{"product_id":"9781350291706","title":"Dry Swallow","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDry Swallow\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLucas Baisch\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTook me twenty years, from fetus to fuck-up,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eto know what weight looked like, what\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eweight feels like, what weight makes a body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003edo in place of freedom.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSitting within the confines of a shipping container, people are rendered commodity and turf is marked for value. Chula and Pal create competition on a Boyle Heights street corner. Nasir and Porter offer medicinal intake as artistic practice. Sik and Dori turn to drastic measures in order to save their family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDry Swallow \u003c\/i\u003eexplores surrogacy, consumption, and substance abuse, while provoking the question: who's allowed a healthy life?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucas Baisch's play was the recipient of The Kennedy Center's KCACTF 2020 Latinx Playwriting Award, the Princess Grace Award in Playwriting (2021) and the Chesley\/Bumbalo Award in Playwriting (2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucas Baisch\u003c\/b\u003e [ he \/ him ] is a Guatemalan-Mexican-American playwright and artist from San Francisco, whose work circulates within themes of systems, waste, and excess. His plays have been read and developed at The Goodman Theatre, The NNPN\/Kennedy Center MFA Playwrights' Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Clubbed Thumb, Chicago Dramatists, Links Hall, SF Playground, etc. Full-length plays include: \u003ci\u003eREFRIGERATOR\u003c\/i\u003e (First Floor Theatre), \u003ci\u003eOn the Y-Axis\u003c\/i\u003e (The Bushwick Starr Reading Series), \u003ci\u003eDry Swallow\u003c\/i\u003e (Brown University), \u003ci\u003eimport speech_memory\u003c\/i\u003e (Cutting Ball's Variety Pack Festival), \u003ci\u003eThe Scavengers\u003c\/i\u003e (DePaul University), \u003ci\u003eA Measure of Normalcy\u003c\/i\u003e (Gloucester Stage Company), and co-writing on \u003ci\u003eThe Arrow Cleans House\u003c\/i\u003e (The Neo-Futurists).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucas is a recipient of a 2020 Steinberg Playwright Award, the Kennedy Center's 2020 KCACTF Latinx Playwriting Award, and the 2021 Chesley\/Bumbalo Playwriting Award. He was most recently awarded a 2021-22 Jerome Fellowship through the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis. Lucas has taught writing at Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, and through the Chicago Public Schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 November 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350291706\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369566240908,"sku":"9781350291706","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_418b8121-074c-47c0-814d-316a0ce978df.jpg?v=1783879635","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350291706","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}