• All three parts of this play cycle premiered in 2016 at The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway, in New York City: Hungry in March, What Did You Expect in September, and Women of a Certain Age on November 8 – the night of the 2016 presidential election, which is the topic of the plays.• Selected as a New York Times Critics’ Pick• A play cycle that hinges on the national election, this would do well with political and history-centric audiences, as well as the academic arena.• Nelson is also known for his critically-lauded four-part play cycle The Apple Family plays, with each part revolving around a specific inciting event in American history• Nelson won the 1979 Obie Award for Playwriting for The Vienna Notes• He received the 2000 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for James Joyce's The Dead• Nelson received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award, Master American Dramatist, and the 1990 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play for Some Americans Abroad
