This collection includes plays by the most important ensemble theater companies working today: Roadside Theater (Whitesburg, Kentucky), Pregones Theater (Bronx, New York), Junebug Productions (New Orleans, Louisiana), Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania), A Traveling Jewish Theatre (San Francisco, California), Touchstone Theatre (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), The Carpetbag Theatre (Knoxville, Tennessee), the Dell’Arte Company (Blue Lake, California) and Goat Island Performance Group (Chicago, Illinois). All the plays embody the impassioned, courageous spirit that defines the American ensemble theater movement.

Ferdinand Lewis is a performer, educator and journalist who lives in Los Angeles.