New York Theater Review 2007
Author: Brook Stowe
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2007-03-01
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 0615143075
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Selection of essays and plays.
Lanterna Rally
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Dying City
Author: Christopher Shinn
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2014-02-13
Total Pages: 65
ISBN-13: 1472537939
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A dissection of the impact on society of the war in Iraq When one man goes to war he leaves the city, his wife and brother. A year later only the wife and brother remain. Christopher Shinn's new play asks what happens when people and events apparently thousands of miles away affect the heart and soul of a city.'Christopher Shinn's clever, intricately calculated and quietly moving new play" Daily Telegraph'Subtle, insinuating, beautifully written new play' Whatsonstage'an impressive analysis of the collective American psyche rooted in details of real family life' Guardian
Master Class
Author: Terrence McNally
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780822215219
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →THE STORY: Maria Callas is teaching a master class in front of an audience (us). She's glamorous, commanding, larger than life--and drop-dead funny. An accompanist sits at the piano. Callas' first victim is Sophie, a ridiculous, overly-perky soprano, dre
Scenes from an Execution
Author: Howard Barker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-08-24
Total Pages: 81
ISBN-13: 184943557X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Commissioned to paint a vast canvas celebrating the triumphant Battle of Lepanto, the free-spirited Galactia creates instead a breathtaking scene of war-torn carnage. In her fierce determination to stay true to herself, she alienates the authorities and faces incarceration. Her younger lover Carpeta is approached to take over and seizes the assignment for himself. Howard Barker's Scenes from an Execution makes sixteenth-century Venice the setting for a fearless exploration of sexual politics and the timeless tension between personal ambition and moral responsibility, between the patron's demands and the artist's autonomy. Art is opinion, and opinion is the source of all authority. This edition includes a new essay by Howard Barker, entitled The Sunless Garden of the Unconsolled: Some Destinations Beyond Catastrophe
A Feminine Ending
Author: Sarah Treem
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 057365235X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Full Length, Dark Comedy 3m., 2f. Various, Unit set Amanda, twenty-five, wants to be a great composer. But at the moment, she's living in New York City and writing advertising jingles to pay the rent while her fianc , Jack, pursues his singing career. So when Amanda's mother, Kim, calls one evening from New Hampshire and asks for her help with something she can't discuss over the phone, Amanda is only too happy to leave New York. Once home, Kim reveals that she's leaving Amanda's father and
Office Hour
Author: Julia Cho
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Published: 2018-12-06
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 0822238616
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gina was warned that one of her students would be a problem. Eighteen years old and strikingly odd, Dennis writes violently obscene work clearly intended to unsettle those around him. Determined to know whether he’s a real threat, Gina compels Dennis to attend her office hours. But as the clock ticks down, Gina realizes that “good” versus “bad” is nothing more than a convenient illusion, and that the isolated young student in her office has learned one thing above all else: For the powerless, the ability to terrify others is powerful indeed.
Blackbird
Author: David Harrower
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9780822222514
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →THE STORY: This intense work was commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival, where it received its world premiere. Two people who once had a passionate affair meet again fifteen years later. Ray is confronted with his past when Una arrive
Killer Joe
Author: Tracy Letts
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Published: 2014-06-02
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 155936758X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"One of the best American plays of the past quarter century." - Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal "An immensely entertaining pop artifact. Written with neon-lit flamboyance." - Vincent Canby, New York Times "A brilliant play. A major theatrical event." - Michael Billington, Guardian “A visceral theatre experience of the highest order. For those who like their theatre strong, not tepid, it's immensely gratifying.” –Backstage The Smith family hatch a plan to murder their estranged matriarch for her insurance money and hire Killer Joe Cooper, a police detective and part-time contract killer, to do the job. Once he enters the trailer, their simple plan spirals out of control. Letts’s unforgettable first play is “a tense, gut-twisting thriller ride” and has been performed in fifteen countries in twelve languages (Chicago Tribune). The film adaptation, released in 2011 and starring Matthew McConaghey, is “written with merciless black humor…one hell of a movie” (Roger Ebert). Tracy Letts was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for August: Osage County, which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 2007 before playing Broadway, London's National Theatre, and a forty-week US tour. Other plays include Pulitzer Prize finalist Man from Nebraska; Killer Joe, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed film; and Bug, which has played in New York, Chicago, and London and was adapted into a film. Letts is an ensemble member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company and garnered a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The Chinese Lady
Author: Lloyd Suh
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 0822239906
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Afong Moy is fourteen years old when she’s brought to the United States from Guangzhou Province in 1834. Allegedly the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil, she has been put on display for the American public as “The Chinese Lady.” For the next half-century, she performs for curious white people, showing them how she eats, what she wears, and the highlight of the event: how she walks with bound feet. As the decades wear on, her celebrated sideshow comes to define and challenge her very sense of identity. Inspired by the true story of Afong Moy’s life, THE CHINESE LADY is a dark, poetic, yet whimsical portrait of America through the eyes of a young Chinese woman.
Hoodoo Love
Author: Katori Hall
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 0822222957
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Up-and-coming dramatist Rajiv Joseph is an artist of original talent. --NY Times. Irresistibly odd and exciting...This darkly humorous drama is Rajiv Joseph's most satisfying work. --NY Daily News. This wondrous strange two-hander finds as much humor as
