<DIV><BR><P>"<I>After the Revolution</I> is a smart, funny and provocative play. . . . Herzog deftly avoids simple-minded polemics in favor of richly detailed people who are as ready to examine their relationships as they are their consciences."?<I>Variety</I></P><BR><P>"A funny, moving new play . . . <I>4000 Miles</I> is a quiet meditation on mortality. But it's hardly a downer: Ms. Herzog's altogether wonderful drama also illuminates how companionship can make life meaningful, moment by moment, in death's discomforting shadow."?<I>The New York Times</I></P><BR><P>Known for delicately detailed character studies that subtly balance humor and insight, Amy Herzog is swiftly emerging as a striking new voice in the American theater. <I>After the Revolution</I>, an astute and ironic drama about how society appropriates history for its own psychological needs, was heralded by <I>The New York Times</I> as one of the Ten Best New Plays of 2010. Herzog's other critical hit, <I>4000 Miles</I>, is a quiet rumination on mortality in which twenty-one-year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty ninety-one-year-old grandmother Vera in her New York apartment.</P><BR><P><B>Amy Herzog</B> received the 2011 Whiting Writers' Award and the 2008 Helen Merrill Award for Aspiring Playwrights. Her plays have been produced or developed at the Yale School of Drama, Ensemble Studio Theater, Arena Stage, Lincoln Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, New York Stage and Film, Provincetown Playhouse, and ACT in San Francisco. Her newest play, <I>Belleville</I>, premiered at Yale Rep in fall 2011.</P><BR></DIV>