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These special boxes of five curated titles are available for purchase at any time:
The plays they don’t want you to read! Restricted or banned from public and school libraries, discover why these plays are feared to be dangerous to the public.
•1984 by George Orwell, a new play by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan
•THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman
•DRY LAND by Ruby Rae Spiegel
•NICKEL AND DIMED by Joan Holden, based on the book by Barbara Ehrenreich
•SPRING AWAKENING by Frank Wedekind, translated by Jonathan Franzen
Centering on Black playwrights of the past, present, and future: they are setting the rules, defying expectations, and changing the face of theatre for good.
•AN OCTOROON by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
•DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI by Carlyle Brown
•INTIMATE APPAREL by Lynn Nottage
•MERRY WIVES by Jocelyn Bioh
•WINE IN THE WILDERNESS by Alice Childress
This collection celebrates not only women’s stories, but also the power and breadth of the writings of women in the theatre.
•THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE by Lauren Gunderson
•JAR THE FLOOR by Cheryl L. West
•TOPDOG/UNDERDOG by Suzan-Lori Parks
•UNTIL THE FLOOD by Dael Orlandersmith
•THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES by Eve Ensler
Broadway Book Club is the best source to discover your new favorite play.
Celebrate the best of theatre with hand-picked classics, both well-loved and unknown, and today’s biggest hits written by breakout writers.
Subscribe now through April 14 to receive May’s box curated by playwright Jocelyn Bioh.
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Seven scripts, personally curated by Jocelyn Bioh, will be shipped directly to your door in May. Order now!
Jocelyn Bioh is an award-winning Ghanaian-American writer/performer from New York City. Her written works for theatre include: MERRY WIVES (Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park, PBS Great Performances), NOLLYWOOD DREAMS (MCC Theater), GODDESS the musical (Berkeley Rep; Upcoming: Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. Spring of 2023) and the multi award winning SCHOOL GIRLS; OR THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY which was originally produced at MCC Theater in 2017/2018 and has gone on to have over 50 regional productions in the USA. She will make her Broadway debut as a playwright with the World Premiere of JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING at Manhattan Theatre Club in the Fall of 2023. She is a former TOW playwriting fellow (2017) and has been commissioned by MTC, Atlantic Theater Co., Williamstown Theatre Festival and Second Stage. Jocelyn has also written for TV on RUSSIAN DOLL, Spike Lee's SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT, the upcoming Hulu series TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, the upcoming new Star Wars series THE ACOLYTE and is also writing the live screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical ONCE ON THIS ISLAND for Disney+. She was the 2022 recipient of the Outstanding Adaptation Drama Desk Award.