{"product_id":"the-motherfucker-with-the-hat-tcg-edition-9781559365161","title":"The Motherfucker with the Hat (TCG Edition)","description":"\"Vibrant and surprisingly serious...by far the most accomplished and affecting work from the gifted Mr. Guirgis, a prolific and erratic chronicler of marginal lives.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most expressive cursing since Shakespeare.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Motherfucker with the Hat\u003c\/i\u003e, Jackie, a recently paroled drug dealer, attempts a fragile balance between the addictions of love, the struggle to stay clean, and revenge for the betrayals that punctuate and maybe even facilitate his recovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Adly Guirgis\u003c\/b\u003e's other plays include \u003ci\u003eJesus Hopped the 'A' Train\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of 121st Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Judas Iscariot\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Little Flower of East Orange\u003c\/i\u003e. His play \u003ci\u003eBetween Riverside and Crazy \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He is a former co-artistic director of LABryinth Theater Company. He is a creator and writer of Netflix's \u003ci\u003eThe Get Down\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Adly Guirgis\u003c\/b\u003e is a member and former co-artistic director of LAByrinth Theater Company, and the 2015 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His plays have been produced on five continents and throughout the United States. They include \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of 121st Street\u003c\/i\u003e (Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle Best Play Nominations), \u003ci\u003eJesus Hopped the 'A' Train\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award, Barrymore Award, Olivier Nomination for London's Best New Play), \u003ci\u003eIn Arabia, We'd All Be Kings\u003c\/i\u003e (2007 LA Drama Critics Best Play, Best Writing Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Judas Iscariot\u003c\/i\u003e (10 Best Plays of the Year, Time Magazine \u0026amp; Entertainment Weekly), and \u003ci\u003eThe Little Flower of East Orange\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ellen Burstyn \u0026amp; Michael Shannon). All five plays were directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and were originally produced by LAByrinth. His Broadway debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Motherfucker with the Hat\u003c\/i\u003e (6 Tony nominations, including Best Play), was directed by Anna D. Shapiro and marked his third consecutive world premiere co-production with The Public Theater and LAByrinth. In London, his plays have premiered at The Donmar Warehouse, The Almeida (dir: Rupert Goold), The Hampstead (Robert Delamere), and at The Arts Theater in the West End. Other plays include \u003ci\u003eDen of Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e (Labyrinth, HERE, HAI, Black Dahlia) and \u003ci\u003eDominica The Fat Ugly Ho\u003c\/i\u003e (dir: Adam Rapp) for the 2006 E.S.T. Marathon. He has received the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Yale Wyndham-Campbell Prize, a PEN\/Laura Pels Award, a Whiting Award, and a TCG fellowship. He is also a New Dramatists Alumnae and a member of MCC's Playwright's Coalition, The Ojai Playwrights Festival, New River Dramatists, and Labyrinth Theater Company. As an actor, he has appeared in theater, film and television, including roles in Kenneth Lonergan's film \u003ci\u003eMargaret\u003c\/i\u003e, Todd Solondz's \u003ci\u003ePalindromes\u003c\/i\u003e, and Brett C Leonard's \u003ci\u003eJailbait\u003c\/i\u003e opposite Michael Pitt. A former violence prevention specialist and H.I.V. educator, he lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524814737682,"sku":"9781559365161","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2894af5a-1507-4067-a093-aa2944808e54.jpg?v=1731193879","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-motherfucker-with-the-hat-tcg-edition-9781559365161","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}