New downtown now : an anthology of new theater from downtown New York
New downtown now : an anthology of new theater from downtown New York
/ Mac Wellman and Young Jean Lee, editors ; introduction by Jeffrey M. Jones
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , c2006.
- xv, 399 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Interim / Barbara Cassidy -- Tragedy : a tragedy / Will Eno -- Nine come / Elana Greenfield -- Sachiko / Madelyn Kent -- Enoshima island / Madelyn Kent -- The appeal / Young Jean Lee -- The vomit talk of ghosts / Kevin Oakes -- Ajax (por nobody) / Alice Tuan -- Apparition : an uneasy play of the underknown / Anne Washburn -- Demon baby / Erin Courtney.
New Downtown Now brings together ten new works that exemplify the playfulness, excitement, and possibilities of the theater. Though disparate in subject matter and style, these highly original plays share a commitment to formal experimentation that places them beyond the psychological cliches of the majority and the cold condescension of postmodernism. Book jacket.
9780816647316
2006007345
American drama
Experimental drama
PS634.2 / .N49 2006
812.6 NEW
Interim / Barbara Cassidy -- Tragedy : a tragedy / Will Eno -- Nine come / Elana Greenfield -- Sachiko / Madelyn Kent -- Enoshima island / Madelyn Kent -- The appeal / Young Jean Lee -- The vomit talk of ghosts / Kevin Oakes -- Ajax (por nobody) / Alice Tuan -- Apparition : an uneasy play of the underknown / Anne Washburn -- Demon baby / Erin Courtney.
New Downtown Now brings together ten new works that exemplify the playfulness, excitement, and possibilities of the theater. Though disparate in subject matter and style, these highly original plays share a commitment to formal experimentation that places them beyond the psychological cliches of the majority and the cold condescension of postmodernism. Book jacket.
9780816647316
2006007345
American drama
Experimental drama
PS634.2 / .N49 2006
812.6 NEW