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New & Recommended Plays
 Down From Heaven
Colleen Wagner
A stunning new play which examines the tenuous balance between civility and savagery, morality and survival, class struggle, art, and love when a pandemic and good crisis challenges dearly held beliefs. 2M 2F. Softcover, 80 pp. $16.95.
 House of Many Tongues
Jonathan Garfinkel
Two families, one Israeli, one Palestinian, lay claim to the same house and are forced to live together in this absurdist, surreal take on mid-east politics. 4M 3F. Softcover, 91 pp. $16.95.
 Crossing and Other Plays
C.E. Gatchalian
Contains the plays Crossing, Diamond, and Ticks. Softcover, 106 pp. $17.95.
 Gas Girls
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
"Love for gas, gas for cash, cash for living, living for love." Two women in Zimbabwe do what it takes to survive, and inspire each other to find joy on the edges of survival in this dark, ponderous, and stirring play. 2M 2F. Softcover, 70 pp. $16.95.
 If We Were Birds
Erin Shields
If We Were Birdsis a shocking, uncompromising examination of the horrors of war, giving voice to a woman long ago forced into silence and placing a spotlight on countless female victims who have been silenced through violence. This adaptation of Ovid's poetic masterpiece features a chorus of ravaged women, each a survivor of 20th C conflict. 2011 Governor General's Award Winner Drama. 7 F; 2 M. $16.95.
 Red
John Logan
Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant and the threatening presence of a new generation of artists, Mark Rothko takes on his greatest challenge yet: to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting. This compelling dramatization of the life of one of the 20th century's greatest artists, offers a mesmerizing glimpse not only into the studio of an artist, but into his tortured soul as well. 2m. Softcover, 68 pp. $22.99.
 Katori Hall: Plays 1
Katori Hall
This is the first collection of plays from Olivier Award and Susan Smith Blackburn Award winner Katori Hall. She is a powerful new voice in American theatre. Plays included are Hoodoo Love, Saturday Night / Sunday Morning, The Mountaintop, and Hurt Village. Softcover, 370 pp. $30.00.
 A Free Man of Color
John Guare
Set in 18011 New Orleans, before the Louisiana Purchase, this is the story of the mulatto Jacques Cornet. In this carnival of beautiful women, flowing wine, and pleasure for the taking, Cornet commands men, seduces women, and preens like a peacock. But the map of New Orleans is about to be redrawn. 13M 8F. Softcover, 102 pp. $16.50.
 War Horse
Nick Stafford
At the outbreak of the First World War, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Caught up in enemy fire, fate takes Joey on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man's land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find and bring him home. Softcover, 98 pp. $23.95.
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