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Suzan-Lori Parks, John Patrick Shanley, Paula Vogel et al. Featured in New Book The Play That Changed My Life

John Patrick Shanley
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
John Patrick Shanley
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Applause Theatre & Cinema Books will publish The American Theatre Wing presents The Play That Changed My Life: America’s Foremost Playwrights on the Plays that Influenced Them, edited by Ben Hodges, and due out for October release.

The 224-page paperback volume will feature an introduction by Paula Vogel, and essays from distinguished American playwrights on the plays that transformed their lives. Contributors include Edward Albee, David Auburn, Jon Robin Baitz, Nilo Cruz, Christopher Durang, Horton Foote, Charles Fuller, A.R. Gurney, Beth Henley, Tina Howe, David Henry Hwang, David Ives, Donald Margulies, Lynn Nottage, Suzan-Lori Parks, John Patrick Shanley, Diana Son, Sarah Ruhl, Regina Taylor, and Doug Wright.

For more information, visit americantheatrewing.org.