Nick Hern Books, 2011

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Acts: 2, Roles: Total (15), Female (6), Male (9), Unassigned (0)

...Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park is an acerbic satire tracing the fault line between race and property through the changing ownership of a property in Clybourne Street, central Chicago. It is also a witty riff on Lorraine Hansberry’s seminal...

Nick Hern Books, 2019

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Acts: 2, Roles: Total (9), Female (3), Male (5), Unassigned (1)

...Bruce Norris's play Downstate is a drama about a group of men convicted of sex crimes against minors, exploring the limits of our compassion and what happens when society deems anyone beyond forgiveness...

Nick Hern Books, 2013

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Acts: 2, Roles: Total (4), Female (2), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Bruce Norris's Purple Heart is a play about a woman dealing with the death of her husband in the Vietnam war, exploring issues of grief, desire and the impact of war. It was first performed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, on 5 July...

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...Steppenwolf Theatre Company playwright and actor Bruce Norris presents a hilarious comedy in which an actor decides to end his career, burn his headshots and resumés, and become a serious furniture maker. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast...

Nick Hern Books, 2013

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Acts: 2, Roles: Total (45), Female (15), Male (30), Unassigned (0)

...Bruce Norris's The Low Road is a satirical play in picaresque form about a reckless 18th-century American entrepreneur. It takes aim at free-market economics and cut-throat capitalism, and their consequences for our modern world...

Nick Hern Books, 2007

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Acts: 2, Roles: Total (7), Female (4), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Bruce Norris's play The Pain and the Itch is a social satire about Western liberal hypocrisy. It was originally commissioned by the Philadelphia Theatre Company and received its world premiere at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago...