The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays Volume 3 by She Her Leanna Keyes

The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays Volume 3 by She Her Leanna Keyes

Playwrights in Volume 3 agree: “These are the plays we wish we had.”

The third volume in the Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays series offers nine new plays by trans playwrights featuring trans characters. This volume focuses on young characters whose ages range from twelve to late twenties.

Following the critical and commercial success of the first two volumes, this edited collection supports the expanding landscape of contemporary American trans theatre, which represents a variety of performance modes and genres.

These plays address themes such as coming of age, parents and family (found and biological), athletics, dating , and navigating hostile political and social terrains. This third volume also includes short introductory essays that accompany each of the plays to support a deeper understanding of the work.

The Interrobangers by M. Sloth Levine
Magic Girl!... And Her Demons by Charlotte Snow
t4t by Jessica Scott
The Brunch Crowd by Dillon Yruegas
The More The Man by Jameson P. Murray
Man and Moon by Siena Marilyn Chongchua-Morris
Caeneus by Samuel Achilles
Unfair Advantage by Tyler Rocio Ecoña
Tides by Eliana Rubin

Edited by Leanna Keyes, Lindsey Mantoan and Angela Farr Schiller, the plays selected explicitly call for trans characters as central protagonists in order to promote opportunities for trans performers, making this an original and necessary publication for both practical use and academic study.

Leanna Keyes is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist and producer with a primary focus on queer and trans people. She aims to authentically portray the full complexities of queer life (past, present, and future).

Lindsey Mantoan is the Ronni Lacroute Chair in Theatre Arts and an Associate Professor at Linfield University. Her current research focuses on contemporary musical theater. She is the author or co-editor of seven books, an intimacy director, a director, and a dramaturg.

Angela Farr Schiller is an Emmy® Award–winning director, a multiple award-winning dramaturg, scholar, and professor at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Additionally, Angela works as a Dramaturg-in-Residence with the Atlanta-based Working Title Playwrights (WTP), the leading new play development organization in the Southeast, United States.