About the Author

WILLIAM W. DEMASTES (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is alumni professor of English at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. He has published widely on modern theater and drama, including Comedy Matters, Spalding Gray s America, Staging Consciousness, and Theatre of Chaos. JOHN PATRICK BRAY is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies at UGA in Athens, Georgia. His works have been produced in venues around the country, and published with a number of houses including Next Stage Press, Indie Theatre Now, and Original Works Publishing. Bray is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.