Short Eyes

“An authentic, powerful theatrical piece that tells you more about the anti-universe of prison life than any play outside the work of Jean Genet.” —Jack Kroll, Newsweek

Winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play

This powerful drama of prison life is set in a house of detention where a group of young convicts—predominantly black and Puerto Rican—taunt, fight, insult, an...