Amy Herzog – författare

"After the Revolution is a smart, funny and provocative play. . . . Herzog deftly avoids simple-minded polemics in favor of richly detailed people who are as ready to examine their relationships as they are their consciences."—Variety

"A funny, moving new play . . . 4,000 Miles is a quiet meditation on mortality. But it''s hardly a downer: Ms. Herzog''s altogether wonderful drama also illuminates how companionship can make life meaningful, moment by moment, in death''s discomforting shadow."—The New York Times

Known for delicately detailed character studies that subtly balance humor and insight, Amy Herzog is swiftly emerging as a striking new voice in the American theater. After the Revolution, an astute and ironic drama about how society appropriates history for its own psychological needs, was heralded by The New York Times as one of the Ten Best New Plays of 2010. Herzog''s other critical hit, 4,000 Miles, is a quiet rumination on mortality in which twenty-one-year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty ninety-one-year-old grandmother Vera in her New York apartment.

Amy Herzog received the 2011 Whiting Writers'' Award and the 2008 Helen Merrill Award for Aspiring Playwrights. Her plays have been produced or developed at the Yale School of Drama, Ensemble Studio Theater, Arena Stage, Lincoln Center, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, New York Stage and Film, Provincetown Playhouse, and ACT in San Francisco. Her newest play, Belleville, premiered at Yale Rep in fall 2011.

The newest play by ''one of the brightest new talents in the theater.''"—The New York Times

"Herzog''s writing is surefooted and quietly brilliant. . . . At 33, she has the grace and insights of a mature writer."—Slant Magazine

"An intelligent, delicately articulate writer."—The Village Voice

Jamie''s life in Brooklyn seems just fine: a beautiful girlfriend, a burgeoning journalism career, and parents who live just far enough away. But when a possible childhood trauma comes to light, lives are thrown into a tailspin. Unsettling and deeply compassionate, The Great God Pan tells the intimate tale of what is lost and won when a hidden truth is suddenly revealed. Known for delicately detailed character studies that subtly balance humor and insight, the Obie Award–winning playwright of 4000 Miles will premiere her newest drama at New York City''s Playwrights Horizons in fall 2012.

Amy Herzog received the 2011 Whiting Writers'' Award and the 2008 Helen Merrill Award for Aspiring Playwrights. Her plays have been produced or developed at the Yale School of Drama, Ensemble Studio Theater, Arena Stage, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, New York Stage and Film, Provincetown Playhouse and ACT in San Francisco. Her critically acclaimed works include 4,000 Miles, After the Revolution, and Belleville.

“The most profound and harrowing of Ms. Herzog’s many fine plays.” —Jesse Green, New York Times

Armed with medicines, feeding tubes, and various medical equipment, Mary Jane is a single mother and indefatigable force when it comes to caring for her young, sick child. A moving play about the stalwart endurance of a devoted mother, Mary Jane demonstrates the prevailing strength of the human will when fueled by unconditional love.