This anthology features six plays by celebrated Chicago playwright Mickle Maher, who has been described by the
Houston Chronicle as -one of the most original voices in American theater today,- and by the
Chicago Reader as -a master at creating complex, paradoxical works that encompass their own contradictions.- Maher-s plays engage classic literature as a jumping off point for seriously unusual comedic dramas, often dealing with the absurdity, difficulties, and rewards of artistic endeavor. His work has been influenced by or compared to Eug- Ionesco, Maria Irene Fornes, Kenneth Koch, and Edward Albee, among others. This edition is designed to be useful for schools and other organizations that wish to mount productions of Maher-s plays, which generally feature small casts and simple scenery and stagings, and thus can be easy to produce.
Production rights for any of these six plays can be requested from the publisher.<
