Plays and Playwrights 2011 - Softcover

Anthology

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979485258 ISBN 13: 9780979485251

Publisher: The New York Theatre Experience, Inc., 2011

Synopsis

A book of 8 plays produced in the 2010-11 season in New York by emerging playwrights. The plays are representative of the season including comedy, drama, music and much more. So easy to produce. Perfect for the drama student, the drama class and theatres across the country and abroad. The book includes all the information you need for a new production. Here's what's inside.

FAULT LINES by Rebecca Louise Miller
Twenty years after the disappearance of their childhood friend, three women are forced to confront the incident that reshaped their lives.

POST MODERN LIVING by Richard Sheinmel and Clay Zambo
The antidote for soulless synthetic musicals this true-to-life pair of plays with songs tells the tale of a gay downtown performance artist, his mom, her breast cancer, and the spirits that surround us all.

G.I. JOE JARED, BASED ON ONE REALLY BAD DATE by Amy E. Witting
In this delightful one-act, two women realize the importance of friendship through a random blind date, G.I. Joe tarot cards, and a couple of vodka sodas.

LOVE ME by Jason S. Grossman
A sweet comedy about an underachieving writer/ motivational speaker mired in a lifelong love-life slump. Will he ever find love or be eternally controlled by the incessantly critical voice in his head?

HASSAN AND SYLVIA by Manuel Igrejas
A glamorous and mysterious couple draw our hero, a young gay man recovering from the death of his longtime lover, into a spicy soup from which he may or may not emerge unscathed.

FLORIDITA, MY LOVE by Javierantonio González
This darkly comic yet magical play, set on the border crossings between the real and the imaginary, explores the life of one of America's invisible people.

WEST LETHARGY by Stephen Kaliski
Two couples, both stalled on their journeys westward toward California, form a strange new neighborhood in this wildly inventive, surreal comedy.

ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS by Tim Errickson
Sam is finally over Tracy, just as she returns unexpectedly to their quiet beach town. Having faced the past with humor and mercy, now they must look toward the future.

About this title

About the Author

Martin Denton, editor, is the founder of The New York Theatre Experience, Inc., a nonprofit corporation. He is the chief reviewer of nytheatre.com and is the editor of all the books published by the corporation.

Rebecca Louise Miller is an actor and playwright. This is her first play.

Richard Sheinmel is an actor and playwright who has worked in the area for many years. This piece is part of a trilogy he and Clay Zambo have been working on. Clay is a composer and lyricist and his work has also been seen in many venues around the area.

Amy E. Witting is an actor and a playwright. She will be taking this play to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Jason S. Grossman is best known for his work in sketch comedy. He is a playwright, an actor, and a producer.

Manuel Igrejas has written most of his plays after having several different careers, mainly many years as a publicist.

Javierantonio Gonzalez is a playwright and director who was born and grew up in Puerto Rico. He holds a Masters degree in directing from Columbia University.

Stephen Kaliski recently received his Masters Degree in directing from Brooklyn College. This is his second play.

Tim Errickson is founder of Boomerang Theatre Company, is a director and an active participant in the indie theatre community.

Kelly McAllister, writer of the Foreword to this volume, is a playwright whose work has appeared in NYC, across the country and abroad. He works teaching theatre to children of all ages in Denver Colorado where he has lived for several years

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About this edition

• Publisher: The New York Theatre Experience, Inc.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0979485258
• ISBN 13: 9780979485251
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302