What This Place Makes Me 21stCentury American Plays on Immigration

A striking and indispensable array of masterpieces from the rising stars of modern theater, these award-winning works herald the future of American writing, art, and performance.This groundbreaking collection from first- and second-generation immigrants to the U.S. unites seven electric new voices of Lebanese, Nigerian, Korean, Bengali, Polish, and Mexican backgrounds. Resounding beyond the stage, their powerful stories interweave common threads of displacement, alienation, and the sensation of being divided; sometimes caught between two worlds, sometimes falling between the cracks. The violence many of their characters suffer arises from ignorance, often even love, as much as it does from malice. But the plays also illustrate the persistent hope that fuels our universal search for safety: the promise of home. Both haunting and inspiring, this is a vital book for any reader.