First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Janet Neipris is a Professor of Dramatic Writing at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Her own plays have been produced nationally and internationally at theatres including the Manhattan Theatre Club, the Arena Stage, the Goodman, the Royal National Theatre, London, and the China Arts Theatre, Beijing. She has lectured around the world on playwriting as craft and art.