudes’s Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue. The play infects us with the urge to find connection within our families and communities and remains with us long after we’ve left the theater.” –Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of How I Learned to Drive “Hude ...
“Soul-searing… Eclipsed [/i]shines with a compassion that makes us see beyond the suffering to the indomitable humanity of its characters.” Charles Isherwood, New York Times [/i] [/i] “A major achievement… Eclipsed [/i]is shattering in part because, while the Liberian Civil War finally ended, the struggle continues in a ravished human landscape. We can do little more th ...
