"This anthology is special: a book of trans plays about trans life as it is actually
materially lived in time and space". - Anthony Sansonetti in Theatre Survey on Volume 1. The
Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays Volume 2 offers eight new plays by trans playwrights
centering trans characters trans life and gender diversity. Curated via an open submission
policy this book brings together dramatic works that feature nuanced authentic and
wonderfully messy representations of gender race and sexuality. Alongside the full scripts
all of which are published here for the first time this anthology series also includes a wide
range of critical essays to inspire deeper understanding of the works playwrights and
interventions these plays make in the theatrical ecology. Cercle Hermaphroditos by Shualee
Cook Red Rainbow by Azure D. Osborne-Lee Degenerates by Else Went Close to Home by Sharifa
Yazmeen The Bugs by Sloka Krishnan The Skin of Other Men by Fig Lefevre Oh Buddy by Hal
Cosentino Gender Play or what you Will co-created by Will Wilhelm and Erin Murray Edited by
Leanna Keyes Lindsey Mantoan and Angela Farr Schiller the plays and companion essays in this
anthology explicitly call for expansive approaches to trans characters themes and aesthetics
in order to promote opportunities for trans artists making this an original and necessary
publication for both practical use and academic study.
