Plays from Woolly Mammoth [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Aronson, Billy; Rutherford, Stanley; Stewart-Brown, Christi; Alexander, Robert, Porter, Regina; Freed, Amy

Published by Broadway Play Publishing, Inc., New York, 1999

About this Item

Fine condition color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Credits; Foreword by David Richards, former drama critic of The New York Times and The Washington Post; Introduction by Howard Shalwitz; About Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; Acknowledgments; and Production History. "The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company of Washington, D.C. is one of America's most fearless producers of new plays, with an impressive record of premieres that have gone on to be produced across the country and around the world. "The plays it has always championed - and done best - are dark, scratchy, outspoken and eager to buck both the status quo and theatrical convention," says critic David Richards in his Foreword to this collection of six Woolly premiers. Amy Freed's The Psychic Life of Savages, winner of both the Kesserlring Prize and Charles MacArthur Award, is a witty and dazzling dissection of the lives of four famously obsessive mid-century poets. Robert Alexander's The Last Orbit of Billy Mars in an intimate, ultimately shocking glimpse at a secretive black family living on the edge of a St. Louis highway. By contrast, Christi Stewar-Brown's lighter-than-air comedy, The Gene Pool, introduces an unusually open family with two moms, while simultaneously spoofing the traditional family sitcom. A tour de force for one actor, Stanley Rutherford's award-winning The Chinese Art of Placement virtually defines Woolly's fascination with neurotically funny characters who don't seem to fit in. Billy Aronson's endearing romance, The Art Room, re-imagines a classic Feydeau farce in a topsy-turvy mental ward setting. And Regina Porter's powerful black Southern drama, Man, Woman, Dinosaur, unites two unlikely lovers in a desperate effort to free themselves from the mysterious pull of the past. What emerges from these remarkable new plays is Woolly Mammoth's obsession with original voices, its readiness to deal with controversy, and most surprisingly, its focus on big old-fashioned issues - love, longing, family ties, self-expression, madness - from unexpected new angles.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Plays from Woolly Mammoth [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
• Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine