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Few 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 historic, award-winning, and
groundbreaking plays now live in conversation with one another in
this unique collection.
One of Manhattan's most established play festivals, the Samuel
French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival fosters the work of
emerging writers, giving them the exposure of publication and
representation.The festival resulting in this collection was held
August 5th - 10th at Playwrights Horizons on 42nd Street in New
York City. From the initial pool of 1,385 submissions, the Final
Thirty plays were chosen to be performed over a period of one week.
A panel of judges comprised of celebrity pl
Few 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 historic, award-winning, and
groundbreaking plays now live in conversation with one another in
this unique collection.
John, a wealthy, brilliant, and successful PhD student with
cerebral palsy, hires Jess, a recent graduate who has fallen on
hard times, as his new carer. Across town, truck driver Eddie
attempts to support and re-engage with his estranged wife, Ani,
following a terrible accident that has left her quadriplegic. As
four very different lives collide and entwine, roles are
unapologetically flipped, reversed and exposed - who is actually
caring for whom? Martyna Majok's exquisitely original, honest and
deftly funny new play Cost of Living explores our need to connect
and be loved regardless of the gulfs that disability, race, class,
and wealth place between us. Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for
Drama, Cost of Living was first seen at the Williamstown Theatre
Festival in 2016, and had its UK premiere at Hampstead Theatre,
London, in January 2019.
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