PerestroikaSee also Kushner Tony, 263, 268, 288–292.

A Perfect GaneshSee also McNally Terrence, 25, 41, 112, 260, 263, 268, 279–282, 289, 299–303, 309, 318

performance, 9, 19, 22, 36–37, 50, 57, 61, 63, 72, 84, 94, 99, 115–118, 125, 127, 135, 144, 151, 154, 158, 171, 175, 189–190, 260

Piano LessonSee also Wilson August, 41, 236, 252, 262–263

postmodern, 2, 5–6, 11, 13, 15, 17–41, 46, 56, 62–64, 66, 74–75, 77, 84, 89, 93–94, 96–97, 112, 115–117, 125–130, 132–133, 135–136, 139, 155, 158, 168, 170, 175–177, 181–183, 196, 200, 209, 23, 218–219, 224, 257–262, 264–268, 276–280, 284–287, 291–292, 295, 300–303, 309–311, 315–318

poststructuralism, 2, 10, 19–20, 33–38, 258

power, 8, 13, 19, 39, 54, 60, 76, 79, 83, 86, 96, 120, 153, 155, 166, 171–174, 205, 209, 239–240, 249, 261, 301

Pulitzer Prize, 46, 86–87, 178

realism, 1–12, 14, 17–21, 22, 24–27, 34–38, 40, 45–49, 51–53, 57, 59, 61–69, 72, 73, 75, 81, 83, 91–99, 107, 111–116, 134–136, 141–146, 150–153, 155–158, 168–171, 175–178, 182–183, 189, 192–193, 196–198, 202–206, 209–213, 217–218, 220, 222–223, 227, 233–234, 236, 252, 257–258, 261–271, 273, 275–278, 282–283, 285–286, 294, 295–296, 298, 300, 304, 307, 309, 315–317

recognition, 16–21, 29–30, 40, 46, 61–62, 68, 71, 73, 78–79, 102, 118, 129, 132, 167, 177, 196, 202, 205, 206, 208–209, 214, 218, 226, 233–234, 241, 243, 250, 280, 289, 298, 301, 303, 310, 312, 318

reversal, 21, 29, 60, 117, 165, 171–174, 208, 228, 303, 311, 318

Rich, Frank, 112, 114, 128, 136, 138n9, 139n15, 313n2

role, 20–21, 34, 38, 45–47, 57–60, 66, 68–77, 81, 83–84, 120, 126, 154, 170, 175, 222–223, 229, 230, 237, 270, 281, 284, 291, 296, 301, 303, 312, 318

sacred, 104–106, 120, 216, 260, 294

satire, 1, 80, 113

Savran, David, 179, 218, 247

Schneider, Alan, 11, 25, 95

self-image, 161, 163, 243, 248

setting, 1–4, 9, 11, 13, 18, 20, 21–27, 32, 37, 38, 40, 52, 58–61, 63–65, 73, 80, 82–83, 92–95, 97–98, 107, 115–116, 124, 135–136, 145, 156, 158, 173, 182–185, 187, 192–193, 196, 210, 212, 223, 257, 261–262, 269, 272, 276, 279–280, 282, 315–316

sexist, 1, 54, 87, 156, 174

Shepard, Sam, 9, 16, 17, 20–21, 35, 40, 77, 88n11, 181, 182, 184, 196, 202–214, 216n6–9, 316

Six Degrees of SeparationSee also Guare John, 22, 24, 26, 35, 39, 43n10, 93, 96–98, 112–136, 137n4, 298, 318

The Skin of Our TeethSee also Wilder Thornton, 33, 269, 273, 276, 282