Perseus Academic: Lascivious Something/Roadkill Confidential/That Pretty Pretty; Or, the Rape Play by Sheila Callaghan

Praise for Sheila Callaghan

[Callaghan] push(es) her audience's buttons with an aggressive treatment of some of the darker corners of the human psyche. — The New York Times

Sheila Callaghan seems to have put third-wave feminism, Gen-Y gender confusion and macho writerly clichés in a blender set to high speed. — TimeOut New York

[Callaghan's] plays defy categorization. They are sexy, punky, smart, sophisticated, literate, edgy, tightly woven, big, crass, witty, exquisite. They swell with moments of the unreal but never let go of a narrative thread. They expand and contract to underscore everyday grit and epic ache. — American Theater

Post-feminist punk incursions into the poetic turf of early Sam Shepard. — LA Weekly

Callaghan has a keen sense of language as an act of aggression. — Los Angeles Times

[Callaghan's] playful sense of language and her attunement to her characters are enthralling. — TimeOut Chicago