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The Frontrunners:
Father Comes Home From the Wars Parts 1, 2 and 3 By Suzan-Lori Parks: This explosively powerful Civil War drama by Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks follows a slave, Hero, from West Texas to the Confederate battlefield. Inspired in part by the stories and scope of Greek tragedy, this trilogy examines the mess of war and the cost of freedom.
Appropriate By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins: The estranged members of the Lafayette clan have returned to Arkansas and their crumbling old plantation home to settle the accounts of their recently deceased patriarch. As they sort through a lifetime of hoarded mementos and junk, the discovery of a gruesome relic and a surprise visitor send the family into a spiral of crackling confrontations, repressed histories, and regret.
An Octoroon By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins: Judge Peyton is dead, and his plantation Terrebonne is in financial ruins. Peyton’s handsome nephew George arrives as heir apparent, and quickly falls in love with Zoe, a beautiful “octoroon.” But, the evil overseer M’Closky has other plans — for both Terrebonne and Zoe.
Between Riverside and Crazy By Stephen Adly Guirgis: City Hall is demanding more than his signature, the Landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed — and the Church won’t leave him alone. For ex-cop & recent widower Walter “Pops” Washington and his recently paroled son Junior, when the struggle to hold on to one of the last great rent stabilized apartments on Riverside Drive collides with old wounds, sketchy new houseguests, and a final ultimatum, it seems the Old Days are dead and gone — after a lifetime living between Riverside and Crazy.
Straight White Men By Young Jean Lee: When Ed and his three adult sons come together to celebrate Christmas, they enjoy cheerful trash-talking, pranks, and takeout Chinese. Then they confront a problem that even being a happy family can’t solve: when identity matters, and privilege is problematic, what is the value of being a straight white man?
Other Candidates:
Airline Highway By Lisa D'Amour
The Christians By Lucas Hnath
The City of Conversation By Tom Giardina
The Country House By Donald Marguiles
Our Lady of Kibeho By Katori Hall
Grand Concourse By Heidi Shreck
A Great Wilderness By Samuel D. Hunter
The Humans By Stephen Karam
Lost Lake By David Auburn
Luna Gale By Rebecca Gilman
Marjorie Prime By Jordan Harrison
The Oldest Boy By Sarah Ruhl
Pocatello By Samuel D. Hunter
The Qualms By Bruce Norris
The Who and the What By Ayad Akhtar
The Frontrunners:
Father Comes Home From the Wars Parts 1, 2 and 3 By Suzan-Lori Parks: This explosively powerful Civil War drama by Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks follows a slave, Hero, from West Texas to the Confederate battlefield. Inspired in part by the stories and scope of Greek tragedy, this trilogy examines the mess of war and the cost of freedom.
Appropriate By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins: The estranged members of the Lafayette clan have returned to Arkansas and their crumbling old plantation home to settle the accounts of their recently deceased patriarch. As they sort through a lifetime of hoarded mementos and junk, the discovery of a gruesome relic and a surprise visitor send the family into a spiral of crackling confrontations, repressed histories, and regret.
An Octoroon By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins: Judge Peyton is dead, and his plantation Terrebonne is in financial ruins. Peyton’s handsome nephew George arrives as heir apparent, and quickly falls in love with Zoe, a beautiful “octoroon.” But, the evil overseer M’Closky has other plans — for both Terrebonne and Zoe.
Between Riverside and Crazy By Stephen Adly Guirgis: City Hall is demanding more than his signature, the Landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed — and the Church won’t leave him alone. For ex-cop & recent widower Walter “Pops” Washington and his recently paroled son Junior, when the struggle to hold on to one of the last great rent stabilized apartments on Riverside Drive collides with old wounds, sketchy new houseguests, and a final ultimatum, it seems the Old Days are dead and gone — after a lifetime living between Riverside and Crazy.
Straight White Men By Young Jean Lee: When Ed and his three adult sons come together to celebrate Christmas, they enjoy cheerful trash-talking, pranks, and takeout Chinese. Then they confront a problem that even being a happy family can’t solve: when identity matters, and privilege is problematic, what is the value of being a straight white man?
Other Candidates:
Airline Highway By Lisa D'Amour
The Christians By Lucas Hnath
The City of Conversation By Tom Giardina
The Country House By Donald Marguiles
Our Lady of Kibeho By Katori Hall
Grand Concourse By Heidi Shreck
A Great Wilderness By Samuel D. Hunter
The Humans By Stephen Karam
Lost Lake By David Auburn
Luna Gale By Rebecca Gilman
Marjorie Prime By Jordan Harrison
The Oldest Boy By Sarah Ruhl
Pocatello By Samuel D. Hunter
The Qualms By Bruce Norris
The Who and the What By Ayad Akhtar
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