Playwrights' Center Monologues for Women, The - Softcover

Gandrow, Kristen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0325007411 ISBN 13: 9780325007410

Publisher: Heinemann Drama, 2005

Synopsis

Polly Carl and Kristen Gandrow have assembled a broad range of monologues that reflect the diverse aesthetics represented by Center member playwrights.

About this title

About the Author:

Kristen Gandrow is Director of New Play Development for the Playwrights' Center. She's been a dramaturg for festivals and productions throughout the country and Off-Broadway. She received an MA in creative nonfiction and an MFA in dramaturgy from the University of Iowa, where she participated in its Playwrights Workshop.Polly K. Carl is Producing Artistic Director for the Playwrights' Center, where she oversees artistic programming, community and institutional development, and organizational finances. She has been with the Center for six years and received a PhD in Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society from the University of Minnesota.

Review:

"Anyone looking for the next generation of American playwrights should have this book on their desk - open. The variety and vitality of theatrical writing in this impressive volume bespeak a healthy and happy future for the American theater. Thank you to the Playwrights Center for bringing us these exciting new voices."-Michael Bigelow Dixon, Literary Manager, the Guthrie Theatre

"A splendid collection by some of the sharpest and smartest writers of new theater in the United States."-Mac Wellman

"This volume boasts an embarrassment of riches - true gems from the most exctiing voices in the American theater today, making what you now hold in your hands a national treasure."-Liz Engelman, Coeditor, New Monologues for Women by Women

?A splendid collection by some of the sharpest and smartest writers of new theater in the United States.?-Mac Wellman

?This volume boasts an embarrassment of riches - true gems from the most exctiing voices in the American theater today, making what you now hold in your hands a national treasure.?-Liz Engelman, Coeditor, New Monologues for Women by Women

?Anyone looking for the next generation of American playwrights should have this book on their desk - open. The variety and vitality of theatrical writing in this impressive volume bespeak a healthy and happy future for the American theater. Thank you to the Playwrights Center for bringing us these exciting new voices.?-Michael Bigelow Dixon, Literary Manager, the Guthrie Theatre

-This volume boasts an embarrassment of riches - true gems from the most exctiing voices in the American theater today, making what you now hold in your hands a national treasure.--Liz Engelman, Coeditor, New Monologues for Women by Women

-A splendid collection by some of the sharpest and smartest writers of new theater in the United States.--Mac Wellman

-Anyone looking for the next generation of American playwrights should have this book on their desk - open. The variety and vitality of theatrical writing in this impressive volume bespeak a healthy and happy future for the American theater. Thank you to the Playwrights Center for bringing us these exciting new voices.--Michael Bigelow Dixon, Literary Manager, the Guthrie Theatre

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann Drama
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0325007411
• ISBN 13: 9780325007410
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Carl Polly