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| | | | | | NEW PLAYWRIGHTS: THE BEST PLAYS 2013 | | | By: Lawrence Harbison | | | Synopsis | | | The best plays by new playwrights this season:
"Bethany" by Laura Marks - A single mother struggles to put her life back together and get her daughter back."
"Detroit" by Lisa D'Amour - A friendly suburban barbecue spirals into a delirious, dangerous bacchanal.
"Honky" by Greg Kalleres - A darkly comedic play that looks at five people, white and black, as they navigate the muddy waters of race, advertising, and basketball shoes.
"The Norwegians" by C. Denby Swanson - A Minnesota woman is thinking of hiring two hitmen of Norwegian descent, recommended to her by a woman she meet in a bar who has employed their services.
"Paloma" by Anne Garcia-Romero - Ibrahim Ahmed and Paloma Flores have a problem. A casual college study partnership at New York University has evolved into a love affair. She lightly faithful Catholic of Puerto Rican descent and he a practicing Muslim of Moroccan descent.
"The Vandal" by Hamish Linklater - A middle-aged woman meets a strange teen-aged boy while waiting for a bus to take her home. Who is he really?"
"Wild with Happy" by Colman Domingo - when the mother of a 40-something gay actor dies, he goes on an epic journey to scatter her ashes at Disney World." | | | Details | | Paperback | | Published: 12/2013 | | ISBN: 978-1-57525-867-6 | | 426 pages, 5 x 8.5 inches |
| | | Subjects this book is listed under: | | | Writing > Playwriting |
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