From groundbreaking new work from across America’s stages to unpublished work by new voices, these eight plays address themes such as gender identity and expression, through to racial and religious attitudes toward love and sex.

Each play has its own introduction to increase critical engagement with trans dramatic art, situating the play within a broader theatrical landscape, analysing its themes and providing important theoretical and historical context.

“In the shadow of the problematic history of trans representation, one of the questions we received most often when creating this book was
how are you defining a ‘trans play’?…”