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TCG's 16th title from
Caryl Churchill
,
Here We Go/Escaped Alone
contains two plays exemplary of her notoriously dark, witty work. Creeping and ruminative,
Here We Go
"acts as a chilling reminder of our own mortality" (
Guardian
), with a three-part examination of death and its aftermath.
Escaped Alone
considers a broader demise: the apocalypse. Through the musings of four older women chatting in an English back garden, the fate of the world is outlined in an unsettling revelation of mankind's own self-destruction.
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Known for his complex portrayals of the human psyche,
Tracy Letts
' new work
Mary Page Marlowe
expands what at first appears to be an intimate snapshot of one woman's ordinary life into a grand and elaborate portrait play. In a series of elegant, nonchronological scenes spanning the years from 1946 to 2015, the play hopscotches through Mary Page Marlowe's quiet existence as an accountant from Ohio-complicating notions of what it means to lead a "simple life."
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Samuel D. Hunter's plays are populated with characters from the bleak side of the American economy. Laced with poetic images yet drawn with meticulous realism, Hunter's
Five Plays
linger in franchise restaurants, retirement facilities, mountain camps, and struggling businesses. The five plays collected here, all set in Hunter's home state of Idaho, demonstrate this writer's knack for exposing, without condescension or easy moralizing, the pathos in marginalized lives.
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The Encounter
from
Nick Hern Books traces Loren McIntyre's journey into the depths of the Amazon rainforest, where he found himself lost among the people of the remote Javari Valley in Brazil. It was an encounter that was to change his life, bringing the limits of human consciousness into startling focus. The play incorporates innovative technology into a solo performance to build a shifting world of sound.
On Freedom
from Oberon Books
collects powerful polemics from 34 contributors -- artists, directors, activists, politicians -- all of whom have worked with or supported Belarus Free Theatre over the last decade.
The anthology of short essays is curated by Belarus Free Theatre, and published to coincide with their 10-year anniversary celebrations.
Pig Girl
from Playwrights Canada Press is "a deeply feminist, profoundly political work" about a woman's attempt to evade a serial killer on a secluded farm (
Public Reviews
).
Pig Girl
is the winner of the 2016 Governor General's Literary Award For Drama and the 2014 Carol Bolt Award.
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Save 50% on TCG's
Holiday Gift Guide
book bundles!
The holiday season is officially underway, and TCG Books has a solution for all your gift-shopping stress. In our
Holiday Gift Guide
, we have created the perfect packages for the theatre-lovers in your life, whether they're actors, directors, or simply avid readers of great plays. You can choose from 9 different sets, including the "Two For One" bundle, "Women Playwrights," or all the TCG Pulitzer Prize winners! More still, with a purchase of certain book bundles, you get a free TCG tote bag, just because we like you.
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TCG Bestsellers
of the Year!
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Tarell Alvin McCraney to Head Playwriting Department at Yale
TCG playwright
Tarell Alvin McCraney is having quite a year! First, his critically acclaimed play
Choir Boy was published in January, then he co-wrote the widely lauded, Oscar-buzzworthy movie
Moonlight, and most recently, he was
named the next chairman of the playwriting department at the Yale School of Drama.
Lynn Nottage is Headed to Broadway!
After winning the Pulitzer Prize for her drama
Ruined in 2009, TCG playwright
Lynn Nottage will have her Broadway debut with her new hit play
Sweat about the lives of post-recession Americans in Pennsylvania. She was recently interviewed by
Slate about the play's journey so far.
Sweat will be published by TCG in the spring of 2017.
New York Times Critics Choose Best of 2016, Upcoming Titles from TCG Books
Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood of the
New York Times have
announced their picks for the best theatre of 2016. Among their choices are the soon-to-be published plays of
Richard Nelson (
The Gabriels),
JT Rogers (
Oslo),
Lynn Nottage (
Sweat), and
Paula Vogel (
Indecent).
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