[ChronoGrl]

Catch up on your Shakespeare - FINISH HAMLET AND OTHELLO. Dip into his comedies - "As You Like It" and "Much Ado About Nothing." "Merchant of Venice" is iconic, though not a favorite of mine, and "Titus" is an interesting read if you want to delve into just pure revenge themes (it'll follow up Sophocles' quite well).

If you want to touch on some other "Classics," pull out some FUN Greek plays - Aristophanes: "Lysistrata" is an absolute blast.

Like NE said, you NEED to read Beckett's Waiting for Godot. It's so incredibly canonical that if you're looking to study absurdist theater (and looking at what you enjoy it appears that you are), this is a must.

Yes, Tennessee Williams is an absolute MUST and I think a good companion to Pinter and Sartre at times. "The Glass Menagerie" was the first play that I had ever read to truly move me, and his one acts create amazingly dark and gothic vignettes that can truly haunt you. I was lucky enough a couple of years ago to see a few of his "recently discovered" one acts put on. It was breathtaking.

I know it's been said, but if you love Shakespeare, then you have to read Tom Stoppard (writer of Shakespeare in Love and The 15 Minute Hamlet, among other things).

Also, one of the most moving plays that I read in college was Tony Kushner's "Angels in America." It's a truly brilliant play (and I've heard that the movie is consistent with it and well-done too).