Where Do We Live and Other Plays
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Where Do We Live and Other Plays
By (Author) Christopher Shinn
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
7th October 2005
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
812.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
400
Width 139mm, Height 218mm, Spine 22mm
453g
Description
This anthology marks the emergence of one of the finest and most innovative new artists writing for the theater today. The secret of Shinns success is in the way he exploits the dramatic gap between what is said and that which is left unsaid . . . writing like this is rare, said the London Independent. Where Do We Live, the title play, was written shortly after 9/11 and though never referenced, it still haunts this chronicle of the struggles of several aspiring and gifted young New Yorkers on the Lower East Side. Like all his work, it is a deeply affecting story of how we define our lives and our place in the world.
The Coming World
Shinn certainly looks like a shining prospect for the future.Daily Telegraph
Four
Nothing is simple emotionally. The play keeps delivering small shocks and aches that end in a standoff, or maybe in that pause between despair, resignation and a twinge of hope. Haunting.Margo Jefferson, The New York Times
Other People
Shinn writes with graceful compassion about people trapped inside their own skins unable to make sense of their lives.The Guardian
What Didnt Happen
. . . is about the distance between people, and the ways in which even friends, spouses and lovers are ultimately unknowable to one another . . . a playwright to cherish.The New York Times
Christopher Shinns plays have been produced at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, the Vineyard Theatre in New York and often at Londons Royal Court Theatre. Where Do We Live received a 2003 Olivier Award nomination for most promising playwright. His next play, On the Mountain, premieres in New York City early in 2005.
Author Bio
Christopher Shinn was born in Hartford, CT and lives in New York. His plays include "Where Do We Live," "Other People," "What Didn't Happen" and "On the Mountain." His work has been produced around the world. He is a winner of an OBIE in Playwriting and the Robert S. Chesney Award. He teaches playwriting at the New School.
