Phyllis Nagy was born in New York City and has lived in London since 1992. Her plays, including "Weldon Rising", "Butterfly Kiss", "Disappeared "and "The Strip", have been produced throughout the world and have received awards including the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award, a Mobil Prize, a Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Eileen Anderson/Central Television Award, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and a McKnight Foundation Fellowship. Phyllis is currently under commission to the Royal Shakespeare Company, Nottingham Playhouse and the Royal Court Theatre, where she was recent...