The Kilroys List, Volume Two: 67 Monologues and Scenes by Women and Nonbinary Playwrights

by Annah Feinberg and Gina Young for The Kilroys (Editor), Lynn Nottage (Foreword by)

Overview

The Kilroys: "We Make Trouble. And Plays."

"When I look at the list of women and nonbinary writers included in this volume, many of whom I have mentored or taught, it is a beautiful reminder that we are a community to be reckoned with, and that there is an abundance of vital narratives awaiting a larger audience. While there remains a great deal of work to be done to reach racial and gender equity in the theater, the powerful and provocative writing presented here is part of the inciting incident that will no doubt shake up the status quo." —Lynn Nottage, from her Foreword

The Kilroys are back with a new collection of 67 monologues and scenes by women and nonbinary playwrights. This collection includes a monologue or scene from each play from the 2016 and 2017 editions of The List.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559369541
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	06/09/2020
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	660,548
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

The Kilroys are a gang of playwrights and producers who came together in Los Angeles in 2013 to stop talking about gender parity in theater and start taking action. In 2014, they released their first annual List: a vetted collection of plays written by women, trans, and nonbinary writers, nominated by hundreds of professional artistic directors, literary managers, professors, directors, and dramaturgs.

Table of Contents

Foreword Lynn Nottage xi

About The Kilroys xv

Redwood Brittany K. Allen 3

How to Catch Creation Christina Anderson 5

Good Grief Ngozi Anyanwu 8

The Homecoming Queen 10

Nike or We Don't Need Another Hero 14

BLKS Aziza Barnes 16

Dance Nation Clare Barron 18

Magic City Hilary Bettis 21

School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play Jocelyn Bioh 23

Radio Island Liza Birkenmeier 27

Curve of Departure Rachel Bonds 29

Firecracker 31

Kings Sarah Burgess 33

Opportunities of Extinction Sam Chanse 36

Nomad Motel Carla Ching 41

Florissant & canfield Kristiana Rae Colón 44

Welcome to Fear City Kara Lee Corthron 46

Black Super Hero Magic Mama Inda Craig-Galván 48

Les Fréres Sandra A. Daley-Sharif 50

The Thanksgiving Play Larissa Fasthorse 52

Last Night and the Night Before Donnetta Lavinia Grays 55

The Art of Gaman Dipika Guha 57

Unreliable 58

Yoga Play 60

Is God Is Aleshea Harris 65

Roz and Ray Karen Hartman 69

Burned Amina Henry 72

Brilliant Works of Art Donna Hoke 74

The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin Jessica Huang 76

Somebody's Daughter Chisa Hutchinson 79

Thirst C. A. Johnson 81

Wild Goose Dreams Hansol Jung 84

Orange Aditi Brennan Kapil 86

Eat and You Belong to Us MJ Kaufman 88

Air Space Tori Keenan-Zelt 91

Selling Kabul Sylvia Khoury 93

Pilgrims Claire Kiechel 97

Sofonisba Callie Kimball 101

To the yellow house Kimber Lee 103

Eve's Song Ione Lloyd 106

Pretty Hunger 107

Out of Orbit Jennifer Maisel 109

Cost of Living Martyna Majok 111

381 Bleeker Gia Marotta 122

Hatefuck Rehana Lew Mirza 124

Merit Lenelle Moïse 126

Breach Antoinette Nwandu 128

Pass Over 130

Wolf at the Door Marisela Treviño Orta 140

Hang Man Stacy Osei-Kuffour 143

Usual Girls Ming Peiffer 145

Azul Christina Quintana 149

Noura Heather Raffo 151

The Rug Dealer Riti Sachdeva 154

If Pretty Hurts Then Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka Tori Sampson 156

Queen Madhuri Shekar 159

Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties; In Essence A Queer and Occasionally Hazardous Exploration; Do You Remember When You Were In Middle School and You Read about Shackleton and How He Explored the Antarctic?; Imagine the Antarctic Is a Pussy and It's Sort of Like That Jen Silverman 162

Wink 165

El Huracán Charise Castro Smith 167

Endlings Celine Song 170

Cygnus Susan Soon He Stanton 173

We, the invisibles 174

Laura and the Sea Kate Tarker 176

Transfers Lucy Thurber 178

Two Mile Hollow Leah Nanako Winkler 180

Cambodian Rock Band Lauren Yee 182

The Great Leap 185

Author Biographies 189

The Kilroys: Founder Biographies 209

Editorial Reviews

"Too often women and trans writers get overlooked and underproduced, and this anthology is just one way we’re hoping to change this. These monologues show a fraction of the underrepresented and underserved voices in the American theater. Read these monologues, support these playwrights’ careers and productions—and help make our homogeneous playing field look a little more like our America."

Zakiyyah Alexander

"When I look at the list of women and nonbinary writers included in this volume, many of whom I have mentored or taught, it is a beautiful reminder that we are a community to be reckoned with, and that there is an abundance of vital narratives awaiting a larger audience. While there remains a great deal of work to be done to reach racial and gender equity in the theater, the powerful and provocative writing presented here is part of the inciting incident that will no doubt shake up the status quo."

from her Foreword Lynn Nottage

"All but daring American theaters to put on new plays by women."

New York Times

"This is a historic compilation of fervent, fierce and formidable voices, who have been left on the margins for far too long, but who now, with the caliber of their writing, stake claim to what it means to be an American Playwright, in this time and place."

Tanya Saracho

"The Kilroys exemplify the power of grassroots action – of communion based in savvy know-how and commitment effecting positive change with radical joy."

Santa Barbara Independent

"This is a historic compilation of fervent, fierce and formidable voices, who have been left on the margins for far too long, but who now, with the caliber of their writing, stake claim to what it means to be an American Playwright, in this time and place."

Playwright and founding member of The Kilroys Tanya Saracho