{"product_id":"the-methuen-drama-book-of-trans-plays-sagittarius-ponderosa-the-betterment-society-how-to-clean-your-room-she-he-me-the-devils-between-us-doctor-9781350179202","title":"The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays: Sagittarius Ponderosa; The Betterment Society; How to Clean Your Room; She He Me; The Devils Between Us; Doctor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist in the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards for the LGBTQ Anthology category\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays for the Stage\u003c\/i\u003e is the first play anthology to offer eight new plays by trans playwrights featuring trans characters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edited collection establishes a canon of contemporary American trans theatre which represents a variety of performance modes and genres. From groundbreaking new work from across America's stages to unpublished work by new voices, these plays address themes such as gender identity and expression to racial and religious attitudes toward love and sex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited by Lindsey Mantoan, Angela Farr Schiller and Leanna Keyes, the plays selected explicitly call for trans characters as central protagonists in order to promote opportunities for trans performers, making this an original and necessary publication for both practical use and academic study. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSagittarius Ponderosa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e by MJ Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Betterment Society \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eby Mashuq Mushtaq Deen\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ehow to clean your room\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e by j. chavez\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe He Me\u003c\/i\u003e by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRapha?l Amahl Khouri\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devils Between Us\u003c\/i\u003e by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharifa Yasmin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoctor Voynich and Her Children\u003c\/i\u003e by Leanna Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirebird Tattoo \u003c\/i\u003eby Ty Defoe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrooked Parts \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eby Azure Osborne-Lee \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Farr Schiller\u003c\/b\u003e (she\/her) is the Director of Arts Education at the two time Southeastern Emmy Award winning ArtsBridge Foundation for the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, in Atlanta, GA. She researches the intersections between race and performance. Formerly serving as an Assistant Professor, the Resident Dramaturg, and the Coordinator of Undergraduate Research for the Department of Theatre \u0026amp; Performance Studies at Kennesaw State University. Angela also works as a Dramaturg-In-Residence with Atlanta-based Working Title Playwrights (WTP), the leading new play development organization in the Southeast, with a focus on new play development. https: \/\/www.angelaschiller.com \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeanna Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e (she\/her) is a multi-hyphenate theater artist with a primary focus on queer and trans people, aiming to authentically portray the full complexities of queer life (past, present, and future). She was a playwright in residence at Crosstown Arts in Memphis and has been commissioned by Valiant Theatre in Chicago. 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