Amy Muse is Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas, USA. She is the author of The Drama and Theatre of Sarah Ruhl (Methuen Drama, 2018) and essays on dramatic literature, intimate theatre, and travel that have appeared in The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Text & Presentation, Romanticism: The Journal of Romantic Culture & Criticism, Frontiers, and The Journal of Greek Media and Culture.

• AcknowledgmentsForeword, Mac Wellman (Donald I. Fine Professor of Playwriting, Brooklyn College, USA)Preface: The Magic of Slow Theatre1. Listening to the Lonely: Chekhov and Baker’s Uncle Vanya2. Botched, Beautiful Attempts at Communication: Body Awareness, Nocturama, and Circle Mirror Transformation3. The Presence of Silence: The Aliens and The Flick4. Stories of Complicated Desire: John, I Love Dick, The Antipodes5. Critical Perspectives— Caring About the Matter in Annie Baker’s Drama, Thomas Butler (Eastern Kentucky University, USA)— Annie Baker’s Domestic Uncanny, Jeanmarie Higgins (Pennsylvania State University, USA)— Annie Baker: Building on Beckett, Katherine Weiss (California State University, USA)Afterword: The Fragility and Imperfection of Creating TheatreNotesBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex

Amy Muse is Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas, USA. She is the author of The Drama and Theatre of Sarah Ruhl (Methuen Drama, 2018) and essays on dramatic literature, intimate theatre, and travel that have appeared in The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Text & Presentation, Romanticism: The Journal of Romantic Culture & Criticism, Frontiers, and The Journal of Greek Media and Culture.

• AcknowledgmentsForeword, Mac Wellman (Donald I. Fine Professor of Playwriting, Brooklyn College, USA)Preface: The Magic of Slow Theatre1. Listening to the Lonely: Chekhov and Baker’s Uncle Vanya2. Botched, Beautiful Attempts at Communication: Body Awareness, Nocturama, and Circle Mirror Transformation3. The Presence of Silence: The Aliens and The Flick4. Stories of Complicated Desire: John, I Love Dick, The Antipodes5. Critical Perspectives— Caring About the Matter in Annie Baker’s Drama, Thomas Butler (Eastern Kentucky University, USA)— Annie Baker’s Domestic Uncanny, Jeanmarie Higgins (Pennsylvania State University, USA)— Annie Baker: Building on Beckett, Katherine Weiss (California State University, USA)Afterword: The Fragility and Imperfection of Creating TheatreNotesBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex