From the introduction by Romulus Linney of New Playwrights The Best New Plays of 1998, the first volume in this new series: "This substantial and adventurous volume, presented to us by Smith and Kraus, who continues to publish for the theatre where others fear to tread, will take the lover of new plays into uncharted and rewarding territories. Reading a new play by a new playwright is a vigorous business that demands a reader's attention and insight, but the rewards are many, and there are lots of them here." The editor has chosen vibrant, original, funny, disturbing, theatrical pieces for inclusion here, and I love her choices...But the important news isn't their best-ness; it's their vision. It's the light they throw on their time and on ours, so close and so far away. - Todd London, Introduction Marisa Smith is the Owner and Publisher of Smith and Kraus, a leading publisher of theater books since 1990. She has edited many books for Smith and Kraus and is the author/playwright of "Book Group" and "The Devine Comedy", recently presented at Eclipse Grange theater by Signal and Noise Productions.