{"product_id":"humpty-dumpty-and-other-plays-9781559362511","title":"Humpty Dumpty and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I want theater to wake me up, not lull me to sleep. My theater is not about fantasy, it's not about seduction. My theater is not an outline for a film. It is not a TV sitcom onstage. I want my theater to be an event. I want it to push limits, bite the hand that feeds it and bang heads. It's about my fears, my ideas, my blind spots, my isolation.\"--Eric Bogosian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Bogosian is one of our most singular and exhilarating commentators on American life. His award-winning solo performance works have been performed with acclaim all over the world. As the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e has pointed out, \"Bogosian is a born storyteller with perfect pitch.\" That is never more evident than in his newest book, which collects his three most recent plays. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHumpty Dumpty\u003c\/i\u003e, five friends gather for a holiday at a mountain getaway where unforeseen events bring them to the brink of the end of the world. \u003ci\u003eGriller\u003c\/i\u003e is set in a New Jersey backyard, where a barbecue gathering turns sinister and deadly. \u003ci\u003eRed Angel\u003c\/i\u003e is Bogosian's riff on Von Sternberg's \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, reset on a college campus in 1990s New England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of America's premier performers and most innovative and provocative artists, Eric Bogosian's plays and solo work include \u003ci\u003esuburbia\u003c\/i\u003e (Lincoln Center Theater, 1994; adapted to film by director Richard Linklater, 1996); \u003ci\u003eSex, Drugs, Rock \u0026amp; Roll\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGriller\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHumpty Dumpty\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003e1+1\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSkunkweed\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWake Up and Smell the Coffee\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDrinking in America\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTalk Radio\u003c\/i\u003e (Pulitzer Prize finalist; New York Shakespeare Festival, 1987; Broadway, 2007; adapted to film by director Oliver Stone, 1988). He has starred in a wide variety of film, TV and stage roles. Most recently, he created the character of Captain Danny Ross on the long-running series \u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Order: Criminal Intent\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2014, TCG published \u003ci\u003e100 (monologues)\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection that commemorates thirty years of Bogosian's solo-performance career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEric Bogosian is the OBIE-award winning writer and performer of \"Sex, Drugs, Rock \u0026amp; Roll\", and \"Drinking in America\", as well as his plays \"Suburbia\" and \"Talk Radio\", both made into major motion pictures.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356459176210,"sku":"9781559362511","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f61e6337-ca6d-4d00-8288-42c114298d0e.jpg?v=1728310229","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/humpty-dumpty-and-other-plays-9781559362511","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}