Three darkly brilliant one-act plays, unflinching portraits of the evils present in everyday life, first performed in 1999.

Reasons to Be Pretty
Nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play, Reasons to Be Pretty explores love, language, and power with fresh wit and insight. 'Neil LaBute at his best. It says things about love and betrayal that are rarely put on stage... The play has the mesmerizing nastiness that has made LaBute one of the most provocative theatrical figures of the last decade. Yet it also contains an unexpected element: a beating heart.'

Reasons to Be Happy
Now collected with its sequel, which follows the same four lovable characters - 'A richly entertaining fragment of tragicomedy... a quick survey of American masculinity in crisis.'

If I Needed Someone
A drunken first date turns into an acutely observed dance of desire, expectation, and consent. 'Despite misunderstandings, misperceptions, and nerves, and despite the insecurities and past hurts it opens up for both characters, If I Needed Someone is the kind of first date that people seeking love dream of.'

How to Fight Loneliness
A married couple calls in a third man to help them make a desperate decision, in this compelling and unsettling drama. 'A play that will make you consider your own sense of mortality... starkly devastating.'

Pages: 432, Dimensions: 12.6x12.6cm