{"product_id":"gina-gionfriddo-plays-1-gina-gionfriddo-9781350595491","title":"Gina Gionfriddo Plays 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sick, ugly, and brilliantly funny... and wise. In Gionfriddo's plays, as \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ein all great plays, no one is wrong, everyone is right.\"\u003ci\u003e The Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first play collection of celebrated American dramatist Gina Gionfriddo, winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Across five plays, her wit, pungent dialogue and sharp contemporary voice explores a wide range of themes about American life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eU.S. Drag: \u003c\/b\u003e\"worthy of the Blackburn Prize conferred on scribe Gina Gionfriddo for her satirical look at a generation raised to expect the material world to fall into its lap, but hungry for more substantial values.\" \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter Ashley: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Deft characterizations, caustic humor, and well-deployed nips at the American slack moral conscience make After Ashley, Ms. Gionfriddo's acidic puree of modern culture at The Vineyard, one of the necessary shows to see this year.\" \u003ci\u003eThe New York Sun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecky Shaw: \u003c\/b\u003e\"a tangled tale of love, sex and ethics among a quartet of men and women in their 30s, ... as engrossing as it is ferociously funny, like a big box of fireworks fizzing and crackling across the stage from its first moments to its last.\" \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRapture, Blister, Burn: \u003c\/b\u003e\"... intensely smart, immensely funny... [Gionfriddo] illustrates how hard it can be to forge both a satisfying career and a fulfilling personal life in an era that seems to demand superhuman achievement from everyone.\" \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan You Forgive Her?: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Gionfriddo is onto something about her generation, brought up to expect the moon and then served a crescent version cratered with limited opportunity, sinkholes of debt and loads of chutes into what the play calls 'the big blackness'.\" \u003ci\u003eWBUR - Boston's NPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gina Gionfriddo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350595497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350595491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.43w x 1.00d","brand":"Gina Gionfriddo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447326388479,"sku":"9781350595491","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7539c4c-29bf-4661-a2b9-595c8bef8f51.jpg?v=1777230362","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gina-gionfriddo-plays-1-gina-gionfriddo-9781350595491","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}