Category: Play

Posted in Award Winner Fiction Play

Collective Rage: a Play in Five Betties by Jen Silverman

Jen Silverman | Collective Rage: a Play in Five Betties | ‘Betty is rich; Betty is lonely; Betty’s busy working on her truck; Betty wants to talk about love, but Betty needs to hit something. Meanwhile, Betty

Posted in Play Poetry

Ariadne. a Play in Three Acts And Poems by Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich | Ariadne. a Play in Three Acts And Poems | First edition of the poet’s extremely rare first book, privately printed by her parents when she was just ten years old. Adrienne Rich’s father was th

Posted in Fiction Mystery Play

The Maids by Jean Genet

Jean Genet | The Maids | A play, accomapnied by Deathwatch, another play.

Genet drew the plot of “The Maids” from a 1933 tabloid murder but transformed the true crim

Posted in Award Winner Play

The Gulf by Audrey Cefaly

Audrey Cefaly | The Gulf | Winner of the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Drama. The divide between Kendra and Betty mimics the very world that devours them: a vast and polarizing

Posted in Performing Arts Play

2 From Chambers by Jane Chambers

Jane Chambers | 2 From Chambers | Last Summer at Bluefish Cove and A Late Snow

Posted in Movie/Media Tie-In Play Pulp

The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman

Lillian Hellman | The Children’s Hour | A rumor of lesbianism (unfounded) wrecks a school, and the lives of the women who own and manage it.

Posted in Black Interest Play

The Gilda Stories / Bones a Ash by Jewelle Gomez

Jewelle Gomez | The Gilda Stories / Bones a Ash | Adaptation of the book for the stage “Bones & Ash: a Gilda Story,” was performed by the Urban Bush Women company in 13 U.S. cities.

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Play

Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein by Marty Martin

Marty Martin | Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein | Commissioned by actress Pat Carroll. ‘It is an extraordinary work of art on many levels. It brings Stein to life so vividly that for many people the i