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Paperback. Condition: New. Ever wondered what else happened to Sleeping Beauty when she finally woke up in the 21st century? Alan Ayckbourn provides the answer with this alternative seasonal fare in the musical "Awaking Beauty". The Prince awakens Princess Aurora and the eager, happy young couple are about to embark on their first night of passionate love when ugly, unloved Carabosse, the wicked witch, butts in having taken a fancy to the Prince. But which one will be the Awaking Beauty? Love, lust, triplets and the ultimate in makeovers are just some of the milestones our heroes and heroines must pass before they can all live happily ever after. The four major roles are for two men and two women with six narrators playing a variety of other characters as well as providing the vocal harmonies and an astonishing range of sound effects!

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Paperback. Condition: New. Bruce finally agrees to give up his house for his wife's sake when a city man makes him an offer although it means admitting defeat. But his sister refuses to move from the house with its hallowed memories. And as a result she knowingly sends Bruce and his wife to their deaths in a blizzard.

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Paperback. Condition: New. A gang of teenage girls gathers in an abandoned treehouse to summon the ghost of Pablo Escobar. Are they messing with the actual spirit of the infamous cartel kingpin? Or are they really just messing with each other? A roller coaster ride through the danger and damage of girlhood - the teenage wasteland - has never been so much twisted fun.Critic's Pick! "Highly entertaining - equally funny and scary." -The New York TimesFour Stars! "Just when you think you know where the play is heading there's a disorienting coup de thetre that leaves you shaken.Our Dear Dead Drug Lordisn't for the faint of heart but neither is coming of age." - Raven Snook Time OutCritic's Pick! "Highly entertaining - equally funny and scary - the play starts off as a hoot and winds up a primal scream. They're throwing quite a seance at the McGinn/Cazale Theater." - Ben Brantley The New York Times"As funny as it is violent and dark.Our Dear Dead Drug Lordis not quiet small or apologetic. It is loud and messy and truthful. It is incredibly complicated and a thing of extreme beauty. It is everything in women that society tells them they need to repress and in this I found it incredibly enjoyable and inspiring." - Brittany Crowell New York Theatre Guide"The challenges of female adolescence. explored with a remarkably fresh honest and sometimes hilarious perspective." - Brian Scott Lipton Theater Pizzazz"Unsettling. Scheer's characters are brilliantly drawn. the work of a born playwright and a unique new voice. As a story of female empowerment it is both scary and revealing." - Victor Gluck Theater Scene"An imaginative and ultimately savage new play. An offbeatMean Girlssort of dramedy that unexpectedly concludes in a violent burst of magical realism." - Michael Sommers New York Stage Review.

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Paperback. Condition: New. An all-American love story about two very new Americans. It's 1975. Saigon has fallen. He lost his wife. She lost her fiance. But now in a new land they just might find each other. Using his uniquely infectious style The New York Times calls "culturally savvy comedy" and skipping back and forth from the dramatic evacuation of Saigon to the here and now playwright Qui Nguyen gets up-close-and-personal to tell the story that led to the creation of.Qui Nguyen.

Paperback. Condition: New. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames reinvents Shakespeare's masterpiece with his new drama a delectable comic tragedy. Juicy is a queer Southern college kid already grappling with some serious questions of identity when the ghost of his father shows up in their backyard demandingthat Juicy avenge his murder. It feels like a familiar story to Juicy well-versed in Hamlet's woes. What's different is Juicy himself a sensitive and selfaware young Black man trying to break the cycles of trauma and violence in service of his own liberation. From an uproarious family barbecue emerges a compelling examination of love and loss pain and joy.

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Paperback. Condition: New. 2024 Winner! Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Meet Kenneth, a 38-year-old bookstore worker who spends his evenings sipping mai tais at the local tiki bar. When he's suddenly laid off, Kenneth finally begins to face a world he's long avoided with transformative and even comical results. Primary Trust is a touching and inventive play about new beginnings, old friends and seeing the world for the first time.

Paperback. Condition: New. A comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games She Kills Monsterstells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly'sDungeons and Dragonsnotebook however she stumbles into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was Tilly's refuge. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fair.

Paperback. Condition: New. Jordan Berman would love to be in love but that's easier said than done. So until he meets Mr. Right he wards off lonely nights with his trio of close girlfriends. But as singles' nights turn into bachelorette parties Jordan discovers that the only thing harder than finding love is supporting the loved ones around you when they do. From the critically acclaimed writer who brought youBad Jews.

Paperback. Condition: New. Winner! 2023 Pulitzer Prize in DramaWinner! 2023 Obie Award for Best New American PlayIt's 2008 and four Iranians assemble triweekly in a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) class in Karaj Iran. The students are led by Marjan an anglophile who abolishes Farsi from her classroom. They translate Ricky Martin and endure major preposition confusion; they discover how to be funny in English and ponder what they will lose in the process. As the class slowly devolves into a linguistic mess some students cling tighter to their mother tongue while others embrace the possibilities of a new language.

Paperback. Condition: New. A comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games in a new edition created specially tells the story of high schoolerAgnes Evans as she deals with the death of her younger sister Tilly. When Agnes stumbles notebook she finds herself catapulted into a journey ofdiscovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sisterandrs.

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Paperback. Condition: New. In this turn-of-the-century Victorian thriller, strange things start to happen to the newlyweds Bella and Jack as their seemingly perfect marriage devolves into something sinister. Why is the attic door locked? Whose footsteps wander the halls at night? And is that gaslight flickering. or not? Bella's reality is twisted, forcing her to question both the truth and her husband's intentions in this haunting thriller based on the acclaimed play and classic film that gave rise to 2022's word of the year: "gaslight.".

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Paperback. Condition: New. Jane, an employee at the big tech company (you know the one), has been placed on leave after becoming the subject of a viral video. She arrives in the office of a crisis therapist Loyd determined to be reinstated to the job that gives her life meaning. A psychological thriller, JOB zooms in on two careerists of different generations, genders and political paradigms to examine what it means to be a citizen of the internet and our obligation to help the people who need it most.

Paperback. Condition: New. It's 1978 and protests are breaking out all across Iran encroaching on this suburb where a tight-knit circle of girlfriends plans weddings trades dirty jokes and tries to hang onto a sense of normalcy. But as the revolution escalates each woman is forced to join the wave of emigration or face an equally uncertain future at home. With breathtaking humanity and cutting wit Wish You Were Herechronicles a decade of life during war as best friends forever become friends long lost scattered and searching for home.

Paperback. Condition: New. When Asaf is asked to sign a social justice manifesto, he expects to be able to do so without hesitation. Instead, he becomes embroiled in an increasingly conflicted web of relationships that challenge his commitments as a liberal, a husband, an academic, an American, an atheist and a Jew. With tensions at an all-time high, Asaf is forced to confront the age-old question: "If I am only for myself, what am I?"Finalist: 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Drama.

Paperback. Condition: New. WINNER! Best Musical - 2015 Tony Awards!WINNER! Best Score (Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron) - 2015 Tony Awards!WINNER! Best Book of a Musical (Lisa Kron) - 2015 Tony Awards!WINNER! BEST MUSICAL - New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Obie Award Lucille Lortel Award Outer Critics Circle Award Off-Broadway Alliance AwardFINALIST! The Pulitzer Prize for DramaWhen her father dies unexpectedly graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile brilliant one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family's Bechdel Funeral Home her growing understanding of her own sexuality and the looming unanswerable questions about her father's hidden desires. Fun Home is a refreshingly honest wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Amy Herzog's streamlined adaptation of the Ibsen classic is avibrant and compelling theatrical experience. A small-town doctor considers himself a proud, upstanding member of his close-knit community. When he discovers a catastrophe that risks the lives of everyone in town, he raises the alarm. But he is shaken to his core when those in power, including his own brother, try not only to silence him, but to destroy him.

Paperback. Condition: New. Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New England prep school fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband the school's headmaster they've largely succeeded in bringing a stodgy institution into the twenty-first century. But when their only son sets his sights on an Ivy League university personal ambition collides with progressive values with convulsive results. A no-holds-barred look at privilege power and the perils of hypocrisy.

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Paperback. Condition: New. This scathing new comedy about small-town politics and real-world power from the author of August: Osage County exposes the ugliness behind some of our most closely-held American narratives while asking each of us what we would do to keep from becoming history's losers."Certain to be the single work of art that best represents but will also survive the Trump era." - Variety"Explosive. Deftly captures the tension of patriotic grandiosity and provincial defensiveness found in city halls across the land." - Chicago Tribune"Astonishing. a pitch-black comedy about the current state of American politics." - Chicago Sun-Times.