{"product_id":"the-methuen-drama-book-of-trans-plays-volume-2-9781350458086","title":"The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays Volume 2","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This anthology is special: a book of trans plays about trans life as it is actually, materially lived in time and space\". - Theatre Survey on Volume 1.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays Volume 2 offers eight new plays by trans playwrights centering trans characters, trans life, and gender diversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCurated via an open submission policy, this book brings together dramatic works that feature nuanced, authentic, and wonderfully messy representations of gender, race, and sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlongside the full scripts, all of which are published here for the first time, this anthology series also includes a wide range of critical essays to inspire deeper understanding of the works, playwrights, and interventions these plays make in the theatrical ecology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCercle Hermaphroditos\u003c\/i\u003e by Shualee Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003eby Azure D. Osborne-Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDegenerates\u003c\/i\u003e by Else Went\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClose to Home\u003c\/i\u003e by Sharifa Yazmeen\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bugs\u003c\/i\u003e by Sloka Krishnan\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Skin of Other Men\u003c\/i\u003e by Fig Lefevre\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOh, Buddy\u003c\/i\u003e by Hal Cosentino\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGender Play, or what you Will\u003c\/i\u003e co-created by Will Wilhelm and Erin Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Leanna Keyes, Lindsey Mantoan and Angela Farr Schiller, the plays and companion essays in this anthology explicitly call for expansive approaches to trans characters, themes, and aesthetics in order to promote opportunities for trans artists, making this an original and necessary publication for both practical use and academic study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeanna Keyes \u003c\/b\u003eis a multi-hyphenate theatre artist and producer with a primary focus on queer and trans people. She aims to authentically portray the full complexities of queer life (past, present, and future). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLindsey Mantoan\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ronni Lacroute Chair in Theatre Arts and an Associate Professor at Linfield University. Her current research focuses on contemporary musical theater. She is the author or co-editor of seven books, an intimacy director, a director, and a dramaturg. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Farr Schiller \u003c\/b\u003eis an Emmy(R) Award-winning director, a multiple award-winning dramaturg, scholar, and professor at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Additionally, Angela works as a Dramaturg-in-Residence with the Atlanta-based Working Title Playwrights (WTP), the leading new play development organization in the Southeast, United States.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676124709138,"sku":"9781350458086","price":86.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35366454-19d0-4482-be5d-2a546f8b5c4e.jpg?v=1761044367","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-methuen-drama-book-of-trans-plays-volume-2-9781350458086","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}