Plays from New River

"This is the first volume from a place where gifted playwrights are paid and nurtured to write what they want. Wendy Hammond's Absence; American Girls by Hilary Bettis, and Ribalow's own Masterpiece are among the results. Each has a distinctive voice, subject and style; all were developed in the unique setting of New River Dramatists"--Provided by publisher.

Wendy Hammond is the playwright of both The Ghostman and Julie Johnson, which was made into a feature film starring Lili Taylor, Courtney Love and Spalding Gray. Hilary Bettis is the first recipient (2010) of the Abingdon Theatre Cherry Jones Playwriting Fellowship for a female playwright under the age of thirty. The late M.Z. Ribalow served as artistic director of New River Dramatists. He was an award-winning poet, author and playwright, whose plays received some 180 productions worldwide.