Wrecks and Other Plays

LaBute's . . . cruel wit and chronicles of immoral moralizers have made him, arguably, the most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today. David Amsden, New York

A tough-minded writer. Michael Kuchwara, The Washington Post

LaBute . . . continues to probe the fascinating dark side of individualism . . . [His] great gift is to live in and to chronicle that murky area of not-knowing, which mankind spends much of its waking life denying. John Lahr, The New Yorker

A playwright [with] an unparalleled ear for dialogue. Jacque Le Sourd, The Journal News

LaBute's . . . cruel wit and chronicles of immoral moralizers have made him, arguably, the most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today. David Amsden, New York

A tough-minded writer. Michael Kuchwara, The Washington Post

LaBute . . . continues to probe the fascinating dark side of individualism . . . [His] great gift is to live in and to chronicle that murky area of not-knowing, which mankind spends much of its waking life denying. John Lahr, The New Yorker

A playwright [with] an unparalleled ear for dialogue. Jacque Le Sourd, The Journal News

LaBute's . . . cruel wit and chronicles of immoral moralizers have made him, arguably, the most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today. --David Amsden, New York

A tough-minded writer. --Michael Kuchwara, The Washington Post

LaBute . . . continues to probe the fascinating dark side of individualism . . . [His] great gift is to live in and to chronicle that murky area of not-knowing, which mankind spends much of its waking life denying. --John Lahr, The New Yorker

A playwright [with] an unparalleled ear for dialogue. --Jacque Le Sourd, The Journal News

Neil LaBute 's most recent works for the stage include Fat Pig (Faber, 2004), which won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off Broadway Play, and Some Girl(s) (Faber, 2006).