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Author : Jeffrey Eric Jenkins
Publisher :
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 26,94 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780879103286
Author : John Patrick Bray
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 27,48 MB
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1493055933
Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Paula Vogel once said that theater helps us learn how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable with each other. Revolving around the theme of "this is who we are," the one-act plays in this latest edition of the Best American Short Plays series (now in its ninth decade) explore the thoughtful ways in which playwrights are wrestling to make sense of our world today. The selected plays reflect how we perform our identities (private and public) and how we negotiate who we are with others who often have different perspectives, perspectives that make us uncomfortable. The theme of this collection is topical and apt—as our country continues to shore up its borders along party lines, from pride parades to strict abortion laws, from inclusivity in education curricula to children in detention centers at the US–Mexico border. Each of the plays presents a clear reflection of who we are (and who we aspire to be) as individuals and as a nation. The styles of the plays also reflect different approaches to storytelling: two characters, four characters, a single setting, multiple settings, or a utopian "nowhere." The rich and compelling characters try to work out their differences and overcome obstacles using humor and a sense of magic that comes with simple moments of human connection. This is who we are: people who are grappling with the desire to be understood, the hope to be loved and accepted, and to allow that hope to shape a larger sense of who we could be if we continue to work and listen.
Author : William Inge
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 20,60 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780822208921
THE STORY: The play takes place on Labor day Weekend in the joint backyards of two middle-aged widows. The one house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives there with her two maturing daughters, Madge and Millie, and a boarder who is a spinster school tea
Author : Michael Billington
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 14,26 MB
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1783350326
Having surveyed post-war British drama in State of the Nation, Michael Billington now looks at the global picture. In this provocative and challenging new book, he offers his highly personal selection of the 100 greatest plays ranging from the Greeks to the present-day. But his book is no mere list. Billington justifies his choices in extended essays- and even occasional dialogues- that put the plays in context, explain their significance and trace their performance history. In the end, it's a book that poses an infinite number of questions. What makes a great play? Does the definition change with time and circumstance? Or are certain common factors visible down the ages? It's safe to say that it's a book that, in revising the accepted canon, is bound to stimulate passionate argument and debate. Everyone will have strong views on Billington's chosen hundred and will be inspired to make their own selections. But, coming from Britain's longest-serving theatre critic, these essays are the product of a lifetime spent watching and reading plays and record the adventures of a soul amongst masterpieces.
Author : Elie Wiesel
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 17,8 MB
Release : 1995-11-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0805210539
The Trial of God (as it was held on February 25, 1649, in Shamgorod) A Play by Elie Wiesel Translated by Marion Wiesel Introduction by Robert McAfee Brown Afterword by Matthew Fox Where is God when innocent human beings suffer? This drama lays bare the most vexing questions confronting the moral imagination. Set in a Ukranian village in the year 1649, this haunting play takes place in the aftermath of a pogrom. Only two Jews, Berish the innkeeper and his daughter Hannah, have survived the brutal Cossack raids. When three itinerant actors arrive in town to perform a Purim play, Berish demands that they stage a mock trial of God instead, indicting Him for His silence in the face of evil. Berish, a latter-day Job, is ready to take on the role of prosecutor. But who will defend God? A mysterious stranger named Sam, who seems oddly familiar to everyone present, shows up just in time to volunteer. The idea for this play came from an event that Elie Wiesel witnessed as a boy in Auschwitz: “Three rabbis—all erudite and pious men—decided one evening to indict God for allowing His children to be massacred. I remember: I was there, and I felt like crying. But there nobody cried.” Inspired and challenged by this play, Christian theologians Robert McAfee Brown and Matthew Fox, in a new Introduction and Afterword, join Elie Wiesel in the search for faith in a world where God is silent.
Author :
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 11,83 MB
Release : 2006-06
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0595397263
It's About Forgiveness by Albi Gorn. A delightful comedy about a man who seeks out his wife in heaven to ask for forgiveness. When The Cherry Blossoms Bloom by Steven A. Shapiro. Two joggers who meet in a park breathe life into each other's lives. Do Us Part by Alan Lutwin. Sometimes forgetfulness can be the best tonic for soothing the stress of a long-term relationship. Love-This Game Is Real by Tremane Hickman. A poetic story about a girl and a guy anxiously waiting to play the game of love without getting played. Cause And Regret Loss Of Sanity by Frank Tamez. A woman at a Bus Stop contemplates regret and guilt while life interjects in this surreal world of love, loss and lust. Other plays include: About The Rabbits by Frank O'Donnell; Summer's Time by Michael Alvarez; Virgin Rock by Kevin Christopher Snipes; Loyal Companion by Joseph Wohlgemuth; The Upside Down Mirror by Emanuel Fleischmann; Protect The Crotch by Tim J. MacMillan; Madrid by Paul M. Buzinski; Requiem For A Life by Tony Macy-Perez; Fun On The Bayou by Vivian Neuwirth; Grave Concerns by Susan E. Sneeringer; Cut Short by Jonathan Zungre; The ABC Slump by Ernest Curcio; and many more!
Author : Roger Ellis
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,82 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Acting
ISBN : 9780916230937
An anthology of monologues and dialogues for men and women, selected from American plays professionally produced within the past ten years.
Author : Arthur Miller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Traffic accident victims
ISBN : 1474256546
"Lyman Felt is hospitalized after a serious car accident and two women claiming to be his wife meet by his side. Caught in a web of lies between two families both looking for an explanation, Lyman's reasons for his deceitfulness shed new light on old memories and replace deception with the unavoidable, aching truth."--Back cover.
Author : Barbara Parisi
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 47,16 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781557837509
A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.
Author : Burns Mantle
Publisher :
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 47,80 MB
Release : 1927
Category : American drama
ISBN :