Plays and Playwrights 2001

by Martin Denton, Richard Day, Jeff Hylton

Anthology of new works from the New York theatre, all of which premiered during 2000. "Washington Square Dreams" by Gorilla Repertory Theatre, "Fate" by Elizabeth Horsburgh, "Velvet Ropes" by Joshua Scher, "The Language of Kisses" by Edmund DeSantis, "Word To Your Mama" by Julia Lee Barclay, "Cuban Operator Please..." by Adrian Rodriguez, "The Elephant Man -- The Musical" by Jeff Hylton & Tim Werenko, "House of Trash" by Trav S.D., and "Straight-Jacket" by Richard Day. With an Introduction by Martin Denton and a Preface by Robert Simonson.

312 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2001

About the author

For 20 years, from the late 1990s through the mid-2010s, I was executive director of NYTE, a nonprofit organization dedicated to NYC theater, especially the indie theater sector. I ran a popular listings and review website (nytheatre[dot]com) where I reviewed thousands of shows. Our company also published annual anthologies of new plays (the Plays and Playwrights series, which ran for eleven years), along with several other volumes of new plays.

We also created the first regularly scheduled podcast series dedicated to NYC theater. I created and edited Indie Theater Now, a digital platform for discovery of contemporary American drama.

As the initiator and host of two widely attended convocations in 2005 and 2008, I helped define and brand the indie theater movement in New York City. I served on the boards of the League of Independent Theater (of which I was a co-founder) and The Present Company (producer of the New York International Fringe Festival).

Reviews

[Craig Pospisil]

My short play GUERILLA GORILLA is part of this collection.