The Best Plays of 2014

2015 | Essays

The Country House, a comedy about a deeply dramatic family, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies. - Dinner with the Boys, an offbeat, dark comedy by Dan Lauria about some old-time wise guys who want to have a good Italian meal and a few laughs-and tie-up some loose ends before dessert. - Mala Hierba by Tanya Saracho, inspired by Latin American culture, which pits human yearnings against the power of culturally predetermined obligations. - Based on real events, Our Lady of Kibeho by Katori Hall was hailed as the "most important new play of the year!" by Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal. - When January Feels Like Summer by Cori Thomas presents five lives colliding as a feeling of change hums in the air during one strangely warm winter in Central Harlem. - Year of the Rooster (New York Times Critics' Pick) by Eric Dufault, a fiercely comic play about cockfighting, connections, and clawing your way to the top.

Lawrence Harbison (Author)