Stephen Adly Guirgis
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Between Riverside and Crazy (TCG Edition)
Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize.Expected to be revived in a high-profile NYC production (possibly on Broadway), and likely to be produced at major theaters around the country.Between Riverside and Crazy premiered at the Atlantic Theater Company (Off-Broadway, New York) in the summer of 2014. Production was critically acclaimed and extended, with a subsequent production shortly after at Second Stage Theatre Company (Off-Broadway, New York), in the winter of 2015Revered August Wilson actor and Tony Award nominee Stephen McKinley Henderson starred in both initial productions of Between RiversideGuirgis also penned the widely acclaimed The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Jesus Hopped the A Train, and Our Lady of 121st StreetGuirgis is a former co-artistic director of LAByrinth Theater CompanyPhilip Seymour Hoffman directed the world premieres of five of Guirgis' plays.
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Love and addiction in New York City. Things are looking up for Jackie. He’s out of jail and staying clean thanks to his sponsor. He might even have found a job. And of course there’s Veronica, who he’s loved since 8th grade. Nothing could come between them – except a hat. Poetic, profane and hilarious, this whip-smart look at love and addiction finds light even in the darkest corners of New York City.
The Motherfucker with the Hat (TCG Edition)
"By far the most accomplished and affecting work from the gifted Mr. Guirgis, a prolific and erratic chronicler of marginal lives."—[i]The New York Times"The lifeblood of Guirgis's dialogue is the most expressive cursing since Shakespeare."—[i]The GuardianAs an expert in the art of blurring lines, Stephen Adly Guirgis is known for projects that are at once comically poignant and dramatically raucous. Following the recently rehabilitated drug dealer Jackie, trying to improve his life after being paroled, [i]The Motherfucker with the Hat (Guirgis's first on Broadway) examines the fragile line between ignited passions and the struggle to remain clean in the underbelly of New York City. With expressive dialogue and a captivating story, Guirgis's widely-acclaimed play delves into the challenges of pride, self-transformation, and the intricacies of love in a lower-class world. This volume also includes the acclaimed one-act play [i]Dominica: The Fat Ugly Ho.[b]Stephen Adly Guirgis's other plays include [i]Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, [i]Our Lady of 121st Street, [i]In Arabia We'd All Be Kings, [i]The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, [i]The Little Flower of East Orange, [i]Den of Thieves, and [i]Race Religion Politics. His play [i]Between Riverside and Crazy won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2015. He is a former co-artistic director of LABryinth Theater Company. He received the Yale Wyndham-Campbell Prize, a PEN/Laura Pels Award, a Whiting Award and a fellowship from TCG in 2004.