The American Dream: The story of one of America s most dysfunctional families it is a ferocious uproarious attack on the substitution of artifical values for the real values- a startling tale of murder and morality that rocks middle-class ethics to its complacent foundations. The Zoo Story: A harrowing depiction of a young man alienated from the human race- a searing story of loneliness and the desperate need for recognition that builds to a violent shattering climax. Together these plays show men and women at their most hilarious heartbreaking and above all human.