Synopses & Reviews
Bringing together some of the innovative, thought-provoking, and daring new works from New Yorks downtown theater scene,
The Downtown Anthology offers a rich collection of plays from both up-and-coming and established playwrights.
Includes: A Map of Virtue by Erin Courtney; We Are Proud To Present A Presentation About The Herero Of Namibia, Formerly Known As Southwest Africa, From The German Südwestafrika, Between The Years 1884-1915 by Jackie Sibblies Drury; Trevor by Nick Jones; The Lilys Revenge by Taylor Mac; Alice in Slasherland by Qui Nguyen; Phoebe in Winter by Jen Silverman.
Trevor: Hugely entertaining tragicomedy... the genius of [Joness] play is how he has so cleverly humanized both characters.” Chicago Sun Times
The Lilys Revenge:
offers so many incidental pleasures that theatrical time always a curiously malleable element seems to contract.” New York Times
A Map of Virtue: With a Hitchcockian sensibility, [Courtney] makes psychodrama out of the mystery of what keeps people together even as imaginations and egos push them apart. Like a souvenir from a fleeting dream, this play will pass over you painlessly, and then it will linger.” Backstage
Synopsis
A collection of new and innovative plays from New York's downtown theater scene by up-and-coming young writers.
Synopsis
A collection of new and innovative plays from the downtown theater scene by up and coming young writers. Includes: The Lily's Revenge by Taylor Mac, a one-of-a-kind extravaganza and raucous ode to storytelling; Trevor by Nick Jones, a hilarious and heart-wrenching play about family and fame; and Alice in Slasherland by Qui Nguyen; among others.
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