... as he has remarked,John Guare CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS Beginning in the cafés, lofts and small spaces of Off-Off-Broadway,and continuing in the Off-Broadway and regional theatres of ... Inthis study Christopher Bigsby explores the works and influences often contemporary American playwrights: John Guare, Tina Howe, Tony Kushner, Emily Mann, Richard Nelson, Marsha Norman,David Rabe, ... the pontiff. Into this scene intrude Billy Einhorn, Artie’sone-time friend and now a Hollywood producer, and his twenty-two-year-old girlfriend, Corrinna Stroller. Artie’s son, Ronnie, meanwhile,plans...