Can anybody recommend any good plays that have been published in the past 20 years?

Question

I've realised that I have only ever read classical plays, I need to start reading contempory plays before beginning any uni courses in Sept. I'm looking for plays that are no more than 20 yrs old. Hope someone can help!

Answer 1

"The Homecoming" by Harold Pinter

Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson

Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks

I recommend all three books. But more importantly, I recommend the authors. Read anything by these authors and you will not go wrong.
They are all contemporary playwrights.

Answer 2

Well, if you'll bend the rules a little bit...I would recommend The Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley. It was 1985 though :) It's the only work I've read by Henley, but she has many others that would fall into your range:
The Lucky Spot: A Play. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1987.
Abundance. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1991.
The Debutante Ball. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1991.
Beth Henley: Four Plays. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann/Methuen, 1992.
Monologues for Women. Toluca Lake, California: Dramaline Publications, 1992.
The Debutante Ball. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1997.
Collected Plays: Volume I, 1980-1989. Lyme, N.H.: Smith & Kraus, 2000.
Collected Plays: Volume II, 1990-1999. Lyme, N.H.: Smith & Kraus, 2000.
Family Week. 2000.
Signature. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 2003.
Revelers. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 2003.

Answer 3

I don't know the playwright, but an hysterical play is called "The Foreigner." It's an amazingly funny comedy. I laughed through the entire thing (saw it on stage). Basically it's about a shy gentleman who pretends he doesn't understand English. You will split your sides :)

Answer 4

"Proof"
"The Frogs" (Aristophanes) was produced at Lincoln Center last year.

Answer 5

"MADEA" starring :TYLER PERRY
That is here in Dallas,Texas in the United States