TCG Books Releases THE VERMONT PLAYS by Annie Baker

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the publication of The Vermont Plays, the debut collection of plays by Obie Award-winning playwright Annie Baker (The Aliens, Circle Mirror Transformation). Ms. Baker's works have been developed and produced at Huntington Theatre Company, Magic Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop and Playwrights Horizons, among others. Her adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya will premiere at New York City's Soho Rep in June, and her newest play, The Flick, will premiere at Playwrights Horizons in the 2012-2013 season.

All set in a fictional New England town, Ms. Baker's quartet of plays includes: The Aliens, an exploration of friendship and music in the lives of three misfits behind a coffee shop; Circle Mirror Transformation, meditation on life within the rhythms of an adult drama class; Nocturama, a dark comedy in which a grown son returns home to live with his mother and stepfather and Body Awareness, a close look at a nontraditional family dealing with identity issues.

Annie Baker's other works include The Flick and an adaptation of Uncle Vanya. She won an Obie Award for Best New American Play for The Aliens and Circle Mirror Transformation. She is a 2011 United States Artists Fellow and a resident playwright at the Signature Theatre Company in New York City.

The Vermont Plays by Annie Baker is 492 pages, paperback, and sells for $18.95 (ISBN 978-1-55936-389-1).

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