{"product_id":"plays-by-y-york-paperback","title":"Plays By Y York - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eY. York\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains three full-length plays: GERALD'S GOOD IDEA, THE SECRET WIFE and THE SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"If there is a common thread in York's projects, it is that they are full of uncommon characters: children, 1960s housewives, black financial consultants, Native American activists. Very few of York's characters seem to have anything to do with the playwright herself...and her attention to those differences gives her work a frankly political spin.\"\u003cbr\u003e American Theater\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"[Y York makes her points] by not taking herself too seriously, even as she offers astute observations about environmental, racial, and family matters.\"\u003cbr\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The future with all its exhilarating potential and terrifying possibilities has Y York in its grip. York does not struggle to break free, or even squirm. Calmly, with great wit and insight, she writes plays: environmental science-fiction plays that raise important questions even as they entertain.\"\u003cbr\u003e St Louis Post Dispatch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"[Y York] displays a strong imagination and raucous humor...\"\u003cbr\u003e St Louis Sun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"[Y York] writes with passion and delivers a powerful appeal for personal freedom and idiosyncratic behavior.\"\u003cbr\u003e St Louis Post Dispatch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom reviews of THE SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"An ambitious  modern fable'--concerning ecological disaster, race relations, and the human condition... A Native American fisherman's extreme response to an atrocious oil spill brings his family together with that of the African-American \u003cbr\u003e lawyer who defends him.... The script conspires to bring massive, global issues to a human, even comic plane. Peripheral choices--such as a mother struggling with whether to not to stop contributing to her planet's demise by using laundry bleach--are weighed against the fisherman's violent choice in a world where rats chewing through computer chips can bring our entire justice system to a halt. In the  avalanche' of today's reality, this show offers us a chance to examine our own responsibility as, you guessed it, the flakes.\"\u003cbr\u003e The Seattle Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"York has a real flair for wry, intelligent humor.... THE SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE forgoes preaching for a gentle hopefulness that we can set things right on the planet and learn to understand each other better.\"\u003cbr\u003e Seattle Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"At one point in a discussion on environmental responsibility, [Janet, the wife of] Thomas, a Native American being defended for shooting the president of a corporation responsible for a major oil spill, refers to Russell as  you white people.' Action stops for a moment, and the implications hit, with strong force. To say that Y York's THE SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE is provocative, is somewhat an understatement.\"\u003cbr\u003e Seattle Gay News\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"An OUR TOWN for Our Time...THE SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE is about...our shared home-earth.... York has a wonderful gift for writing funny lines, and she's endowed all her characters with individual senses of humor. Even a sort of all-knowing nature sprite...has a delightful, sly wit. The tone and style of the whole production is, indeed, surprisingly light for what is basically a play about philosophical decisions...THE SNOWFLAKE AVALANCHE is an adult play which children can enjoy.\"\u003cbr\u003e Bellevue Journal American\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43155330793535,"sku":"9780881451771","price":28.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dIbVjZdVUy9780881451771.webp?v=1776963976","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/plays-by-y-york-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}