Taylor Mac Signs Copies of HIR at the Drama Book Shop Tonight

BroadwayWorld is excited to report that Taylor Mac, whose smash hit play HIR is currently in its third extension at Playwrights Horizons, will appear at New York's Drama Book Shop tonight, January 7th, 2016. at 5pm to discuss and sign copies of HIR, newly released by Northwestern University Press.

In HIR, Isaac comes home from the wars, discharged from the Marines under suspicious circumstances, only to find the life he remembers upended. Isaac's father, who once ruled the family with an iron fist, has had a debilitating stroke; his younger sister, Maxine, is now his brother, Max; and their mother, Paige, is committed to revolution at any cost. Determined to be free of any responsibility toward her formerly abusive husband or the home he created Paige fervently believes she can lead the way to a "new world order." HIR, Taylor Mac's subversive comedy, leaves many of our so-called normative and progressive ideas about gender, families, the middle class and cleaning in hilarious and ultimately tragic disarray.

Taylor Mac (who uses "judy", lowercase sic, not as a name but as a gender pronoun) is a playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, performance artist, director and producer. The Village Voice named judy the Best Theater Actor in New York (2013) and Best Male Vocalist (2015). Judy's work has been performed at New York City's Lincoln Center, The Public Theatre and Playwrights Horizons, the Sydney Opera House, American Repertory Theatre, Stockholm's Sodra Theatern, the Spoleto Festival, the SF MOMA, and literally hundreds of other theatres, museums, music halls, opera houses, cabarets, and festivals around the globe.

Admission to the discussion is free, and copies of the play will be available at for $15.00. The discussion and signing will begin at 5pm on January 7th. The legendary, Tony Award-winning Drama Book Shop, now celebrating its 99th year of business, is located at 250 West 40th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues. For more information, visit www.dramabookshop.com.

Photo by Zack DeZon, via Playwrights Horizons website