The Best 10-Minute Plays for Three or More Actors 2008 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1575257106 ISBN 13: 9781575257105

Casa editrice: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc, 2009

Riassunto

Presents a collection of ten-minute plays taken from a variety of theaters across the United States.

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L'autore:

For over thirty years Lawrence Harbison was in charge of new play acquisition for Samuel French, Inc., during which time his work on behalf of playwrights resulted in the first publication of such subsequent luminaries as Jane Martin, Don Nigro, Tina Howe, Theresa Rebeck, José Rivera, William Mastrosimone, Charles Fuller, and Ken Ludwig, among many others; and the acquisition of musicals such as Smoke of the Mountain, A...My Name Is Alice, Little Shop of Horrors and Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down. He is a now a free-lance editor, primarily for Smith and Kraus, Inc., for whom he edits annual anthologies of best plays by new playwrights and women playwrights, best ten-minute plays and best monologues and scenes for men and for women. For many years he wrote a weekly column on his adventures in the theater for two Manhattan Newspapers, the Chelsea Clinton News and The Westsider. His new column, On the Aisle with Larry, is a weekly feature at the Smith and Kraus website.He works with individual playwrights to help them develop their plays (visit Lawrence's website for details). He has also served as literary manager or literary consultant for several theatres, such as Urban Stages and American Jewish Theatre. He is a member of the NYC press corps and is an Outer Critics Circle member. He has served many times over the years as a judge and commentator for various national play contests and lectures regularly at colleges and universities. He holds a B.A. from Kenyon College and an M.A. from the University of Michigan.He is currently working on a book, Masters of the Contemporary American Drama.

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The hottest collection of 10-minute plays by American playwrights for 2009, The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2008 for 3 or More Actors is part of the essential 2-book set for producers looking for high-quality plays and professors who need relevant and engaging material for their class work. Lawrence Harbison has assembled the most compelling comedies, dramas, fantasies, and mysteries of the year a chronicle of what this year's playwrights had to say about the world around them.Plays for Two Men and One Woman The Adventures of . . . by Kathleen Warnock Antarctica by George Freek How to Survive in Corporate America (A Manual in Eight Steps) by Ian August In the Trap by Carl L. Williams Moon Man by Jami Brandli October People by Mark Lambeck The Other Shoe by Lisa Soland The Perfect Red by Paola Soto Hornbuckle Squalor by Gina Gionfriddo Three Turkeys Waiting for Corncobs by Don Nigro To Darfur by Erik Christian Hanson Whatever Happened to Finger Painting, Animal Crackers, and Afternoon Naps? by Nora Chau Plays for One Man and Two Women The Answer by Vanessa David Do-Overs by Larry Hamm Gloom, Doom, and Soul-Crushing Misery by Robin Rice Lichtig The Growth by Chris Shaw Swanson Measuring Matthew by Patrick Gabridge Night Terrors by Wendy MacLeod Zachary Zwillinger Eats People by Lauren D. Yee Plays for Three Women The Baby War by Laura Cotton Sexual Perversity in Connecticut by Mike Folie Sister Snell by Mark Troy Plays for Three Men Current Season by Vanessa David The Title Fight by Ian August Plays for Two Men and Two Women Intervention by Mark Lambeck Plays for Three Men and One Woman Guys, Only Guys! by Jerome Parisse Plays for Two Men and Three Women The Birthday Knife by Jerome Parisse Plays for Three Men and Three Women Cabfare for the Common Man by Mark Harvey Levine Plays for Four Men and One Woman A Case of Anxiety by Mark Harvey Levine Fear of Spheres by Lisa Loomer

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• Editore: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1575257106
• ISBN 13: 9781575257105
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 257
• Redattore: Harbison Lawrence