Michael Smith Plays II

As theatre critic for the Village Voice in the 1960s, and as a director and playwright, Michael Smith was a key player in the Off-Off-Broadway movement in New York. Since 1990 he has been active on the West Coast as a playwright, director, lighting designer, and producer. This volume contains eleven of his dramatically varied plays, dating from 1974 to 2010: "The Dinner Show," "Heavy Pockets," "Turnip Family Secrets," "Half Life," "Trouble," "Life Before Death," "Fast Forward," "Dogs Bark All Night," "Bad Dog," "Summer Lightning," and "Hamlet in Love."