This devastatingly beautiful dramatic work, Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) was recently named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2015. From Suzan-Lori Parks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Topdog/Underdog, this new work is the opening trilogy of a projected nine-play cycle that will ultimately take us into the present. Offered his freedom if he joins his master in the ranks of the Confederacy, Hero, a slave, must choose whether to leave the woman and people he loves for what may be another empty promise. As his decision brings him face to face with a nation at war with itself, the ones Hero left behind debate whether to escape or wait for his return, only to discover that for Hero, freedom may have come at a great spiritual cost. 

From the prolific and award-winning playwright Will Eno, The Realistic Joneses is the widely-acclaimed Broadway debut from the popular contemporary absurdist. Bob and Jennifer and their new neighbors, John and Pony, are two suburban couples who have more in common than their identical last names. This existential comedy, pitched in Will Eno's singular voice, finds the darkness, sweetness and hilarity in our fleeting and ordinary days, as we seek to reveal ourselves, and conceal ourselves, often in the same minute. Sometimes there are only short-term answers to life's eternal questions, but all four Joneses, like all of us, are going to try their best, in very different ways. 

In his new book An Actor's Companion, Seth Barrish, a prominent director with almost forty years of experience in the field has created a new guide and useful resource for actors and theatre professionals. A collection of practical acting tips, tools, and exercises, An Actor's Companion is ideal for both the seasoned professionals and actors-in-training. The tips -- all simple, direct, and useful -- are easy to understand and even easier to apply, in both rehearsal and in performance. Through The Barrow Group, founded in 1986, Seth Barrish has taught thousands of actors, many of whom have achieved critical accolades and honors such as Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Obie Awards and more. Anne Hathaway, prolific film actress and former student of Barrish's, provides the foreword for the book.

In Ballyturk, the new innovative work from Enda Walsh, the lives of two men unravel quickly over the course of 90 minutes. Where are they? Who are they? What room is this, and what might be beyond the walls? The characters grapple with the confines of their fictional town of Ballyturk, falling through a Beckettian spiral into the heady unknown. A gut-wrenchingly funny, achingly sad play, featuring jaw-dropping moments of physical comedy, from the award-winning writer of such brilliant works as The New Electric Ballroom, The Walworth Farce and the internationally acclaimed musical Once.