This introduction to the ever-evolving tradition of American theater includes works from Kia Corthron, Daisy Foote, Horton Foote, Susan Glaspell, Greg Gunning, David Ives, William Saroyan, Shel Silverstein, Gore Vidal, Wendy Wasserstein, Thornton Wilder, and Tennessee Williams.
Life by Asphyxiation
by Kia Corthron
Farley and Betsey
by Daisy Foote
Blind Date
by Horton Foote
Suppressed Desires: A Comedy
by Susan Glaspell in collaboration with George Cram Cook
Lily's Crossing
A one-act play based on the book by Patricia Reilly Giff
Adapted by Greg Gunning
Variations on the Death of Trotsky
by David Ives
Coming Through the Rye
by William Saroyan
No Skronking
by Shel Silverstein
Visit to a Small Planet
by Gore Vidal
Tender Offer
by Wendy Wasserstein
The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden
by Thornton Wilder
The Case of the Crushed Petunias: A Lyrical Fantasy
by Tennessee Williams
Playwright Biographies
This introduction to the ever-evolving tradition of American theater includes works from Kia Corthron, Daisy Foote, Horton Foote, Susan Glaspell, Greg Gunning, David Ives, William Saroyan, Shel Silverstein, Gore Vidal, Wendy Wasserstein, Thornton Wilder, and Tennessee Williams.
Life by Asphyxiation
by Kia Corthron
Farley and Betsey
by Daisy Foote
Blind Date
by Horton Foote
Suppressed Desires: A Comedy
by Susan Glaspell in collaboration with George Cram Cook
Lily's Crossing
A one-act play based on the book by Patricia Reilly Giff
Adapted by Greg Gunning
Variations on the Death of Trotsky
by David Ives
Coming Through the Rye
by William Saroyan
No Skronking
by Shel Silverstein
Visit to a Small Planet
by Gore Vidal
Tender Offer
by Wendy Wasserstein
The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden
by Thornton Wilder
The Case of the Crushed Petunias: A Lyrical Fantasy
by Tennessee Williams
Playwright Biographies
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