The book includes ten plays, all never before published and all produced during the past year. In "Plays and Playwrights 2002" you'll find everything from a romantic verse drama about King Arthur to a touching folk play set in America's heartland. From the edgy farce of Marc Spitz's "Shyness Is Nice" to the innovative eastern-influenced theatricality of Chiori Miyagawa's "Woman Killer", the entire spectrum of current American dramatic styles, themes, and genres is represented in this book.