{"product_id":"oslo-9781559365567","title":"Oslo","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2017 Tony Award for Best Play\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2017 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2017 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play\u003c\/strong\u003e  \"\u003ci\u003eOslo\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful and moving work that portrays how real diplomacy works. The play shows us what can happen when men and women on opposite sides of what is perceived as an intractable divide strive to create a shared humanity.\" - Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations  \"A disarmingly funny masterpiece.\" - \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e  \"So human and so funny. \u003ci\u003eOslo\u003c\/i\u003e is gripping, compelling, and compulsively watchable. This is what we call drama, and it's what we live for. So, go, already--live \" - \u003ci\u003eVariety \u003c\/i\u003e  \"The stuff of crackling theater...\u003ci\u003eOslo\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid, thoughtful, and astonishingly lucid account of a byzantine chapter in international politics.\" - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \"Big-boned and gripping.\" - \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \"A riveting political thriller.\" - \u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \"Exhilarating theatrical magic...\u003ci\u003eOslo\u003c\/i\u003e makes high drama out of a complex set of negotiations that in any less wizardly hands would be a shallow biopic.\" - John Guare, Tony Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSix Degrees of Separation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe House of Blue Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e A darkly funny and sweeping new play, \u003ci\u003eOslo\u003c\/i\u003e tells the surprising true story of the back-channel talks, unlikely friendships, and quiet heroics that led to the 1993 Oslo Accords between the Israelis and the Palestinians. As he did with such wit and intelligence in \u003ci\u003eBlood and Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e, J.T. Rogers presents a deeply personal story set against a complex political canvas. Rogers's other plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Overwhelming\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhite People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMadagascar\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is a co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Game: Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJ.T. Rogers' plays include \u003ci\u003eBlood and Gifts, The Overwhelming, White People, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMadagascar.\u003c\/i\u003e He was nominated for a 2009 Olivier Award for his work as one of the original playwrights for \u003ci\u003eThe Great Game: Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a 2012 Guggenheim fellow in playwriting. Other recent awards include NEA\/TCG and NYFA fellowships, the Pinter Review Prize for Drama, the American Theatre Critics Association's Osborne Award, and the William Inge Center for the Arts' New Voices Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641444995346,"sku":"9781559365567","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bfd7d24e-ee99-4bf2-ab96-5ec157d823fe.jpg?v=1733017082","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/oslo-9781559365567","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}