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This anthology brings together all nine scripts from the 2015 Humana Festival of New American Plays, including I Will Be Gone by Erin Courtney, The Glory of the World by Charles Mee, The Roommate by Jen Silverman, and Pig Iron Theatre Company's I Promised Myself to Live Faster.

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In 1995, a group of writers, directors and actors gathered on Manhattan's Lower East Side for what was supposed to be a one-time-only event: write, direct, produce and perform new plays within the span of 24 hours. More than a decade and just over 300 plays later, The 24 Hour Plays have been produced on Broadway, in London, Los Angeles, Chicago and across the globe. 24 by 24 features the work of today's most celebrated theatrical voices, including Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Adam Rapp, Tina Howe, Will Eno, David Ives, Theresa Rebeck, Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, and many more! Includes the plays Sleeping City by John Belluso, Three Guys and a Brenda by Adam Bock, Another Beautiful Story by John Clancy, Ray Slape is Dead by Mike Doughty, Vaudeville, Population Two by Will Eno, The Harbingers of Turpitude by Robin Goldwasser, Toccata and Fugue by Tina Howe, The Blizzard by David Ives, Space by Laura Jacqmin, The Freelancers by Lucy Kirkwood, The Rumor by Dan Kois, Recess by Richard LaGravenese, Mars Has Never Been This Close by Warren Leight, That Other Person by David Lindsay-Abaire, The Sunday Times by Terrence McNally, Poor Bob by Elizabeth Meriwether, The Master of the World Versus the Dude by Raven Metzner, Jack on Film by Adam Rapp, Open House by Theresa Rebeck, I'm All About Lesbians by Mac Rogers, Two Worlds by Christopher Shinn, Liberal Arts College by Lucy Thurber, K, X, Z and V by Ian Williams, Be Still by Stephen Winter. With a foreword by Kevin Spacey.

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Humana Festival 2008: The Complete Plays brings together all eleven scripts from the 2008 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 32nd annual cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. The seven full-length plays and four ten-minute plays represent an exceptional array of work by some of the most exciting new voices in American theater -- from a scathing comedy about a blind date gone awry (Becky Shaw); to a documentary drama about the evangelical phenomenon in Colorado Springs (This Beautiful City); to a suburban street being undermined by zombies from a video game (Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom). Humana Festival 2008: The Complete Plays features a diverse selection of theatrical works that challenge and captivate audiences through movement, song, and bold explorations of what it means to be human. Includes the plays All Hail Hurricane Gordo by Carly Mensch, Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo, Dead Right by Elaine Jarvik, Game On by Zakiyyah Alexander, Rolin Jones, Jon Spurney, Alice Tuan, Daryl Watson, Marisa Wegrzyn, and Ken Weitzman, Great Falls by Lee Blessing, In Paris You Will Find Many Baguettes but Only One True Love by Michael Lew, Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom by Jennifer Haley, One Short Sleepe by Naomi Wallace, the break/s by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, This Beautiful City by Steven Cosson, Michael Friedman, and Jim Lewis, Tongue, Tied by M. Thomas Cooper"

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Humana 2006: The Complete Plays collects all ten plays produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville during the 30th anniversary season of the Humana Festival of New American Plays. The seven full-length plays and three ten-minute plays in this anthology encompass many of the most eclectic and exciting new voices in theater today -- from a technology-reliant man learning to listen to a planet on the verge of apocalypse (Natural Selection); to a left-leaning American citizen's doomed chance to give the President an earful (Listeners); to a group of Depression-era men who put on a fundraiser, and in the process find themselves transformed by more than just the ladies' costumes they don (Act A Lady). Alternately painful, subversive, hysterically funny, and poignant, these plays ask you to engage with characters and worlds you think you know, and then look again with new eyes. Includes the plays Three Guys and a Brenda by Adam Bock, Natural Selection by Eric Coble, Low by Rha Goddess, Act A Lady by Jordan Harrison, Sovereignty by Rolin Jones, Listeners by Jane Martin, Hotel Cassiopeia by Charles L. Mee, The Scene by Theresa Rebeck, Six Years by Sharr White, Neon Mirage by Liz Duffy Adams, Dan Dietz, Rick Hip-Flores, Julie Jensen, Lisa Kron, Tracey Scott Wilson, and Chay Yew

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Humana Festival 2013: The Complete Plays brings together all nine scripts from the 2013 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 37th cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This unique compilation features an exceptional array of work by some of the most exciting new voices in the American theatre, from a young woman's questioning of the spiritual identity she forged growing up in an ashram (O Guru Guru Guru), to a contemporary reimagining of Ibsen's cautionary tale, Peer Gynt (Gnit), to a group of estranged siblings who uncover disturbing family history while cleaning out their dead father's Arkansas plantation (Appropriate). This inventive and diverse collection of plays is a must-have for anyone seeking original, vibrant, and engaging theater. Includes: Cry Old Kingdom by Jeff Augustin; O Guru Guru Guru, or why I don't want to go to yoga class with you by Mallery Avidon; Gnit by Will Eno; Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins; 27 Ways I Didn't Say "Hi" to Laurence Fishburne by Jonathan Josephson; The Delling Shore by Sam Marks; Two Conversations Overheard on Airplanes by Sarah Ruhl; Halfway by Emily Schwend; and Sleep Rock Thy Brain by Rinne Groff, Lucas Hnath, and Anne Washburn. "How exactly do we become the people we are? That knotty question hovered in the air at the Humana Festival of New American Plays...The most intriguing works in the festival, now under the direction of Les Waters, take the audience on engrossing journeys through the thick underbrush of the human psyche as it is shaped by family, society and the divided impulses of the self." - New York Times

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Since 1989, New York City's Naked Angels has collaborated with some of America's most beloved playwrights to create exciting, topical plays for their time-honored tradition: the Issues Project. The short plays within this collection respond to resonant themes from gun control to the environment, faith to human rights. Naked Angels Issues Projects features the innovative writing of today's top playwrights, including Pulitzer Prize finalists Theresa Rebeck, Craig Lucas, Lee Blessing, Warren Leight, Will Eno, Kenneth Lonergan, Jon Robin Baitz, and many more. Includes the plays 187 by Jose Rivera, After The Deer Hunter by Nicole Burdette, Baby Gators by Pippin Parker, Baby Steps by Geoffrey Nauffts, Beauty Runs On Light Feet by Kenneth Lonergan, The Bully Composition by Will Eno, Coq Au Vin by Jon Robin Baitz, Damaged Goods by David Marshall Grant, The Dying City by Christopher Shinn, Four Monologues by Jon Robin Baitz, Fruits and Nuts by Ned Eisenberg, La Familia by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Love by Daniel Reitz, The Only Other Option by Patrick Breen, A Passion Play by Pippin Parker, Pay-Per-Kill by Warren Leight, Reagan in Hell by Lee Blessing, Sex with the Censor by Theresa Rebeck, Shadow Day by Steven Dietz, Snuff by Frank Pugliese, Szinhaz by Itamar Moses, Throwing Your Voice by Craig Lucas, To Be Human by Stephen Belber, True To You by Kenneth Lonergan, What We're Up Against by Theresa Rebeck. With a foreword by Foreword by Jon Robin Baitz.

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Bringing together some of the innovative, thought-provoking, and daring new works from New York’s downtown theater scene, The Downtown Anthology offers a rich collection of plays from both up-and-coming and established playwrights. Includes: A Map of Virtue by Erin Courtney; We Are Proud To Present A Presentation About The Herero Of Namibia, Formerly Known As Southwest Africa, From The German Südwestafrika, Between The Years 1884-1915 by Jackie Sibblies Drury; Trevor by Nick Jones; The Lily’s Revenge by Taylor Mac; Alice in Slasherland by Qui Nguyen; Phoebe in Winter by Jen Silverman. Trevor: “Hugely entertaining tragicomedy... the genius of [Jones’s] play is how he has so cleverly humanized both characters.” – Chicago Sun Times The Lily’s Revenge: “…offers so many incidental pleasures that theatrical time – always a curiously malleable element – seems to contract.” – New York Times A Map of Virtue: “With a Hitchcockian sensibility, [Courtney] makes psychodrama out of the mystery of what keeps people together even as imaginations and egos push them apart. Like a souvenir from a fleeting dream, this play will pass over you painlessly, and then it will linger.” – Backstage

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The Humana Festival 2017 anthology brings together all nine scripts from the 2017 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 41st annual cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This compilation features extraordinary work by some of the most inventive voices in American theatre, including the full-length plays I Now Pronounce by Tasha Gordon-Solmon, We're Gonna Be Okay by Basil Kreimendahl, Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler, Recent Alien Abductions by Jorge Ignacio Cortinas, and Airness by Chelsea Marcantel. The book also includes The Many Deaths of Nathan Stubblefield, written by Jeff Augustin, Sarah DeLappe, Claire Kiechel, and Ramiz Monsef in collaboration, as well as the ten-minute plays The New Line by Will Eno, Home Invasion by Krista Knight, and Melto Man and Lady Mantis by Eric Pfeffinger.

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