Plays by Women from the Contemporary American Theater Festival —— Gidion's Knot; The Niceties; Memoirs of a Forgotten Man; Dead and Breathing; 20th Century Blues

----- 当代美国戏剧节的女性戏剧:吉迪恩的结；美好的事物；一个被遗忘的人的回忆录；死亡和呼吸；20世纪布鲁斯

ISBN: 9781350084810 出版年：2019 页码：345 Susan Miller Eleanor Burgess Johnna Adams Chisa Hutchinson D W Gregory Peggy McKowen Ed Herendeen Bloomsbury Publishing

Based at Shepherd University, in West Virginia, the Contemporary American Theater Festival is nationally and internationally recognized as a home for playwrights and the development and production of new plays. The Festival makes it a priority to celebrate and produce playwrights with strong, distinct voices, with a core value to tell diverse stories.This anthology of work provides plays that speak to one of the most compelling virtues of artists everywhere – freedom of speech. A necessary volume of women playwrights' work, ranging from a two-time Obie Award-winning author to emerging writers just beginning their careers, it represents a group of women who vary in age, race and sexual orientation and offers an invitation to artistic leaders, scholars and students to embrace gritty, thought-provoking new dramatic work.Edited by The Festival's Producing Directors Peggy McKowen and Ed Herendeen, this anthology features an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage. Each of the five powerful plays is followed by an informative and discursive playwright interview conducted by Sharon J. Anderson that contextualizes and develops the works within the wider context of the annual festival.The plays include: Gidion's Knot by Johnna Adams The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess Memoirs of a Forgotten Man by D.W GregoryDead and Breathing by Chisa Hutchinson 20th Century Blues by Susan Miller