1. Where do ideas come from and how do they begin their transformation into plays? Jose Rivera, Steve Waters, Charlene James, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Alecky Blythe, Steven Sapp, Chris Goode, Sylvan Oswald, Naylah Ahmed, and Paula Vogel -- 2. How do you put it all together? Chris Thorpe, Mia Chung, Kaite O'Reilly, Alexander Zeldin, Naomi Iizuka, Sibyl Kempson, Carl Miller, George Brant, Lisa D'Amour, and David Greig -- 3. Don't put me in a box. Philip Ridley, Jordan Tannahill, Sabrina Mahfouz, Daniel Alexander Jones, Caridad Svich, Tim Etchells, Willy Russell, J.T. Rogers, Lin Coghlan, and Robert Schenkkan -- 4. I can pass through any border. Chantal Bilodeau, Anders Lustgarten, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, David Hare, Katori Hall, Simon Stephens, Lucy Prebble, Anne Washburn, Tim Crouch, and Aizza Fatima -- 5. What are you responsible for? Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, David Henry Hwang, David Edgar, Saviana Stanescu, Tena Štivičić, Janice Connolly, Neil LaBute, Erik Ehn, and Christopher Shinn.
Summary:
In a series of interviews with fifty playwrights from the United States and United Kingdom, this book offers a fascinating study of the voices, thoughts, and opinions of today's most important dramatists.
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