Light Shining in Buckinghamshire
(Revised Edition)
by Caryl Churchill

"Caryl Churchill's English Civil War play resonates powerfully today" (Guardian). This revised edition of Churchill's drama tells the story of the men and women who went into battle for the soul of England. It speaks of the revolution they never had and the legacy it left behind.






For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday
by Sarah Ruhl

From John Lahr's foreword: "What is it about the play, beyond that yearning to transcend the limits of mind and body, that is so affecting? It's something about the generosity of Ruhl's spirit, which comes through the deftness of the play's design: her faith in beauty; her poetic economy of phrase; her gratitude for the living and the dead; her wonder at the mighty mystery of things."



The Band's Visit
Book by Itamar Moses; Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek

From  The New York Times : "It's time to fall in love again... One of the most ravishing musicals you will ever be seduced by...The Band's Visit is a Broadway rarity seldom found these days outside of the canon of Stephen Sondheim...Miraculous."






100 Plays for the First Hundred Days
by Suzan-Lori Parks

In reaction to the extraordinary events of the first hundred days of the presidency of Donald J. Trump, Suzan-Lori Parks has created a unique and personal response to one of the most tumultuous times in our recent history--a play diary for each day of the presidency. A powerful and provocative everyman's guide to the Trumpian universe of uncertainty, confusion, and chaos.



Thinking Shakespeare
(Revised Edition)
by Barry Edelstein

Thinking Shakespeare gives theater artists practical advice about how to make Shakespeare's words feel spontaneous, passionate, and real. Based on Barry Edelstein's thirty-year career directing Shakespeare's plays, this book provides the tools that artists need to fully understand and express the power of Shakespeare's language.

These fabulous new titles come from our Partner Publishers  -- all of whom are distributed
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Alexi Kaye Campbell, Plays: One
by Alexi Kaye Campbell

From Nick Hern Books, a collection of five plays by the award-winning playwright Alexi Kaye Campbell. Together these plays demonstrate his rare ability to harness theatricality in pursuit of emotional truth. Includes The Pride, Apologia, The Faith Machine, Bracken Moor, and Sunset at the Villa Thalia




Humana Festival 2017
Edited by Amy Wegener and Jenni Page-White

From Playscripts, Inc., this anthology brings together all nine scripts from the 2017 Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Including: Now Pronounce by Tasha Gordon-Solmon, We're Gonna Be Okay by Basil Kreimendahl, Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler, and Airness by Chelsea Marcantel.



Outside
by Paul Dunn

From Playwrights Canada Press, and inspired by the kinds of real-life stories that prompted the It Gets Better campaign, Paul Dunn's play for middle-grade and high-school students brings the discussion around homophobia, bullying, mental health and gay-straight alliances directly to the young people who are on the front lines.




The Band's Visit and Angels in America Win Big at the Tony Awards

Itamar Moses  and David Yazkbek's enchanting musical The Band's Visit swept the Tony Awards this year, winning a total of 10 awards including Best Musical. The Broadway revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America was also recognized with 3 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play.  Watch David Yazbek and His Band's Visit Band Celebrate Tony Wins With Impromptu Concert  here .
TCG Titles Highlighted Among Best Plays of the Last 25 Years 

In The Great Works Continues: The 25 Best American Plays since 'Angels in America,' theater critics for The New York Times put together a list of the 25 best American plays of the last 25 years. Of the 25 plays on the list, 14 are TCG-published titles, including Topdog/Underdog, The Flick, and Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play.
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