<div><p>&quot;It's easy to see what brings actors back [to Mednick's work]. It's the rhythms, the wonderfully tortured characters, the dialogue that begs an actor to tease out the nuance in the lyrical poetry.&quot;Anthony Byrnes, KCRW &quot;Behind the Curtain,&quot; from the introduction</p><p>Four new plays from the Off-Off Broadway pioneer and Obie-award winner Murray Mednick, including the fifteenth-century historical tragicomedy<i>Villon</i>, reveal a master at the top of his game.</p></div>