Anna Ziegler Plays Two: The Great Moment; Another Way Home; The Wanderers; Actually

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"[Her] dialogue bristles with smart, eloquent talkMs. Zieglers quietly lyrical language has a luminous beauty, and her talent for creating characters whose complicated depths are just visible on their surfaces is still more remarkable." (The New York Times) This second play collection from one of America's most successful theatre writers brings together four plays that offer differing perspectives on family and the human condition. Each play has enjoyed successful productions in cities across America, cementing Ziegler's position as one of the world's most exciting contemporary dramatists. The Wanderers: A funny, insightful, and mysterious new drama explores the hidden connections between seemingly disparate people, drawing audiences into an intriguing puzzle and a deeply sympathetic look at modern love. "As perfect a piece of theater as Ive seen in many years. The script by Anna Ziegler is a revelation, touching on family truths, marriage, and personal histories...Go see this show. Its magnificent." (DC Theatre Scene) The Great Moment: A personal and poignant meditation on beginnings and endings, birth and age, and the moments of transition that mark our passage from life to death. "A reflection on family, love, life, expected loss, and the peculiarity of our relationship with time, The Great Moment blends moments of sweetness, sadness, nostalgia, delight, and humor to create a delightful evening of theater." (Seattle Pockets) Another Way Home: A funny, moving, and uplifting examination of what it means to be a family. "a laugh-packed serio-comedy that shoves family life under a microscope. The dialogue is ironic, sardonic, poignant, insightful and funny with each sensation rapidly piling atop the next." (Marinscope) Actually: Investigates gender and race politics, our crippling desire to fit in, and the three sides to every story. Gripping. Beautifully rendered and complex. Destined to trigger discussion. (LA Times)

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[Zieglers play is] thoughtful, compassionate, funnyThe playwright deftly displays the barbed and tender sides of [the central characters] relationshipBut The Wanderers is about more than bittersweet relationships and coping with the past; its about the human tendency to be chronically dissatisfied. Confused and yearning, Esther wonders, Who really understands whether or not they are happy * Washington Post on 'The Wanderers' *
The world premiere of The Great Moment at Seattle Rep is touching, clever, relatable, and enchanting. * Seattle Pockets on 'The Great Moment' *
Effortlessly gripping.funny and aching in all the right spots.its a good one, and splendidly played * Washington Post on Another Way Home *
[A] taut, devastating play a smart, profoundly painful exploration of [a] murky, treacherous sexual culture Actuallys great strength, and its great heartbreak, is that it allows us to see both Amber and Tom so fullyActuallys wit and its intelligence are part of what makes the complex darkness at its center hit so hard. There is brightness in this play, and in these people, and to see its sparks overwhelmed by such fearful and familiar shadows is shattering. In moments, its even revelatory. * New York Magazine on 'Actually' *

Author Bio

Anna Ziegler has written the plays Actually (produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Geffen Playhouse, Trafalgar Studios and others; L.A. Ovation Award winner for Playwriting for an Original Play), the widely produced Photograph 51 (directed on the West End by Michael Grandage and starring Nicole Kidman; WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Play; named the number one play of 2019 by the Chicago Tribune and in other years selected as a Best of the Year play by The Washington Post and The Telegraph), Boy (Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award nominee), The Wanderers (The Old Globe; upcoming at The Roundabout Theatre Company; Craig Noel Award winner for Outstanding New Play), The Last Match (Roundabout Theatre Company; The Old Globe; upcoming: Writers Theatre, Chicago), and A Delicate Ship (New York Times Critics Pick; The Playwrights Realm; Cincinnati Playhouse). Recent notable: Photograph 51 at Melbourne Theatre Company (Australia); The Great Moment at Seattle Rep (world premiere) and Antigones at the Ojai Playwrights Conference and the ONeill Playwrights Conference. She is developing television and movie projects at HBO Max and Scott Free Productions. More at annabziegler.net.