{"product_id":"stone-cold-dead-serious-and-other-plays-9780571211395","title":"Stone Cold Dead Serious: And Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of plays from \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePulitzer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Prize finalist Adam Rapp, \"one of the more daring young stylists working today\" (\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdam Rapp's plays have captivated audiences across the country with their unflinching explorations of the good, the bad, and the ugly in America's heartland and cities. Gathered here are three of his works: \u003ci\u003eFaster\u003c\/i\u003e, in which two young grifters try to strike a deal with the devil during the hottest summer on record; \u003ci\u003eFiner Noble Gases, \u003c\/i\u003e a lament for a band of arrested thirty-year-olds slouching toward adulthood amid East Village decay; and the Off-Broadway hit \u003ci\u003eStone Cold Dead Serious. \u003c\/i\u003eAn honest, strange, and humorous look at a blue-collar family struggling to survive in the face of disability and addiction, and the seemingly surreal lengths their teenage son will go to save them from themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Rapp is very gifted, and, even rarer, he has something to say . . \u003ci\u003e. Stone Cold Dead Serious\u003c\/i\u003e [is] brave, compassionate, and . . . breathtakingly moving.\" -(\u003ci\u003eNew York Times)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Rapp\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous plays, most notably \u003ci\u003eNocturne\u003c\/i\u003e (Faber, 2002), \u003cbr\u003eas well as six novels for young adults. He is at work on his first feature film, \u003ci\u003eWinter Passing\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50325430534418,"sku":"9780571211395","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_145ab416-5192-40ef-9582-da429b574ca9.jpg?v=1737062190","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stone-cold-dead-serious-and-other-plays-9780571211395","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}