Author: Merritt Abrash

Merritt Abrash was well positioned to write Absurdist Angles on History: Three Plays, thanks to a background in both history and playwriting. His historical expertise centers on areas receiving absurdist treatment in the first two plays: nineteenth century Europe, and the First World War. The third play, “How It All Might Have Ended, ” – about nuclear catastrophe – was professionally produced at the Berkshire Theatre Festival under the title “Postscript.” Abrash, a former fellow at the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, has written on art history, utopian studies and science fiction as well as diplomatic history. Since retiring from teaching, he has published a novel, Mindful of Utopia, with 1st Books Library.