This volume includes: Failure to Thrive by Neena Beber; Terra Incognita by Maria Irene Fornes; Steak Knife Bacchae by Joe Goodrich; Heads by Murray Mednick; The Chemistry of Change by Marlane Meyer; The Tight Fit by Susan Mosakowski; Disgrace by John O ’Keefe; Understanding the Dead by John Steppling; and Demonology by Kelly Stuart.

The Padua Hills Playwrights Festival ran from 1978 through 1995 in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains and at venues across the Los Angeles area, attracting theatrical talents such as Sam Shepard, Jon Robin Baitz, Maria Irene Fornes, John Steppling, Kelly Stuart and David Henry Hwang. The Festival was resurrected in 2001 by artistic director Guy Zimmerman.