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Book SynopsisFew 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 h
Trade ReviewThe quality shines through in this selection. * British Theatre Guide *
Table of Contents1. Introduction by Mandy Greenfield 2. Brief History of Williamstown Theatre Festival 3. Note from Martyna Majok COST OF LIVING by Martyna Majok 4. Note from Anna Ziegler ACTUALLY by Anna Ziegler 5. Note from Sylvia Khoury SELLING KABUL by Sylvia Khoury 6. Note from Bess Wohl GRAND HORIZONS by Bess Wohl 7. Note from Dominique Morisseau PARADISE BLUE by Dominique Morisseau 8. Note from Harrison David Rivers WHERE STORMS ARE BORN by Harrison David Rivers
