The Language Archive and Other Plays - Softcover

Cho, Julia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559365528 ISBN 13: 9781559365529

Publisher: Theatre Communications Group, 2020

Synopsis

From whimsical comedies to nail-biting chillers, Julia Cho is one of the most versatile playwrights in the contemporary theatre scene. For the past fifteen years, her stunning plays have been performed all over the country. Contained in this new anthology is a captivating sampling of her widely-lauded work featuring The Language Archive and including Aubergine, Office Hour, The Piano Teacher, and Durango.

About this title

About the Author

Julia Cho's plays include, The Language Archive, The Piano Teacher, Durango, The Winchester House, BFE, The Architecture of Loss and 99 Histories. She has been a resident playwright at New Dramatists since 2004. Her work has been produced at the Vineyard Theatre, The Public, South Coast Repertory, Long Wharf Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, East West Players, Theatre @ Boston Court, and Silk Road Theatre Project, among others. Honors include the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Barrie Stavis Award, the Claire Tow Award for Emerging Artists, and the L. Arnold Weissberger Award. Durango was also named one of the Top 10 Plays of 2006 by Entertainment Weekly and one of the Best of 2007 by the The L.A. Times. She is an alumna of the Juilliard School and NYU's Graduate Dramatic Writing Program.

Review

"Cho displays a balance and compassion that's Chekhovian... a writer at the top of her game." ― Village Voice on Durango

(Village Voice)

"Cho is fast establishing herself as a chronicler of small tragedies... she is not a sleight of hand artist but a craftsman." ― Backstage on The Piano Teacher

(Backstage)

"Cho's playwriting style... lures us into caring about characters who never fail to surprise us with their simple humanity." ―Los Angeles Times on Aubergine

(Los Angeles Times)

"...a strength of Cho's writing is her empathy for those who stumble toward and slip away from intimacies they desperately covet - but aren't equipped to handle." ― Seattle Times

(Seattle Times)

About this edition

• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1559365528
• ISBN 13: 9781559365529
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360