- Published: 1 January 2011
- ISBN: 9781593764142
- Imprint: Catapult
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $35.00
Lascivious Something/Roadkill Confidential/That Pretty Pretty; Or, The Rape Play
Three Plays
- Published: 1 January 2011
- ISBN: 9781593764142
- Imprint: Catapult
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $35.00
[Callaghan] push(es) her audience's buttons with an aggressive treatment of some of the darker corners of the human psyche.” The New York Times Sheila Callaghan seems to have put third-wave feminism, Gen-Y gender confusion and macho writerly clichés in a blender set to high speed.” TimeOut New York [Callaghan’s] plays defy categorization. They are sexy, punky, smart, sophisticated, literate, edgy, tightly woven, big, crass, witty, exquisite. They swell with moments of the unreal but never let go of a narrative thread. They expand and contract to underscore everyday grit and epic ache.” American Theater Post-feminist punk incursions into the poetic turf of early Sam Shepard.” LA Weekly Callaghan has a keen sense of language as an act of aggression.” Los Angeles Times [Callaghan’s] playful sense of language and her attunement to her characters are enthralling.” TimeOut Chicago