11 Best fiction books like Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman

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Metamorphoses

By: Mary Zimmerman

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Called by Timethe "theater event of the year," Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphosesbrings Ovid's tales to…

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1. Melancholy Play

By: Sarah Ruhl

4.18

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In this chamber musical version of Sarah Ruhl's Melancholy Play, Tilly's melancholy is of an exquis… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ruhl's Melancholy Play book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
"There’s a word in Japanese for being sad in the springtime – a whole word for just being sad – about how pretty the flowers are and how soon they’re going to die."

-Sarah Ruhl, Melancholy Play

"I would like to curl up and become a small thing. About this big. And still. Very still. Have you ever become so melancholy, that you wanted to fit in the palm of your beloved’s hand? And lie there, …"

-Sarah Ruhl, Melancholy Play

Cover of Reckless - Acting Edition (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) by Craig Lucas

2. Reckless - Acting Edition (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

By: Craig Lucas

3.68

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

At home on Christmas Eve, Rachel is informed by her guilty husband that he has hired a hitman to ki… read more

Similar categories in Craig Lucas's Reckless - Acting Edition (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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3. Sweat

By: Lynn Nottage

4.06

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In one of the poorest cities in America, Reading, Pennsylvania, a group of down-and-out factory wor… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Nottage's Sweat book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of Our Town by Thornton Wilder, Donald Margulies, Tappan Wilder

4. Our Town

By: Thornton Wilder , Donald Margulies , Tappan Wilder

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Our Townwas first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama… read more

Similar categories in Thornton Wilder's Our Town book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman

5. Metamorphoses

By: Mary Zimmerman

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Called by Timethe "theater event of the year," Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphosesbrings Ovid's tales to… read more

Similar categories in Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • drama
Cover of Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks

6. Topdog/Underdog

By: Suzan-Lori Parks

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks latest riff on the w… read more

Similar categories in Suzan-Lori Parks's Topdog/Underdog book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
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7. Eurydice

By: Sarah Ruhl

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Sarah Ruhl re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • mythology
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • plays
  • drama
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8. Red

By: John Logan

3.66

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF SIX TONY AWARDS A moving and compelling account of one of the greatest artists of the twe… read more

Similar categories in John Logan's Red book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of I and You by Lauren Gunderson

9. I and You

By: Lauren Gunderson

4.12

Format: 204 pages,

Only in high school would two completely unconnected people - cranky, chronically ill Caroline and … read more

Similar categories in Lauren Gunderson's I and You book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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10. Passion Play

By: Sarah Ruhl

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Passion Playis Sarah Ruhl's "biggest, most ambitious effort yet" (The New York Times), a three-and-… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama

11. Gruesome Playground Injuries

By: Rajiv Joseph

3.98

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

The fourth play written by playwright Rajiv Joseph follows the lives of two best friends tumultuous… read more

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12. Dog Sees God

By: None

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

When CB's dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best frien… read more

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13. The Flick

By: Annie Baker

3.98

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In a rundown movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees sweep up popcorn in … read more

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14. Trifles

By: Susan Glaspell

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell. Her short story, "A Jury of Her Peers", was adapted fr… read more

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15. Intimate Apparel - Acting Edition

By: Lynn Nottage

3.65

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

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16. Machinal

By: Sophie Treadwell

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

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17. August: Osage County

By: Tracy Letts

4.29

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent history, August: Osage Countyis a … read more

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18. Indecent

By: Paula Vogel

4.46

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

“Revelatory…As intimate and immediate as a whispered secret. Vogel’s play thrums with music, desire… read more

Similar categories in Paula Vogel's Indecent book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
"I too have lost audience members. Six million have left the theater."

-Paula Vogel, Indecent

"How do we as artists question our sins in front of a greater audience? How do we as Jews show ourselves as flawed and complex human beings?"

-Paula Vogel, Indecent

"God forbid the goyim think ladies who work the street are human beings! God forbid the goyim think that Jewish ladies love each other as human beings!"

-Paula Vogel, Indecent

"As you know, six nights a week we gather together to sing songs we know and love, to dance, to escape our daily lives. But on the seventh night … God created Yiddish theater."

-Paula Vogel, Indecent

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19. The Wolves

By: Sarah DeLappe

4.27

Format: 175 pages, None

Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburba… read more

Similar categories in Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of Dance Nation (Oberon Modern Plays) by Clare Barron

20. Dance Nation (Oberon Modern Plays)

By: Clare Barron

4.22

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

'Maybe this is the year, this is the moment, this is the dance where your lives will start!'Somewhe… read more

Similar categories in Clare Barron's Dance Nation (Oberon Modern Plays) book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of Fate Breaker (Realm Breaker, #3) by Victoria Aveyard

21. Fate Breaker (Realm Breaker, #3)

By: Victoria Aveyard

4.19

Format: 625 pages, Hardcover

A dark fate descends. A shattered alliance must rise. The Companions are torn apart and the real… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Aveyard's Fate Breaker (Realm Breaker, #3) book and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"As in Gidastern, something came over Andry Trelland. Before he knew it, her gloved hand was at his mouth, his lips brushing over her knuckles. She did not pull away, only staring, holding his gaze. F…"

-Victoria Aveyard, Fate Breaker (Realm Breaker, #3)

"All these months, Sigil was a wall behind her, someone to lean on, as close to a trustworthy friend as Sorasa had. After almost losing her in Gidastern, farewell felt like salt in a still-bleeding wo…"

-Victoria Aveyard, Fate Breaker (Realm Breaker, #3)

13 Top plays books like Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman

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Melancholy Play

Sarah Ruhl

4.18

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Reckless - Acting Edition (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

Craig Lucas

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Sweat

Lynn Nottage

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Our Town

Thornton Wilder , Donald Margulies , Tappan Wilder

4.35

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15 Best fiction books like The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

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Constellations

Nick Payne

4.07

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Sweat

Lynn Nottage

4.06

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How I Learned to Drive

Paula Vogel

3.85

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Eurydice

Sarah Ruhl

4.10

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