Experienced and novice writers are presented together in this unique volume of monologues and short scripts. This anthology highlights a significant force in contemporary American theatre-the growing presence of women as playwrights. Award-winners are here, and so are undiscovered voices. They have one thing in common...their individual artistic journeys all include time spent in Kentucky-some for a short while, others for a lifetime. Playwrights whose work is in this book are Naomi Wallace, bell hooks, Arlene Hutton, Sallie Bingham, Liz Fentress, Nancy Gall-Clayton, Anne Shelby, Trish Ayers,...

The Nibroc Trilogy comprises three plays ("Last Train to Nibroc," "See Rock City," "Gulf View Drive") by award-winning playwright Arlene Hutton. All three scripts follow a Kentucky couple through stages of the life they share. Hutton's plays have been performed widely in the U.S. and abroad to great acclaim. Major media outlets have praised Hutton's trilogy: "Hutton's writing is luminous" (Los Angeles Times); ..".reminiscent of Thornton Wilder" (Associated Press); "Language itself plays a central role" (Boston Globe); "It's easily one of the finest intimate productions staged anywhere in...