Front Lines

<DIV><p><em>Front Lines</em> is a pathbreaking collection of the most important critically acclaimed plays written by the country's leading contemporary female playwrights. Including seven full scripts and accompanying materials <em>Front Lines</em> provides both major examples of the playwright's craft and an essential introduction to the politically inspired work of female dramatists of the twenty-first century.</p><p>Here is Jessica Blank's widely heralded <em>The Exonerated</em> (written with Erik Jensen) based on interviews with American prisoners incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. Also included is Nilaja Sun's outstanding <em>No Child . . .</em> winner of the Outer Critics Circle's 2007 John Gassner Award for Best New Play-a funny stirring one-woman show centering on an inner-city teacher's success at involving her rebellious students in their own education by putting on a play. Rounding out the collection are Emily Mann's <em>Mrs. Packard</em>; Paula Vogel's <em>Hot 'n' Throbbing</em>; Shirley Lauro's <em>Clarence Darrow's Last Trial</em>; Quiara Alegría Hudes's <em>Eliot: A Soldier's Fugue</em>; and Cindy Cooper's <em>Words of Choice</em> co-adapted with Suzanne Bennett.</p><p>With a preface by distinguished playwright Shirley Lauro and an introduction by theater critic Alexis Greene <em>Front Lines</em> also includes short biographies of the playwrights and a production photo of each play.</p><BR></DIV>