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“Its brilliance lies in the way Shinn marries ideological debate to psychological complexity, shedding light, laser-bright and precise, on the way i...
A dissection of the impact on society of the war in Iraq When one man goes to war he leaves the city, his wife and brother. A year later only the wife...
Go where there's violence. Silicon Valley. The future. A rocket launches. Luke is an aerospace billionaire who can talk to anyone. But God is talking ...
Now Or Later; Four; Picked; On The Mountain
Ten years after the publication of Shinn Plays: One comes this second volume of his plays, bringing together some of the playwright's most acclaimed w...
THE STORY: Stephen, a struggling playwright and website movie critic, invites his ex-boyfriend, Mark, to spend Christmas with him and his roommate, Pe...
You lie there in the dark and the thoughts won't stop – you think of everything you could have done better... A meticulous and respected stationmast...
THE STORY: Ed, struggling to make ends meet, loses ten thousand dollars and calls on his ex-girlfriend, Dora, for help. On a New England beach at nigh...
This anthology marks the emergence of one of the finest and most innovative new artists writing for the theater today. “The secret of Shinn’s succ...
You can't live your life thinking everything you text will become public knowledge. Censoring yourself is no way to live. Everyone needs Jim. His moth...
Other People; The Coming World; Where Do We Live; Dying City
A first volume of four plays from the Amercian playwright whose play Dying City was a critical and popular success at the Royal Court Theatre in May 2...
THE STORY: Chosen to star in a huge new movie by a legendary Hollywood director, an unknown young actor finds his life suddenly changed....
"Mr. Shinn is among the most provocative and probing of American playwrights today."—The New York Times "Chris Shinn explores politics and ethics wi...
THE STORY: On the Fourth of July in Hartford in 1996, June, a sixteen-year-old white boy, meets up with a closeted, married black man he's met over th...
A first volume of four plays from the American playwright whose play Dying City was a critical and popular success at the Royal Court Theatre in May 2...
THE STORY: In the summer of 2001 in New York City, two young men from the same apartment building find their lives intersecting, as each struggles to ...
THE STORY: When his lover, literary adversary and a sympathetic colleague gather at Dave Ardith's upstate retreat for a midsummer barbecue, the acclai...
Stunning; The Road Weeps, the Well Runs Dry; Pullman, WA; Hurt Village; Dying City; The Big Meal
The Methuen Drama Book of New American Plays is an anthology of six outstanding plays from some of the most exciting playwrights currently receiving c...
20 Scenes for the Stage in Troubled Times
Theatre has a complex history of responding to crises, long before they happen. Through stage plays, contemporary challenges can be presented, explore...
An insightful and revealing play, inspired by real events, which explores society’s uncomfortable embrace of the outsider. It’s Gabe’s senior ye...