# Is "A Bright Room Called Day" by Tony Kushner a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner (Broadway Play Publishing, 1994) is identified by: Broadway Play Publishing published the acting edition (ISBN 0881456314); Theatre Communications Group also carried the play in the early-to-mid 1990s. Precedence between the Broadway Play Publishing acting edition and the Theatre Communications Group text is not cleanly established from available sources; sources give the BPPI edition dates variously around 1991 and 1994.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Issued in wrappers
- Broadway Play Publishing published the acting edition (ISBN 0881456314)
- Theatre Communications Group also carried the play in the early-to-mid 1990s
- Both are softcover playtexts
- Publisher imprint reads Broadway Play Publishing
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Tony Kushner |
| Publisher | Broadway Play Publishing |
| Year | 1994 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Issued in wrappers |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Issued in wrappers. Broadway Play Publishing published the acting edition (ISBN 0881456314); Theatre Communications Group also carried the play in the early-to-mid 1990s. Both are softcover playtexts.

## Is this the true first?
Precedence between the Broadway Play Publishing acting edition and the Theatre Communications Group text is not cleanly established from available sources; sources give the BPPI edition dates variously around 1991 and 1994. Treat the exact first-issue publisher and year as unresolved and verify the copyright/printing statement on the physical copy before relying on precedence.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *A Bright Room Called Day* by Tony Kushner a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/a-bright-room-called-day
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.