Contemporary Drama

Vol. 6, No. 1

In this issue guest editor Lauren Friesen has assembled a collection of contemporary plays by Mennonite writers. He situates their emphasis on non-resistance and peacemaking within the larger context of Western dramatic literature. The issue concludes with an extensive interview with Stephen Shank by Ervin Beck. --AH, CMW Co-editor

In this issue:

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Contemporary Plays by Mennonite Writers

by Lauren Friesen

The Quest for Common Ground in Recent Mennonite Plays
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Bird Brain

by Vern Thiessen

Based on the story by Albert Wendt.
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How the War Started

by Doug Reed

War's like a fog you can't keep out. It gets in everywhere. And it withers whatever it touches.
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Censored

by Al Schnupp

A play based on the art and life of artist Käthe Kollwitz.
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Cry After Midnight

by Talia Pura

Three women, three perspectives, one war.
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Passion

by Robert Hostetter

Scenes adapted from dialogues with peacemakers in Israel-Palestine
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Interview with Stephen Shank

by Ervin Beck

Stephen Shank speaks about his beginnings in theater as the child of Mennonite church workers in Belgium, and his return to Belgium for a 30-year career in the theater.