The Book of Grace
112 pages
|Published: 1 Mar 2011
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ISBN: 9781559363716
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Publication date: 1 January 2011
Description
"Her dislocating stage devices, stark but poetic language and fiercely idiosyncratic images transform her work into something haunting and marvelous."? Time "An original whose fierce intelligence and fearless approach to craft subvert theatrical convention and produce a mature and inimitable art that is as exciting as it is fresh."?August Wilson Named one of the "100 Innovators for the Next New Wave" by Time magazine, Suzan-Lori Parks is a truly original voice of the American theater. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur "Genius" Award, Parks is renowned for her groundbreaking language, theatricality, and an aesthetic that continues to evolve in unexpected ways. Her first full-length play since her award-winning Topdog/Underdog , The Book of Grace is a scorching three-person drama in which a young man returns home to South Texas to confront his father, unearthing deep-seated passions and ambition. The play premieres this spring at the Public Theater, where Parks is in the midst of a three-year residency as the first recipient of the theater's master writer chair. Suzan-Lori Parks is a playwright, screenwriter, songwriter, and novelist. Her plays include Topdog/Underdog (winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize), In the Blood (a 2000 Pulitzer nominee), Venus (OBIE Award winner), and Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom (OBIE Award, Best New American Play).
