2007: The Best Ten-Minute Plays for 3 or More Actors (Contemporary Playwrights) - Softcover

Lawrence Harbison

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9781575255903: 2007: The Best Ten-Minute Plays for 3 or More Actors (Contemporary Playwrights)

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ISBN 10: 1575255901 ISBN 13: 9781575255903

Publisher: Smith & Kraus, 2008

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These terrific and richly varied collections of plays were either produced during the 2006 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.

A partial list includes:

BLUEBEARD (1M, 2W). George Freek
A BOY A BAT A BALL (3M). Melanie Marnich
BRIGHT, APPLE, CRUSH (2M, 1W). Steven Christopher Yockey
CHARM (2M, 1W). Frederick Stroppel
THE GREAT HELMSMAN (2M, 1W). David Henry Hwang
HEALING(3W). Guy Frederick Glass
IS HOPE DEAD? (2M, 1W) Joe Applegate
THE MAN WHO SHOT SANTA CLAUS (2M, 1W). Carl L. Williams
ONE NIGHT AT YOUR LOCAL SUPERSTORE (2M, 1W). Jenny Lyn Bader
PAST LIVES (1M, 2W). Jenny Lyn Bader
THE PERFECT PROPOSAL (1 M., 2 W) Laura E. Cotton
PLAYTHINGS (2M, 1W) Mark Saunders
SURPRISE (1M, 2F). Mark Harvey Levine
TABLE FOR THREE (2M, 1W). Carl Williams
THIRD WHEEL (1 M., 2 W). Monica Flory
WHO S ON FAUST (3M). Mark Saunders
WORKS IN PROGRESS (3W). Sylvia Reed
THE GIRL S LAST BIG MISTAKE (2M, 2W). Diana Amsterdam
KICKASS LIBRARIAN (2M, 2W) Jason Wilkins
LAUNDROMAT(2M, 2W) Nora Chau
THE NAKED PEOPLE PLAY (2M, 2W. Stacey Lane
RECOGNITION (2M, 2W). William Borden
THE THIRD FIRST BLIND DOUBLE DATE (2M, 2W). Jenny Lynn Bader
EARLY DISMISSAL (5W or 1M, 4W). Vanessa David
THE CAKE WOMEN (1M, 4W). Kevin Six
IF, WHEN, AND ONLY (2M, 3W). Maryann Lesert
THE LONG ARM (4 M, 1W). Estep Nagy
MAGICIAN BEN vs. the WIZARD MERLIN (3M, 3F). Michael Lew
MODEL HOME (2M, 3W). Stephanie Hutchinson
RAIN OF RUIN (3M, 3W). Elaine Romero

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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, Jose 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 three, four, five, and six or more actors, representing various styles of realism and "nonrealism," by contemporary playwrights including Diana Amsterdam, Estep Nagy, and Kevin Six. 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 three, four, five, and six or more actors, representing various styles of realism and "nonrealism," by contemporary playwrights including Diana Amsterdam, Estep Nagy, and Kevin Six. 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 three, four, five, and six or more actors, representing various styles of realism and "nonrealism," by contemporary playwrights including Diana Amsterdam, Estep Nagy, and Kevin Six. Contact information is given for obtaining performance rights. The plays were originally commissioned by the Actors Theater of Louisville. --Book News, August 2008

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