TheMotherfuckerwiththeHat

CONTENTS Frontmatter Body Backmatter "Stephen Adly Guirgis is our new reigning poet of the obscene … He's a master when it comes to creating cranky New Yorkers whose uninhibited talking jags reveal far more about them than they ever intended; more than any other contemporary playwright, his dialogue crackles with profane comedy that, no matter how stylized, seems absolutely true of his characters … Focusing on the challenges of recovery from addiction and what he sees as a fundamental disconnect between men and women, Guirgis spins a comic tragedy out of a situation that would almost certainly be described by one of his characters as totally f-ked up." —Lighting and Sound America "Guirgis, a brilliant comedic talent … also has an original and knowing take on class, particularly as it plays out among the bottom-of-the-barrel working- class poor, who are virtually invisible to the wealthier men and women around them. Guirgis' characters are strivers who lack the language to 'pass' in a white-collar world; they're frustrated by limitations that they're only half aware of, and that frustration provides much of the painful hilarity in their ......