The Kilroys List, Volume Two: 67 Monologues and Scenes by Women and Nonbinary Playwrights - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155936954X ISBN 13: 9781559369541

Publisher: Theatre Communications Group, 2020

Synopsis

The Kilroys are back with a new collection of 67 monologues and scenes by female and trans playwrights. The second volume includes a monologue or scene from each play from the 2016 version of The List (featuring plays that were unproduced at the time of nomination) and the 2017 version of The List (featuring plays by playwrights of color). This collection represents an abundance of excellent new work by female and trans playwrights and reflects a wide ethnic, geographic, and aesthetic diversity. The volume also includes a foreword by Lynn Nottage.

About this title

About the Author:

The Kilroys are a gang of playwrights and producers in LA who advocate for the visibility of women playwrights in theatre. Founded in 2013, The Kilroys are named after the iconic graffiti tag Kilroy Was Here” that was first left by WWII soldiers in unexpected places, a playfully subversive way of making their presence known. The members include Zakiyyah Alexander, Bekah Brunstetter, Sheila Callaghan, Carla Ching, Annah Feinberg, Sarah Gubbins, Laura Jacqmin, Joy Meads, Kelly Miller, Meg Miroshnik, Daria Polatin, Tanya Saracho, and Marisa Wegrzyn.

Review:

While there remains a great deal of work to be done to reach racial and gender equity in the theater, the powerful and provocative writing presented here is part of the inciting incident that will no doubt shake up the status quo. It also is the culmination of the heroic efforts of the Kilroy collective, to advocate and agitate for more representation of cis-women and trans writers on the American stage. (Lynn Nottage, from her Foreword)

The Kilroys exemplify the power of grassroots action – of communion based in savvy know-how and commitment effecting positive change with radical joy. (Santa Barbara Independent)

All but daring American theaters to put on new plays by women. (New York Times)

This is a historic compilation of fervent, fierce and formidable voices, who have been left on the margins for far too long, but who now, with the caliber of their writing, stake claim to what it means to be an American Playwright, in this time and place. (Tanya Saracho, Playwright and founding member of The Kilroys)

About this edition

• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 155936954X
• ISBN 13: 9781559369541
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: For The Kilroys Annah Feinberg And Gina Young