{"product_id":"we-wait-in-joyful-hope-paperback-1","title":"We Wait in Joyful Hope - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Mullin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne wants to restore the image of the Church, gain back the community's trust. And as you know, this part of town has long been resistant to social progress. Otherwise Sister Bernadine wouldn't need to work so hard.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSister Bernie D'Amato doesn't look like a nun. In an oversize Bob Marley T-shirt, she smokes pot, befriends local gangs and passes out condoms to the Ukrainian prostitutes who cruise around their New Jersey slum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the women's shelter Bernie runs comes under threat from a property developer, she vows to fight back, and recruits a teenage X-Factor wannabe and an ageing ex-nun to help. But as pressure mounts on the shelter to take their pay-out and close down, tensions start to mount in a community struggling to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Wait In Joyful Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny and touching exploration of religion and capitalism in contemporary USA. Theatre503 Writer in Residence Brian Mullin delivers a sparkling 'state of the nation' debut drama. This edition is published to coincide with the play's world premiere at Theatre503, London, in May 2016.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Mullin\u003c\/b\u003e, is an American playwright and dramaturg based in London. He is the dramaturg for Babakas Theatre Company whose first production \u003ci\u003eOur Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e toured internationally. Brian's work was developed at the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, Ars Nova and Dixon Place in the United States, before re-located to London in 2009 to attend the MA Writing for Performance course at Goldsmiths. In the UK, his play \u003ci\u003eM4M\u003c\/i\u003e was workshopped in High Tide's Genesis LAB and he received a Mauve New World commission from Ovalhouse\/Pink Fringe to write \u003ci\u003eIt Gets Better.\u003c\/i\u003e He is a former member of the Orange Tree Writers Group and a founding member of international devising company Babakas. As a dramaturg and writing tutor, he has worked at venues including the Arcola, the Tricycle, and the National Theatre's New Views course. He holds degrees in theatre and literature from Yale and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219447464185,"sku":"9781350011489","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Q2JyOVF3M05ldHpmNXhjbDJFS29JZz09_0afbe14b-7702-4c20-8ef7-2cf47ce6ed07.webp?v=1768166218","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/we-wait-in-joyful-hope-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}