Synopsis
The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary American Plays - VOLUME ONE
Published by Oberon
This new series from Oberon brings together some of the best new writing from contemporary American playwrights
VOLUME ONE is introduced by Andre Bishop, Artistic Director of the Lincoln CenterTheater, the most prestigious theatre in the USA
Each play is introduced by critically acclaimed writers themselves
The Volume includes:
KIN by Bathsheba Doran - introduction by Chris Durang
Kin sheds a sharp light on the changing face of kinship in the expansive landscape of the modern world.
"Simply terrific. Perhaps the finest new play of the season. Funny andaudacious, haunting, and exquisitely wrought" ~ Charles Isherwood, New York Times
MIDDLETOWN by Will Eno - introduction by Gordon Lish
Middletown was awarded the prestigious "Middletown glimmers from start to finish with tart, funny, gorgeous little comments on big things: the need for love and forgiveness, the search for meaning in life, the long, lonely ache of disappointment" ~ Charles Isherwood, New York Times
COMPLETENESS by Itamar Moses - introduction by Doug Wright
Completeness is a 21st-century romantic comedy about the timeless confusions of love
"A funny, ridiculously smart new play. I haven't seen another play recentlythat so perfectly captured love hot-blooded, fearless, fi ckle at this stagein life. I was left with nothing but admiration" Jeremy Gerard, Bloomberg News
GOD'S EAR by Jenny Schwartz - introduction by Edward Albee
"This ode to love, loss and the routines of life has the economy and drywit of a Sondheim love song Schwartz is a real talent and she is trying something ambitious In [her] very modern way, [she is] making a rather old-fashioned case for the power of the written word" ~ Jason Zinoman, New York Times
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The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary American Plays - VOLUME TWO