Documenting the explosion of contemporary gay and lesbian theater, this bibliography provides a single reference for American gay and lesbian plays, playwrights, and companies, containing listings for more than 700 plays whose primary characters or themes are gay or lesbian. In addition to authors, titles, and synopses, the entries include information about acts, characters, settings, and music. Appendices provide data on how the plays can be obtained, a list of theaters that produce works with gay/lesbian themes, names and addresses of playwrights and agents, a list of related references, and a matrix for the quick location of plays that meet certain criteria. Indispensable for repertory companies, producers, directors, actors, and scholars.
Ken Furtado (Georgetown University; Arizona State) teaches mathematics and computer science at the high school and college levels. He has written a computer textbook and has a volume of poetry forthcoming. Also a freelance technical writer, he reviews books and films for a regional news magazine.Nancy Hellner (Kearney State College; Ph.D., Arizona State) teaches English and humanities at the college level and reviews books for various publications.