"A quietly devastating play… Both a perceptive drama depicting the sudden fraying of a young marriage and a nail-biting psychological thriller… Belleville is among the most suspenseful plays I've seen in years." – Charles Isherwood, New York Times"Masterly… Among the new crop of young American playwrights, Herzog is in a class by herself." – Richard Zoglin, TimeAbby and Zack, young American newlyweds, have abandoned a comfortable postg ...
"Wallace Shawn is one of the most complex and uncompromising moralists of the American theater." – Ben Brantley, New York Times"At once the U.S.'s most profound and overlooked playwright." – David HareThis translation and adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Master Builder Solness by Wallace Shawn, a writer known for his own bleakly hilarious and provocative plays, was used by legendary director André Gregory during fifteen years ...
Bogosian explores the dark underbelly of the American dream with blistering prose, trenchant social criticism and breathtakingly accurate characterizations of an astonishing range of his fellow citizens. ...
"Fifty Words has a gimlet eye, providing meticulously chosen, artfully integrated details that let us understand why its characters so love and loathe each other. Like Mr. Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? it understands how closely hate and love can be linked in marriage."—The New York TimesIn Fifty Words, a Brooklyn brownstone becomes a marital battleground for Adam and Jan; Do Not Disturb dramatizes Adam's i ...
"Naomi Wallace commits the unpardonable sin of being partisan, and, the darkness and harshness of her work notwithstanding, outrageously optimistic. She seems to believe that the world can change. She certainly writes as if she intends to set it on fire."—Tony Kushner"Wallace is that unfashionable thing – a deeply political US playwright who unashamedly writes about ideas rather than feelings."—[i]The GuardianLauded for ...
• World premiere Off-Broadway at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre in 2014, directed by Craig Lucas and starring Kathryn Erbe (Law and Order: Criminal Intent) and Arliss Howard (True Blood). • Play deals with issues of substance abuse and addiction, and is inspired by Lucas’s own struggles with addiction, about which he has spoken openly.• Lucas’s other most recent play, The Lying Lesson, about Bette Davis, ran Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Com ...
It’s easy to say we trust Christ for everything, but are we living that truth? We’ve been given clear instruction in a powerful promise for parents. God tells us in Deuteronomy to “teach our children diligently.” This passage and many others give us great insight as to how to do that and enjoy the promised blessing that always accompanies the mandates we are given. Learn the practical view of discipleship ...
You’ve made the decision to homeschool. Suddenly, you find that some of those who were once in your corner supporting you are now questioning your competency as a parent and maybe even your sanity. Their lack of confidence may sting, but in reality, the critic provides a wonderful opportunity to replace fear and stigma with truth and reality. This book equips you to answer the critic in your life with resolve and confidence. ANSWERS t ...
Raising a prodigal is every Christian parent’s worst nightmare. Horrifyingly, George Barna contends that over 60 percent of Christian kids will run off to university and “lose their faith.” Some pollsters believe the number is as high as 80 percent. But there is great news! Your child doesn’t have to become a statistic. Your child can become an adult who loves the Lord the same way you do — but ...
