Best Play
The Laramie Project / Machinal (tie)
Though The Laramie Project is only two years old and Machinal is pushing ninety, both plays examined various members of the underclass without once condescending to them. Both plays addressed oppression -- the first, against gay people; the second, against poor, unskilled females -- by electrifying the atmosphere in which hatred breeds. And with their dense texts, both proved that pacing is everything.
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