Under Thirty: Plays for a New Generation

by Eric Lane (Editor), Nina Shengold (Editor), Craig Pospisil

For the vast generation of actors in their teens and twenties, as well as for teachers, directors, and producers, Under Thirty is an unparalleled source of diverse and challenging roles, created by some of today’s finest writers. The twenty plays presented here in full or in part include insightful looks at the pressure-cooker caste system of American high schools as well as heartbreaking, edgy portrayals of twentysomethings adrift in the city. There are snappy romantic duets, large-cast ensembles, and everything in between, populated by richly dimensional, mold-breaking misfit cheerleaders, nurturing drifters, rich petty thieves—even a rogue SAT tutor. The contributing playwrights span the range of contemporary talent, including award-winning dramatists such as Sam Shepard, Donald Margulies, Warren Leight, and Kenneth Lonergan, hilarious humorists such as David Ives and Douglas Carter Beane, and an impressive array of cutting-edge newer voices.

Genres: Plays

656 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2004

Reviews

[C.Jackson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is FULL of delicious plays and one acts that I immensly enjoyed. While very open, and very foul, the emotion set forth in all of the different works in this book are amazingly splendid!

[Craig Pospisil]

This anthology includes my play ON THE EDGE.