TCG Publishes Enda Walsh's Political Play ARLINGTON

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the publication of Arlington by Enda Walsh. The world premiere of the play was at the Galway International Arts Festival in 2016 in a production by the festival and Landmark Productions, directed by the playwright. It received its U.S. premiere at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn in May 2017.

In a waiting room, inside a tower, Isla waits for her number to be called. A young woman finally understands her fate. And a young man faces a stark decision. In the midst of a bleak and terrifying world, Arlington is a compelling ode to the human spirit and its power to endure.

Arlington is published in this edition alongside three short theatre installations-Kitchen, A Girl's Bedroom and Room 303-performed in New York City in a co-production by St. Ann's Warehouse and the Irish Arts Center under the collective title Rooms.

One of our most innovative and beguiling writers, Enda Walsh is the author of five Edinburgh Fringe First Award-winning plays, including The Walworth Farce and The New Electric Ballroom. His other plays include Penelope, Misterman, and the book for the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Once, as well as his collaboration with David Bowie on the musical Lazarus. He also wrote the screenplay for Hunger, which won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

For over 50 years, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, has existed to strengthen, nurture and promote the professional not-for-profit American theatre. TCG's constituency has grown from a handful of groundbreaking theatres to nearly 700 Member Theatres and Affiliate organizations and more than 12,000 individuals nationwide. TCG offers its members networking and knowledge-building opportunities through conferences, events, research and communications; awards grants, approximately $2 million per year, to theatre companies and individual artists; advocates on the federal level; and serves as the U.S. Center of the International Theatre Institute, connecting its constituents to the global theatre community. TCG is North America's largest independent trade publisher of dramatic literature, with 15 Pulitzer Prizes for Best Play on the TCG booklist. It also publishes the award-winning American Theatre magazine and ARTSEARCH, the essential source for a career in the arts. In all of its endeavors, TCG seeks to increase the organizational efficiency of its member theatres, cultivate and celebrate the artistic talent and achievements of the field and promote a larger public understanding of, and appreciation for, the theatre. Visit www.tcg.org.

Arlington

By Enda Walsh

80 pages

May 2017

$14.95

Paperback

978-1-55936-550-5

Other titles by Enda Walsh, available from TCG:

Ballyturk

$13.95 978-1-55936-493-5

Lazarus

$14.95 978-1-55936-558-1

Once

$13.95 978-1-55936-421-8

Penelope

$13.95 978-1-55936-387-7

The Small Things And Other Plays

$18.95 978-1-55936-403-4

The Walworth Farce And The New Electric Ballroom

$15.95 978-1-55936-354-9

TCG books are exclusively distributed to the book trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution. Orders: 800-283-3572. SAN number: 63170X. Individuals may call 212-609-5900 or visit our online bookstore at www.tcg.org. For postage and handling, add $6.50 for the first book and $1.00 for each additional copy.