Books by Christopher Shinn

This anthology presents six of the best new plays by some of the most exciting American playwrights whose work is currently gaining acclaim. It showcases work produced at a number of the leading theatres as selected by Sarah Benson, artistic director at Soho Rep in New York, and provides a detailed introduction to the plays.

An insightful and revealing play, inspired by real events, which explores society's uncomfortable embrace of the outsider.

Go where there's violence. Silicon Valley. The future. A rocket launches. Luke is an aerospace billionaire who can talk to anyone. But God is talking to him. He sets out to change the world. Only violence stands in his way.Christopher Shinn's gripping play received its world premiere at the Almeida Theatre on 12 August 2017 in a production directed by Ian Rickson and featuring Ben Whishaw as Luke.

When one man goes to war he leaves the city, his wife and brother. A year later only the wife and brother remain. This work asks what happens when people and events apparently thousands of miles away affect the heart and soul of a city.