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The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays Volume 3

Young Adult Edition

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The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays Volume 3

Young Adult Edition

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Playwrights in Volume 3 agree: “These are the plays we wish we had.”

The third volume in the Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays series offers nine new plays by trans playwrights featuring trans characters. This volume focuses on young characters whose ages range from twelve to late twenties.

Following the critical and commercial success of the first two volumes, this edited collection supports the expanding landscape of contemporary American trans theatre, which represents a variety of performance modes and genres.

These plays address themes such as coming of age, parents and family (found and biological), athletics, dating , and navigating hostile political and social terrains. This third volume also includes short introductory essays that accompany each of the plays to support a deeper understanding of the work.

The Interrobangers by M. Sloth Levine
Magic Girl!... And Her Demons by Charlotte Snow
t4t by Jessica Scott
The Brunch Crowd by Dillon Yruegas
The More The Man by Jameson P. Murray
Man and Moon by Siena Marilyn
Caeneus by Samuel Achilles
Unfair Advantage by Tyler Rocio Ecoña
Tides by Eliana Rubin

Edited by Leanna Keyes, Lindsey Mantoan and Angela Farr Schiller, the plays selected explicitly call for trans characters as central protagonists in order to promote opportunities for trans performers, making this an original and necessary publication for both practical use and academic study.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Licensing
Play Synopses
Biographies

Introduction by Leanna Keyes, Lindsey Mantoan, and Angela Farr Schiller

Part 1: Exploring the Dark Places

"Notes on Playing (with Monsters) in the Fog: Mysteries of Queer Adolescence in M Sloth Levine's The Interrobangers" by Jo Michael Rezes

The Interrobangers by M Sloth Levine

“Faustian Utopia: Jouissance and Cruel Optimism in Charlotte Snow's Magic Girl” by kt shorb

Magic Girl!...and Her Demons by Charlotte Snow

“Bickering with the Bad and Banal: Staging t4t Interregnums” by Ryan Adelsheim

t4t by Jess Scott

Part 2: Dance Break

“Nations Made of Stars: An Introduction to The Brunch Crowd by Dillon Yruegas” by Sebastián Eddowes-Vargas

The Brunch Crowd by Dillon Yruegas

"'I was lucky I wasn't born a man': New Orleans Second Line Parades and Transitions in The More the Man” by Eric M. Glover

The More the Man by Jameson P. Murray

“Man, Moon, and the Lorde” by Stephanie Hsu

Man and Moon by Siena Marilyn

Part 3: Waves and Water

“(Extra)ordinary Heroics in Samuel Achilles Edwards' Staging of Trans Antiquity” by Caitlin A. Kane

Caeneus by Samuel Achilles

“The 'Ruhls' of Play: Mythical and Real Currents in Tyler Rocio Ecoña's Unfair Advantage by Joshua Bastian Cole-Kurz

Unfair Advantage by Tyler Rocio Ecoña

“What We Leave & What We Carry in Eliana Rubin's Tides by Fig Lefevre

Tides by Eliana Rubin

Product details

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Published May 14 2026
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 512
ISBN 9781350514874
Imprint Methuen Drama
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Series Methuen Drama Play Collections
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Leanna Keyes

Leanna Keyes (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate theate…

Anthology Editor

Lindsey Mantoan

Lindsey Mantoan (she/her) is Assistant Professor o…

Anthology Editor

Angela Farr Schiller

Angela Farr Schiller (she/her) is the Director of…

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