The Best Ten-Minute Plays for Two Actors, 2007 (Contemporary Playwright Series) - Softcover

Foreword By D.L. Lepidus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575255898 ISBN 13: 9781575255897

Publisher: Smith & Kraus, 2008

Synopsis

These terrific and richly varied collections of plays were either produced during the 2007 theatrical season or written expressly for these volumes. Some are by well-known playwrights, but most are from "new voices" in the theater. Also, most of these plays feature characters who are 35 or younger, which we know will appeal to both acting students looking for plays to work on in class and young actors looking for plays to do in showcases.Plays for One Man and One WomanALL IN A DAY'S WORK, M. Lynda Robinson AMERICAN FLAG, Sylvia Reed ARMS, Bekah Brunstetter CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, Ross Maxwell EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, Shannon MurdochFALLOUT, Sheldon W. Senek HEARTBREAKER, Michael Golamco PIE AND THE SKY, Vanessa David PRIZE INSIDE, Peter Hanrahan THE REMOTE, Mark Harvey Levine RIGHT SENSATION, Rich Orloff A RUSH OF WINGS, Mrinalini KanathSOMETIMES ROMEO IS SAD, S

About this title

About the Author:

For over thirty years LAWRENCE HARBISON was in charge of new play acquisition for Samuel French, Inc., during which time he was responsible for the first publication of such 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 on the Mountain, Pump Boys & Dinettes, Little Shop of Horrors and Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down. He is currently Senior Editor for Smith & Kraus, Inc., the nation's largest theatrical trade publisher, for whom he edits annual anthologies of best plays by new playwrights, best ten-minute plays, best monologues for men and for women and best stage scenes. 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. 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.

Review:

This collection presents 30 complete 10-minute plays for one man and one woman, two men, and two women, representing various styles of realism and "nonrealism," by up-and- coming playwrights including Bara Swain, Andrew Biss, Vanessa David, and John Shanahan. Contact information is given for obtaining performance rights. The plays were originally commissioned by the Actors Theater of Louisville. --Book News, August 2008

This collection presents 30 complete 10-minute plays for one man and one woman, two men, and two women, representing various styles of realism and "nonrealism," by up-and- coming playwrights including Bara Swain, Andrew Biss, Vanessa David, and John Shanahan. Contact information is given for obtaining performance rights. The plays were originally commissioned by the Actors Theater of Louisville. --Book News, August 2008

This collection presents 30 complete 10-minute plays for one man and one woman, two men, and two women, representing various styles of realism and "nonrealism," by up-and- coming playwrights including Bara Swain, Andrew Biss, Vanessa David, and John Shanahan. Contact information is given for obtaining performance rights. The plays were originally commissioned by the Actors Theater of Louisville. --Book News, August 2008

About this edition

• Publisher: Smith & Kraus
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1575255898
• ISBN 13: 9781575255897
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Lawrence Harbison