The Height of Summer: New Plays from Williamstown Theatre Festival 2015-2021: Paradise Blue; Cost of Living; Actually; Where Storms Are Born; Selling Kabul; Grand Horizons
Martyna Majok · Anna Ziegler · Sylvia Khoury · Bess Wohl · Dominique Morisseau · Harrison David Rivers
Jun 2022 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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About this ebook
Few institutions have as profound an impact on the American theatrical landscape as the Tony Award-winning Williamstown Theatre Festival, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
New Plays from Williamstown Theatre Festival 2015-2021 provides a sample of the dozens of plays that have been created and/or premiered at the Festival during the Artistic Directorship of Mandy Greenfield. In addition to stories that shine a light into new or underexplored corners of the human condition, these plays frequently feature complex and boundary-pushing central roles for women actors.
These six plays are manifestations of living, American playwrights grappling with and breathing dramatic life into the conflicts and questions at the heart of who we were, who we are, and who we will become. These plays imagine and interrogate pieces of the human experience we are still in the midst of unpacking and understanding.
Complete with introductions by each of the authors reflecting on their work, these historic, award-winning, and groundbreaking plays now live in conversation with one another in this unique collection.
New Plays from Williamstown Theatre Festival 2015-2021 provides a sample of the dozens of plays that have been created and/or premiered at the Festival during the Artistic Directorship of Mandy Greenfield. In addition to stories that shine a light into new or underexplored corners of the human condition, these plays frequently feature complex and boundary-pushing central roles for women actors.
These six plays are manifestations of living, American playwrights grappling with and breathing dramatic life into the conflicts and questions at the heart of who we were, who we are, and who we will become. These plays imagine and interrogate pieces of the human experience we are still in the midst of unpacking and understanding.
Complete with introductions by each of the authors reflecting on their work, these historic, award-winning, and groundbreaking plays now live in conversation with one another in this unique collection.
About the author
Anna Ziegler is the author of hit plays Actually and Photograph 51.
Bess Wohl is the author of Grand Horizons (Tony Nominee for Best Play) as well as Make Believe, which was a NY Times Critic's Pick.
Dominique Morisseau is a Tony Award-nominated writer whose plays include The Detroit Project, Skeleton Crew, Sunset Baby and the book of the Broadway musical Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations.
Harrison David Rivers is the winner of the 2018 Relentless Award for his play the bandaged place.
Martyna Majok is a Polish-born American playwright who won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Cost of Living.
Sylvia Khoury is a New York-born writer of French and Lebanese descent. She is currently under commission from Lincoln Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Seattle Repertory Theater.
Bess Wohl is the author of Grand Horizons (Tony Nominee for Best Play) as well as Make Believe, which was a NY Times Critic's Pick.
Dominique Morisseau is a Tony Award-nominated writer whose plays include The Detroit Project, Skeleton Crew, Sunset Baby and the book of the Broadway musical Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations.
Harrison David Rivers is the winner of the 2018 Relentless Award for his play the bandaged place.
Martyna Majok is a Polish-born American playwright who won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Cost of Living.
Sylvia Khoury is a New York-born writer of French and Lebanese descent. She is currently under commission from Lincoln Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Seattle Repertory Theater.
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