Dirty Story and other plays

Three new works by Pulitzer Prizewinning author John Patrick Shanley, one of our country's most politically current and theatrically elastic playwrights. In "Dirty Story" a couple of sadomasochistic writers fight over rights to their New York City loft, in this sexy satire of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is "astonishing," says Tony Kushner, "The analysis of the Middle East in this play is dead on, exactly perfectly pitched." In his dark comedy "Where's My Money?" Shanley takes on marriage, infidelity and divorce lawyers in a play that is "so harsh, it's funny-terrifying, but funny," ("The New York Times"). And in his "Sailor's Song," love becomes an act of courage, in this seaside romance about the certainty of death, the brevity of youth, and the importance of "now."

John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt" won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, and was chosen as best play of the year by over 10 newspapers and magazines. His other plays include "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea," "Four Dogs and a Bone," "Psychopathia Sexualis" and "Savage Limbo." He has written extensively for TV and film, including "Moonstruck," for which he won an Academy Award for best screenplay.