{"product_id":"eight-plays-from-off-off-broadway","title":"Eight Plays from Off-Off Broadway","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1966 by the Bobbs-Merrill Company and edited by Nick Orzel and Michael Smith, Eight Plays from Off-Off Broadway serves as a monumental primary source text capturing the radical dawn of New York City's countercultural theater movement. Featuring an introductory essay by Michael Smith and a preface by La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club founder Ellen Stewart, the 281-page anthology compiles groundbreaking, experimental scripts that bypassed the commercial constraints of mainstream theater to redefine the boundaries of stage performance. The compilation holds significant literary and historical value for including the absolute first book-format printing of Pulitzer Prize-winner Sam Shepard's Obie Award-winning play Chicago, alongside avant-garde pieces like Frank O'Hara's The General Returns from One Place to Another, Lanford Wilson's The Madness of Lady Bright, and Jean-Claude van Itallie's America Hurrah. Supported by eight full-page black-and-white documentary photographs, this unvarnished archive functions as an essential time capsule tracking the emerging voices, minimal staging setups, and raw psychological themes that reshaped modern American drama.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Orzel, Michael Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49509977129210,"sku":"NEE1\/16\/07042026","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/3387\/5450\/files\/IMG_6513_e7b956ce-9765-40dc-907d-4affac2f4dcd.jpg?v=1783197179","url":"https:\/\/flippedpages.com\/products\/eight-plays-from-off-off-broadway","provider":"Flipped Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}