Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
A hilarious satire of race in the glamorous days of Old Hollywood, told via the life of a fictional African-American movie star. From the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Sex Plays
Two plays by one of America's premier performers and most innovative and provocative artists, author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Talk Radio.
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The Whale and A Bright New Boise: two plays
Two plays from an American playwright whose bighearted and funny plays explore the quiet desperation running through many American lives. The Whale was later adapted into the 2022 feature film directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Brendan Fraser.
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Intimacy and other plays
Outrageous and bold, Thomas Bradshaw’s Intimacy is a revealing comedy about race, sex, and familiarity in the suburbs.
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The James Plays
James I, II and III
Rona Munro's vividly imagined historical cycle brings to life three generations of Stewart kings who ruled Scotland in the tumultuous fifteenth century.
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Neva
English/Spanish billingual edition
By Guillermo Calderón Translated by Andrea ThorneA politically charged, haunting interrogation of theatre and the revolutionary impulse.
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Prodigal Son
An explosive portrait of a young man on the verge of either salvation or destruction, from the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Doubt.
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Lucy Kirkwood Plays: One
Five plays by leading playwright Lucy Kirkwood: Tinderbox, it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now, small hours, NSFW and Chimerica. With an introduction by the author.
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Indecent
By Paula VogelInspired by Sholem Asch's play God of Vengeance, about an amorous affair between two women, Paula Vogel's Indecent is a riveting look at an explosive moment in theatrical history.
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Small Tragedy
By Craig LucasA remarkably funny, sharply articulated missive about tragedy in the contemporary world.
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Pipeline
A deeply moving story of a mother's fight to give her son a future — without turning her back on the community that made him who he is.
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Linda Vista
By Tracy LettsPulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts dissects the midlife crisis in a play that combines humanity with humour.
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What the Constitution Means to Me
An acclaimed play tracing the effect that the US Constitution has had on four generations of women in the author's family. A finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Mlima's Tale (US edition)
By Lynn NottageA powerful and unforgettable drama about the illegal international ivory trade, from an American dramatist whose plays have captivated audiences around the world.
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Mike Bartlett Plays: Two
Five ambitious and exciting plays by the multi-award-winning playwright, introduced by the author.
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Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
By Taylor MacPerformance artist Taylor Mac picks up where William Shakespeare's blood-soaked tragedy Titus Andronicus left off in a play that explores generic boundaries and charts the violence done by those in charge, and the lives of those left to clean up.
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Trouble in Mind
A radical satire of racism in theatre, widely considered the masterpiece of actress and playwright Alice Childress.
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James Fritz Plays: One
By James FritzSix plays from a unique voice in British theatre, covering the first decade of his career. These plays confront the fault lines in our culture with thrilling imagination, an unflinching moral seriousness and a warm, compassionate sense of humour.
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Chris Bush Plays: One
By Chris BushFive plays by leading playwright Chris Bush: Steel; Faustus: That Damned Woman; Nine Lessons and Carols; Hungry (Paines Plough, 2021) and Not the End of the World (Schaubühne, Berlin, 2021).
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The Adventures of a Young Black Girl in Search of God
By Djanet SearsRainey Baldwin-Jackson, a country doctor, struggles to come to terms with the loss of her daughter, the disintegration of her marriage, and an eccentric elderly father on an astonishing crusade.
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Romulus Linney: Six Plays
Six plays from a major talent of the American theatre, endowed with Linney's lyric intensity, and augmented by his rich sense of humour.
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Unbalancing Acts: Foundations for a Theater
Includes essays and playscripts: The Cure, Film Is Evil: Radio Is Good, Symphony of Rats, What Did He See? and Lava, with a Foreword by Peter Sellars
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A Bright Room Called Day
By Tony KushnerFrom the author of Angels in America, A Bright Room Called Day was Kushner's first major play. Written against the backdrop of Reagan's America, it is a powerful portrayal of individual resolution in the face of political catastrophe.
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Passion
By Stephen Sondheim and James LapineA one-act musical about a sickly woman's love for a handsome young army captain.
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