In Dirty Story "a couple of sadomasochistic writers fight over rights to their New York City loft, in this sexy satire of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

In the "wickedly dark comedy" Where's My Money?, Shanley "takes on marriage, infidelity and divorce lawyers.

In Sailor Song, "love becomes an act of courage in this seaside romance — salted with Johann Strauss' famous waltzes — about the certainty of death, the brevity of youth, and the importance of now."

Shanley's Doubt won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play, and was chosen as best play of the year by over 10 major newspapers and magazines. TCG Book's edition of Doubt is currently in its eighth printing, with more than 50,000 books in print. Shanley's other plays include Defiance, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Four Dogs and a Bone, Psychopathia Sexualis and Savage Limbo. He has written extensively for TV and film, including "Moonstruck," for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

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