Description: A sampling of plays by Donald Margulies and other contemporary Jewish playwrights that exemplifies the diversity and excellence of Jewish theatre today.
Brief description: ELLEN SCHIFF has written extensively on the depiction of Jews on stage. She is most recently the editor of Awake and Singing: Six Great American Jewish Plays. She serves as a juror in the New Play Commissions competition and as advisor to the Global Theatre Initiative in Israel and the Jewish Theatre of Austria. A veteran member of the Association for Jewish Theatre, she lives in New York City.
Review Quotes: Mainstream readers are encouraged to visit the drama bookshelf to locate this intelligent, probing collection filled with vivid examples of how dramatic literature can humanize moral and social dilemmas by embodying them in the personal irritations and intimacies of daily life.-- "Forward" (4/14/2006 12:00:00 AM)