* CROWNS by Regina Taylor. Hats become a springboard for an exploration of black history and identity in this celebratory musical play. "Taylor pulls off a Hat Trick: She scores thrice, turning CROWNS into an artful amalgamation of oral history, fashion show, and musical theater..." -TheatreMania.com. "...wholly theatrical...Ms. Taylor has created a show that seems to arise out of spontaneous combustion, as if a bevy of department-store customers simultaneously decided to stage a revival meeting in the changing room." -NY Times. [1M, 6W (2 musicians)] ISBN: 0-8222-1963-8
* EXITS AND ENTRANCES by Athol Fugard. The story of a relationship between a young playwright on the threshold of his career and an aging actor who has reached the end of his. [Fugard) can say more with a single line than most playwrights convey in an entire script... Para phrasing the title, it's safe to say this drama, making its memorable entrance into our consciousness, is unlikely to exit as long as a theater exists for exceptional work." -Variety. "A thought-provoking, elegant and engrossing new play..." -Hollywood Reporter. [2M] ISBN: 0-8222-2041-5
* BUG by Tracy Letts. A thriller featuring a pair of star-crossed lovers in an Oklahoma City motel facing a bug invasion, paranoia, conspiracy theories and twisted psychological motives. "...obscenely exciting...top-flight craftsmanship. Buckle up and brace yourself..." -NY Times. "...[a] thoroughly outrageous and thoroughly entertaining play...the possibility of enemies, real and imagined, to squash has never been more theatrical.' -A.P. [3M, 2W] ISBN: 0-8222-2016-4
* THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) by Will Eno. An ordinary man muses on childhood, yearning, disappointment and loss, as he draws the audience into his last-ditch plea for empathy and enlightenment. "It's one of those treasured nights in the theater— treasured nights anywhere, for that matter—that can leave you both breathless with exhilaration and...in a puddle of tears." -NY Times. "Eno's words...are familiar, but proffered in a way that is constantly contradictory to our expectations. Beckett is certainly among his literary ancestors." -nytheatre.com. [1M] ISBN: 0-8222-2076-8
* THE LONG CHRISTMAS RIDE HOME by Paula Vogel. Past, present and future collide on a snowy Christmas Eve for a troubled family of five. "...[a] lovely and hauntingly original family drama...a work that breathes so much life into the theater." -Time Out. "...[a] delicate visual feast..." -NY Times. "...brutal and lovely...the overall effect is magical." -NY Newsday. [3M, 3W] ISBN: 0-8222-2003-2
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