{"product_id":"stunning-and-other-plays-9781559363648","title":"Stunning and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Nearly everything about David Adjmi's \u003ci\u003eStunning\u003c\/i\u003e has an original ring to it, from the setting . . . to the brassy bleat of the dialogue.\" -\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume of distinctive work includes \u003ci\u003eStunning\u003c\/i\u003e, set in an insular Syrian Jewish community, where a teenage bride's world is disrupted by her intellectual African American housekeeper; \u003ci\u003eEvildoers\u003c\/i\u003e, about the collapse of two privileged couples; and \u003ci\u003eElective Affinities\u003c\/i\u003e, a post-9\/11 monologue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Adjimi's\u003c\/b\u003e other plays include \u003ci\u003eMarie Antoninette\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e3C\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrange Attractions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCaligula\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Whiting Writers' Award and Steinberg Playwright Award, among others. \u003ci\u003eStunning\u003c\/i\u003e was selected to appear in The 2012 Methuen Drama Book of New American Plays. His as-yet-untitled memoir is forthcoming from Harper Collins. Adjimi is a member of New Dramatists, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, the Iowa Playwrights Workshop and the Juliard School. This is his first play collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs the recent recipient of the 2009 Kesselring and Bush Artists Fellowships. Other plays include \"The Evildoers\" (Sundance \u0026amp; Yale Rep), \"Elective Affinities\" (Royal Shakespeare Company), \"Marie Antoinette\" (Soho Rep W\/D Lab, Sundance\/Public Theatre Residency, Goodman Theatre New Stages Series), \"Caligula\" (Soho Rep Studio Series), and \"Strange Attractors\" (Empty Space). Honors: McKnight Advancement Grant, Jerome Fellowship, Helen Merrill Award, Marian\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473809641746,"sku":"9781559363648","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3bfa7530-9488-4a83-af5e-4cfb71696a93.jpg?v=1730203109","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stunning-and-other-plays-9781559363648","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}