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June XX, 2014 dmcmillan@tcg.org

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New from TCG Books:

Gnit by Will Eno

NEW YORK, NY – Theatre Communications Group

(TCG) is pleased to announce the publication of Gnit
by Will Eno. A bold adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s
classic Peer Gynt, Gnit enjoyed its world premiere at
Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2013, as part of the
Humana Festival of New American Plays.

“The marvel of [Mr. Eno’s] new version is how closely

it tracks the original while also being, at every
moment and unmistakably, a Will Eno play… After
climbing the craggy peaks of Ibsen’s daunting play,
Mr. Eno has brought down from its dizzying heights a
surprisingly crowd-pleasing (if still-strange) work.”
― Charles Isherwood, New York Times

Peter Gnit, a funny enough, but so-so specimen of

humanity, makes a lifetime of bad decisions on the search
for his True Self. This is a rollicking yet cautionary tale
about (among other things) how the opposite of love is
laziness. Gnit is a faithful, unfaithful and willfully
American misreading of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt (a nineteenth-
century Norwegian play), written by Will Eno, who has
never been to Norway.

“If ever a play made me want to be a better person, this is it.”

― Bob Fischbach, Omaha World-Herald

Will Eno’s most recent plays include The Open House (Signature Theatre, New York, 2014; Obie
Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play) and The Realistic Joneses (Yale Repertory Theatre,
New Haven, 2012; Broadway, 2014). His play Middletown received the Horton Foote Prize and Thom
Pain (based on nothing) was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. Mr. Eno lives in Brooklyn.
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Gnit
by Will Eno
Paperback 72 pages
$13.95 978-1-55936-477-5
eBook 978-1-55936-789-9
July 2014

Other titles by Will Eno, available from TCG:

The Flu Season and Other Plays

978-1-55936-291-7 Paperback
978-1-55936-766-0 eBook
$14.95

Thom Pain (based on nothing)

978-1-55936-275-7 Paperback
978-1-55936-764-6 eBook
$13.95

Middletown
978-1-55936-380-8 Paperback
978-1-55936-765-3 eBook
$14.95

The Realistic Joneses (forthcoming)

978-1-55936-474-4 Paperback
978-1-55936-792-9 eBook
$14.95

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www.tcg.org. For postage and handling, please add $6.50 for the first book and $1.00 for each additional
copy.

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