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As many of you know, I edit anthologies for the theatrical trade publisher Smith and Kraus, Inc. You can get a Special Playfixer Discount of 10% on all books edited by me, and by my colleague DL Lepidus, by calling the Smith and Kraus Order Dept. (877) 668-8680, using CODE LH01. For a complete list of my books, and those of DL Lepidus, go to www.smithandkraus.com.

Here are some of my recent anthologies:

THE BEST MEN’S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2014.
Edited by Lawrence Harbison.

A terrific collection of monologues for men from plays published or produced during the 2013-2014 theatre season. Playwrights include: Terrence McNally, Joshua Harmon, Merridith Allen, Beau Willimon, Tracey Scott Wilson, Tanya Barfield, Anna Ziegler, Will Power, Don Nigro, Jane Martin, Sherry Kramer, Marisa Smith, Lucas Hnath, Rajiv Joseph, Charles Fuller, Mark St. Germain, Emily Mann, Sharr White, Bruce Graham, Dominique Morisseau, Steven Levenson, Kenneth Lin and Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. $14.95

THE BEST WOMEN’S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2014.
Edited by Lawrence Harbison.

A terrific collection of monologues for  men from plays published or produced during the 2013-2014 theatre season. Playwrights include: Lucas Hnath, Terrence McNally, Theresa Rebeck, Don Nigro, Joshua Harmon, Steven Levinson, Merridith Allen, Rosary O’Neill, Madeline George, Jane Martin, Chad Beguelin, Sherry Kramer, Halley Feiffer, Beth Henley, Bekah Brunstetter, Anne Washburn, Lisa Loomer, Brooke Berman, Jennifer O’Grady, Steven Dietz, Sharr White, Charles Busch, Kenneth Lin and Eric Dufault. $14.95

THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS 2014.
Edited by Lawrence Harbison.

50 plays produced during the 2013-2014 theatre season. Playwrights include: Don Nigro, Bekah Brunstetter, Katie Thayer, Emily Schwend, Matt Henderson, Sharon E. Cooper, Jon Spano, James E. Marlowe, Ryan Dowler, Maura Campbell, John McKinney, Greg Kotis, Mayank Keshaviah, Nina Mansfield, Sherry Kramer, Regina Taylor, Bruce Graham, CJ Ehrlich, David Bar Katz, Joe Calarco, Jenny Lynn Bader, Crystal Skillman, Eric Dufault and J. Thalia Cunningham. $24.95

2013 NEW PLAYWRIGHTS: The Best Plays.
Edited by Lawrence Harbison. Introduction by Sharr White

Contents:

BETHANY by Laura Marks
DETROIT by Lisa D’Amour
HONKY by Greg Kalleres
PALOMA by Anne García-Romero
THE NORWEGIANS by C. Denby Swanson
THE VANDAL by Hamish Linklater
WILD WITH HAPPY by Colman Domingo

$24.95

2013 THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS.
Edited by Lawrence Harbison

Contains 50 10-minute plays by veterans such as Don Nigro, Lisa Soland, Carlos Murillo, Saviana Stanescu and Wendy MacLeod, and terrific plays by exciting new playwrights you’ve probably never heard of who no doubt will become far better known when their full-length plays start getting produced by major theatres, playwrights such as C.S. Hanson, Kimberly Pau, Megan Lohne, John McKinney, Jeffrey Strausser and Mayank Keshaviah.

$24.95

THE BEST WOMEN’S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2013.
Edited by Lawrence Harbison

100 monologues from plays produced or published during the 2012-13 theatre season. Several are by playwrights whose work may be familiar to you, such as Don Nigro, Theresa Rebeck, David Mamet, Nilo Cruz, David Ives and Christopher Durang; others are by exciting up-and-comers such as Nicole Pandolfo, Adam Cunningham, Greg Pierce, Colman Domingo, Sharon Goldner, Begonya Plaza, Paul Downs Colaizzo and Greg Kalleres.
 

$14.95

THE BEST MEN’S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2013. Edited by Lawrence Harbison

100 monologues from plays produced or published during the 2012-13 theatre season. Several are by playwrights whose work may be familiar to you, such as Don Nigro, Theresa Rebeck, Jeffrey Sweet, Nilo Cruz, Keith Reddin, Willliam Mastrosimone, Terrence McNally and Christopher Durang; others are by exciting up-and-comers such as Nicole Pandolfo, Adam Cunningham, Colman Domingo, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Ike Holter, Michael Rabe, Paul Downs Colaizzo and Greg Kalleres.
 

$14.95

2012 NEW PLAYWRIGHTS: THE BEST PLAYS. $24.95. Edited by Lawrence Harbison. Introduction by Kate Fodor. Contents:

AFTER by Chad Beckim. How does  man re-enter the world after being released from prison after serving 17 years for a crime he did not commit? “Probes the wounded psyche of its central character with an admirably gentle touch.” – NY Times. Produced in NYC by Partial Comfort Productions.

BAKERSFIELD MIST by Stephen Sachs. An unemployed bartender living in a trailer park believes the painting she bought at a thrift store for $3 is really an undiscovered Jackson Pollock, worth millions. She just might have hit the jackpot; but first she has to have it authenticated by a snooty art expert from New York. Sachs' play touches chords from the profoundly personal to the intensely intellectual – a perfect marriage of emotion and ideas that is rare indeed." – L.A. Times. Produced by the Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles.

CQ/CX by Gabe McKinley. A hotshot young NY Times reporter is caught plagiarzing and fabricating stories in this gripping drama based on a true story. “A cautionary tale of ambition, deception and hubris.” – NY Times. Produced in NYC by Atlantic Theatre Co.

THE INVESTED by Sharyn Rothstein.  Catherine Murdoch, a very successful wealth manager, has been passed over for the top job at her firm, which has been given to a man  who, she begins to suspect, might be involved in financial skullduggery which will make the firm a fortune but screw her clients. “A knowing, deliciously mean, and smartly plotted play on the up-to-the-minute subject of high-finance corruption and betrayal.” – Theatremania.

MILK LIKE SUGAR by Kirsten Greenidge. Three black teenaged girls make a pact to see who can get pregnant first in this incisive look at a contemporary American Lost Generation. “Delivers piercing glimpses of the way underachievement and unhappiness are passed down from generation to generation.” – NY Times. Produced in NYC by the Women’s Project and Playwrights Horizons. Winner, 2012 Obie Award.

THE NAVIGATOR by Eddie Antar. While driving to a job interview, a man starts receiving instructions on what life choices to make from his GPS, and she is always right. “The economy meets auto technology meets the supernatural in Eddie Antar’s comedy The Navigator, and the play largely cruises in entertainingly high gear.” -- NY Times. Produced in NYC by the Workshop Theatre.

THE TALLS by Anna Kerrigan. A coming-of-age comedy about a teenaged girl, set in Oakland CA in 1970. “Filled with insight and authenticity, along with clever surprises.” –NY Daily News. Produced in NYC by Second Stage Uptown.

2012 THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS. $24.95. Edited by Lawrence Harbison. This latest in Smith & Kraus’ popular annual series contains 50 plays by masters of the 10-minute form such as Don Nigro, Jon Spano, Richard Vetere, Suzanne Bradbeer, Bekah Brunstetter, C.S. Hanson, Mark Harvey Levine and Jenny Lyn Bader – all produced during the 2011-2012 theatre season, as well as a comprehensive list of producers of 10-minute plays!

2012. THE BEST MEN’S STAGE SCENES. Edited by Lawrence Harbison. 14.95. Contains 60 monologues and 15 scenes for men in a wide variety of styles, from plays produced during the 2011-2012 theatre season, by our finest playwrights. Perfect for auditions and classroom use.

2012. THE BEST WOMEN’S STAGE SCENES. Edited by Lawrence Harbison. 14.95. Contains 60 monologues and 15 scenes for women in a wide variety of styles, from plays produced during the 2011-2012 theatre season, by our finest playwrights. Perfect for auditions and classroom use.

NEW PLAYWRIGHTS: THE BEST PLAYS OF 2011.

My latest in this series, with an Introduction by Adam Bock.  $24.99

Contents:

BACHELORETTE. Leslye Headland. The fur flies during a bachelorette party in a hotel suite. Produced in NYC by Second Stage. "A vivid and entertaining play, as witheringly funny as it is bitterly sad." NY Times.

BE GOOD LITTLE WIDOW. Bekah Brunstetter. In this touching play a young wife loses her husband in a plane crash and must cope with her grief. Produced in NYC by Ars Nova. "Bekah Brunstetter writes fresh, unfussy dialogue and characters who earn their laughs and emotional moments by honest means." NY Times.

A BRIGHT NEW BOISE. Samuel D. Hunter. A wayward father seeks to reconnect with the son he's never known and to rebuild his life after becoming ensnared in a religious cult, in this poignant Obie Award-winning and Drama Desk Award-nominated new play produced in NYC by Partial Comfort Productions. "A quietly affecting drama that delves into the always thorny issues of faith, forgiveness, and second chances with great eloquence and compassion." Theatremania.

NOW CIRCA THEN. Carly Mensch. A humorous look at the world of historical re-enactors, set in the Tenement Museum in NYC. Produced by Ars Nova. "Thoroughly charming." Variety. "Brilliant." Theatremania.

THINNER THAN WATER. Melissa Ross. Three contentious half-siblings cope with the imminent death of their father in this wonderful comedy produced in NYC by LaByrinth Theatre Co. "In her debut production, Ms. Ross shows a deft balance of generosity and toughness toward her characters, tempering the raw moments with humor."  NY Times.

THE WHIPPING MAN. Matthew Lopez. The Civil War has just ended and a wounded Confederate soldier makes it home only to find that home is a burnt-out shell inhabited only by one of his family's former slaves in this gripping drama produced in NYC by Manhattan Theatre Club. He's Jewish and so is the ex-slave. Winner of the Outer Critics Circle's 2011 John Gassner Award. "Emotionally potent...surreal in the layers of meaning...a quiet force." -New York Times. "A mesmerizing drama." -- Newark Star-Ledger.

THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS 2011

$24.99. The latest in this series, containing the best 50 out of over 600 ten-minute plays I read, all produced during the 2010-2011 theatre season. Exciting new work in a wide variety of styles by Don Nigro, Nicole Pandolfo, Jenny Lyn Bader, Laura Jacqmin, Brian Dykstra, Carson Kreizter, Stephen Bittrich, Brendan Burke, Jon Spano, Stephen Cooper, Cassandra Lewis and Maura Campbell.

THE BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES AND SCENES 2011

$15.45. This is the latest edition of my annual women's scene and monologue book. It contains terrific material for auditions and classroom use culled from the hundreds of plays I read or saw during the theatrical season from May 2010 and May 2011. Some of the authors whose work is included: Don Nigro, Neil Labute, Kenny Finkle, Allison Moore, Nina Beber, Charles Busch, Stephen Belber, Maura Campbell, Craig Wright, Rajiv Joseph, Sheila Callaghan, Adam Rap, Sharr White, Naomi Wallace and Donald Margulies.

THE BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES AND SCENES 2011

$15.45. This is the latest edition of my annual men's scene and monologue book. It contains terrific material for auditions and classroom use culled from the hundreds of plays I read or saw during the theatrical season from May 2010 and May 2011. Some of the authors whose work is included: Don Nigro, Zoe Kazan, Leslye Headland, Samuel D, Hunter, Rajiv Joseph, Julia Cho, Brett C. Leonard, A.R. Gurney and Donald Margulies.

 

NEW PLAYWRIGHTS: THE BEST PLAYS OF 2010. $19.95.
Edited and with a Foreword by Lawrence Harbison. Introduction by Rajiv Joseph. This is the latest edition of my New Playwrights anthology , containing six wonderful new plays produced during the 2009-2010 theatre season.

Contents: 
CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION by Annie Baker
GRACELAND by Ellen Fairey
NEXT FALL by Geoffrey Nauffts
OR by Liz Duffy Adams
PHOENIX by Scott Organ
SLASHER by Allison Moore

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES AND SCENES. $14.95

This is the latest edition of my annual women's scene and monologue book. It contains terrific material for auditions and classroom use culled from the hundreds of plays I read or saw during the theatrical season from May 2009 and May 2010. Some of the authors whose work is included: Don Nigro, Arthur Giron, Beau Willimon, Mark Schultz, Tracey Scott Wilson, Brett C. Leonard, Carlos Murillo, Russell Davis, Craig Wright, David Ives, Geoffrey Nauffts, Theresa Rebeck, Craig Lucas, Sheila Callaghan, Charles Busch, Terrence McNally, Qui Nguyen and Maura Campbell.

THE BEST MEN'S STAGE  MONOLOGUES AND SCENES. $14.95 

This is the latest edition of my annual men's scene and monologue book. It contains terrific material for auditions and classroom use culled from the hundreds of plays I read or saw during the theatrical season from May 2009 and May 2010. Some of the authors whose work is included: Don Nigro, Martin Blank, Beau Willimon, Russell Davis, Craig Wright, David Ives, Theresa Rebeck, Craig Lucas, Sheila Callaghan, Charles Busch, Terence McNally, Heidi Schreck, Tracey Scott Wilson, Judy Klass, Peter Morgan,  Richard Vetere, Mark Roberts, Daniel Talbott and Qui Nguyen.

THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS 2010. $24.95 

This latest edition of my annual ten-minute play anthology contains the best plays of hundreds I read, all produced during the 2009-2010 theatrical season. Many are by well-known playwrights such as Don Nigro, P.J. Gibson, Anna Ziegler, Elaine Romero, Bridgette A. Wimberley, Richard Vetere and Carson Kreitzer; but most are by talented newcomers such as Nicole Pandolfo, Bekah Brunstetter, Martin Blank, Jon Spano, Cara Lee Corthron, Andrew Biss, Kate McCamy, Brendon Etter, S. D. Graubert, Daniel Talbott, Mona Mansour, Cori Thomas, Stephanie Hutchinson, Ann Marie Healy, Rich Orloff, Jacqueline Goldfinger, Mark Harvey Levine, Carla Cantrelle, Beth Lein, Laura Jacqmin and Desi Moreno-Penson.

THE BEST NEW PLAYWRIGHTS: 2009. $19.95 

Contents: 

AMERICAN HWANGAP by Lloyd Suh. It's dear old Dad's 60th birthday. Although he deserted his family years ago, they are holding a traditional Korean 60th birthday celebration (a hwangap) anyway. He comes back to the U.S. for his hwangap, and what ensues is funny and often quite poignant. Produced in NYC by Ma-Yi Theatre Co. and The Play Company.
"Suh strikes just the right balance between humor and deeply felt emotion." Theatremania.

ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER by Rajiv Joseph. A comedy from NYC's Second Stage. A high school teacher and Origami enthusiast is a big fan of the work of an origami artist. He asks her to tutor a gifted young student of his, who might just be the Tiger Woods of Origami.

BEACHWOOD DRIVE by Steven Leigh Morris. This compelling drama from NYC's Abingdon Theatre Co. centers on a Ukrainian woman working as a prostitute in Los Angeles and a LAPD detective determined to bust the gangsters with whom she is involved.
"A police case study that is a truly chilling cautionary tale." - Backstage

CROOKED by Catherine Trieschmann. Laney, a teenaged girl with a crooked spine, has moved to a new town with her mother. There, she meets another girl named Maribel, who changes her life.
"The themes -- mother-daughter tensions, adolescence itself and religion as a refuge -- emerge naturally from the fluent, often funny and sometimes fearlessly cruel dialogue." NY Times. Produced in NYC by The Women's Project.

END DAYS by Deborah Zoe Laufer. The Steins are one strange American Family. Dad Arthur, a World Trade Center survivor, suffers from terminal depression. Their daughter Rachel is an alienated goth chick and Mom Sylvia thinks the Rapture is imminent. Neighbor Nelson, who dresses in Elvis' white jumpsuit, is an incorrigible optimist who loves Rachel and physics, and slowly but surely he straightens out the Stein family. Oh and two of the characters are none other than Jesus Christ and Stephen Hawking.
"Enormously funny, warm and uplifting." Curtain Up. Original produced by Florida Stage. Premiered in NYC at Ensemble Studio Theatre.

FARRAGUT NORTH by Beau Willimon. This compelling drama is about skullduggery on the campaign trail.
"Beau Willimon's juicy and timely drama is a potent reminder that, like Hollywood, politics is a high-stakes game where one wrong liaison can finish you off. It's a place where friendships and loyalties are only as deep as the next cocktail or quick jump in the sack." NY Daily News. Produced in NYC by Atlantic Theatre Co.

JESUS HATES ME by Wayne Lemon. This hilarious comedy premiered at the Denver Center and has done on to several other produtions aroind the country. Set in W. Texas, it takes place at a run-down mini-golf track with a religious theme. It's called "Blood of the Lamb" and its trademark is a crucified Christ.
"It disarms the audience with pointed one-liners and thoughtful existential observations. The audience laughs and hoots." Variety
 

THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS FOR TWO OR MORE ACTORS. $24.95 

Contents: 

Plays for Two Actors 

Plays for One Man and One Woman
ALL GOOD CRETINS GO TO HEAVEN. Kathleen Warnock
THE CAN CAN. Kelly Younger
DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN. Robin Rice Lichtig
FEEDING TIME AT THE HUMAN HOUSE. David Wiener
LIFE COMING UP. Sharyn Rothstein
NOVICES. Monica Raymond
THE PAIN IN THE POETRY. Glen Alterman
QUARKS. William Borden
ROAD KILL. William Crosby Wells
A SHORT HISTORY OF WEATHER. Jonathan Yukich
SUPER 8 VERSUS BACARA RESORT AND SPA. Stephanie Hutchinson
THE TRANFIGURATION OF LINDA. S. W. Senek
VALENTINES PLAY. Jenny Lyn Bader
A VERY VERY SHORT PLAY. Jacquelyn Reingold
WHISTLING IN THE DARK. Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro

Plays for Two Men
CROSSING THE BORDER. Eduardo Machado.
CROWS OVER WHEATFIELD (or THE NUANCE OF THE LEAP). Gregory Hischak
MARILYN GETS ICE CREAM. Don Nigro 

Plays for Two Women
COUNTING RITA. Patrick Gabridge
CRITICAL CARE. Bara Swain
THE GRAND SCHEME. Jack Neary

Plays for Any Combination of Men and Women
A FIGMENT. Ron Weaver
TECH SUPPORT. Henry Meyerson
WHAT'S THE META? Andrew Biss 

Plays for 3 or More Actors 

Plays for One Man and Two Women
THE CHOCOLATE AFFAIR. Stephanie Allison Walker
LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CELLOS. Ann L. Gibbs
MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS. Stephanie Hutchinson
STUFFED GRAPE LEAVES. Damon Chua 

Plays for Two Men and One Woman
AFTER GODOT. George Freek
DADDY TOOK MY DEBT AWAY. Bekah Brunstetter
ENTER THE NAKED WOMAN. Brendon Etter
POOR SHEM. Gregory Hischak
TRANSPIRATION. Vincent Delaney
REVERSE EVOLUTION. Brian Polak 

Plays for Two Men and Two Women
BEAUTIFUL NOISES. Scott C. Sickles
CATE BLANCHETT WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND ON FACEBOOK. Alex Broun
LETTERS FROM QUEBEC TO PROVIDENCE IN THE RAIN. Don Nigro
SNOW. Adam Szymkowicz
STICK AND MOVE. Greg Lam
THEFT. Jerrod Bogard
YIN YANG. Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro 

Play for Four Women
PARKERSBURG. Laura Jacqmin 

Play for One Man and Three Women
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING. John Shanahan
GOOD GIRL. Julia Brownell 

Plays for Three Men and One Woman
A GRAVDIGGER'S TALE. Mark Borkowski
THE REAL STORY. Neil Olson

THE BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES & SCENES 2009. $14.95 

This year Smith and Kraus has decided to combine its annual best monologues and best scenes anthologies. The scenes included in this book are either for two men or for one man and one woman. The latter are scenes in which the male role is predominant.

Here you will find a rich and varied selection of monologues and scenes from plays that were produced and/or published in the 2008-2009 theatrical season. Most are for younger performers (teens through thirties), but there are also some excellent pieces for men in their forties and fifties, and even a few for older performers. Some are comic (laughs), some are dramatic (generally, no laughs). Some are rather short, some are rather long. All represent the best in contemporary playwriting.

Several of the monologues are by playwrights whose work may be familiar to you, such as Don Nigro, A. R. Gurney, Sam Bobrick, Terrence McNally, Adam Rapp, Steven Dietz, Itamar Moses, Stephen Belber, Keith Reddin, Naomi Iizuka, Michael Weller, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Richard Vetere, Bruce Graham, Jacquelyn Reingold, Sam Shepard, and Nicky Silver; others are by exciting up-and-comers like Octavio Solis, Lydia Stryk, Michael Vukadinovich, Liz Flahive, John Kolvenbach, Sylvia Reed, Barton Bishop, Padraic Lillis, Michael Golamco, and Lucy Thurber.

The scenes are by master playwrights, such as Itamar Moses, Noah Haidle, Aguirre-Sacasa, and Silver, and by exciting new writers, such as Saviana Stanescu, E. M. Lewis, Jonathan Rand, Kolvenbach, Golamco, Larry Kunofsky, and Susan Bernfield.

THE BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES & SCENES 2009. $14.95 

This year Smith and Kraus has decided to combine its annual best monologues and best scenes anthologies. The scenes included in this book are either for two women or for one man and one woman. The latter are scenes in which the female role is predominant.

Here you will find a rich and varied selection of monologues and scenes from plays that were produced and/or published in the 2008-2009 theatrical season. Most are for younger performers (teens through thirties), but there are also some excellent pieces for women in their forties and fifties, and even a few for older performers. Some are comic (laughs), some are dramatic (generally, no laughs). Some are rather short, some are rather long. All represent the best in contemporary playwriting.

Several of the monologues are by playwrights whose work may be familiar to you, such as Don Nigro, Sam Bobrick, Adam Rapp, Bill Cain, Jose Rivera, Stephen Belber, Keith Reddin, Naomi Iizuka, Michael Weller, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Richard Vetere, and Nicky Silver; others are by exciting up-and-comers like Steven Leigh Morris, Saviana Stanescu, Liz Flahive, Stephanie Allison Walker, Cheri Magid, Jennifer Maisel, Andrew Grosso, David Caudle, Nina Raine, John Kolvenbach, Sylvia Reed, and Lucy Thurber.

The scenes are by master playwrights, such as Rivera, Gina Gionfriddo, Jeffrey Hatcher, A. R. Gurney, and Aguirre-Sacasa, and by exciting new playwrights, such as Vincent Delaney, Stanescu, Lydia Stryk, Grosso, and Larry Kunofsky.

NEW PLAYWRIGHTS: THE BEST PLAYS OF 2008. $19.95

CONTENTS:

THE BUTCHER OF BARABOO by Marisa Wegrzyn. Off beat dark comedy about a small-town woman whose husband has disappeared under mysterious circumstances and the town thinks she done it. Produced Off Broadway by Second Stage.

ELECTION DAY by Josh Tobiessen. An out-and-out comedy about a small-town mayoral election. Examines with hilarious dexterity why we vote the way we do. Produced Off Broadway by Second Stage.

HARVEST by David Wright Crawford. Touching, beautifully-written drama about a Texas farmer who has to choose between his farm, which has been in his family for several generations, and his wife, who is fed-up with their hardscrabble existence. When he chooses the farm he loses the love of his life, only to find another years later. Produced Off Broadway on Theatre Row.

NEIGHBORHOOD 3: REQUISITION OF DOOM by Jennifer Haley. Extremely inventive drama about a group of suburban teenagers obsessed with on on-line video game set in their neighborhood who cross the thin line between fantasy and reality. A sensation at Actors Theatre of Louisville s famed Humana Festival.

100 SAINTS YOU SHOULD KNOW by Kate
Fodor. Sensitive drama about a single mom looking for something to believe in and a Catholic priest who has lost his faith. Produced Off Broadway by Playwrights Horizons.

SPAIN by Jim Knable. A hilarious comic fantasy about a women named Barbara. Her husband has run off with a bimbo and Barbara, who has a thing about Spain, now has an actual 16th Century Spanish conquistador in her living room or so the intruder claims. Produced by MCC Off Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

UNCONDITIONAL by Brett C. Leonard. Hard-hitting, insightful drama. Leonard balances three disparate stories, the central of which concerns a human resources worker who, enraged by having been laid off after many years on the job and just a short while from retirement and the pension he was counting on takes the guy who let him go hostage. Produced Off Broadway by LaByrinth Theatre Co. at the Public Theater.

NEW PLAYWRIGHTS: THE BEST PLAYS OF 2007. $19.95

CONTENTS:

BFF by Anna Ziegler. An Off Broadway success about two teenaged girls. One has a tragic end, the other keeps her memory alive by becoming her.

DARK PLAY OR STORIES FOR BOYS by Carlos Murillo. A smash at
Louisville's Humana Festival, this provocative play focuses on a teenaged computer whiz who invents an alter ego in order to lure another boy into his fantasy world.

INTELLECTUALS by Scott Sickles. This hilarious comedy is about a psychologist who decides to take a sabbatical from her marriage to pursue her untapped potential as a lesbian.

LIVING ROOM IN
AFRICA by Bathsheba Doran. This intense drama is about a couple who have moved to a small village in Africa to set up a museum there with money donated from the west, only to learn that they are living in an area devasted by AIDS.

NO CHILD by Nilaja Sun. This acclaimed long-running Off Broadway hit subsequently toured all over the U.S. and abroad. In it, Ms. Sun played a beleaguered substitute teacher in the inner city high school from hell, hired to work with this problem school's most incorrigible students to present a play. She played all the roles, from herself to students to parents to other teachers to the principal to a veteran, much-beloved janitor in this insightful look at life in a hellish high school.


THE PAIN AND THE ITCH by Bruce Norris. This terrific dark comedy achieved Off Broadway acclaim and went on the London, where it was equally sensationally received. It's a hilarious social satire about liberal hypocrisy, focusing on an American family who want it all: moral superiority and a wide-screen TV.

VICTORIA MARTIN: MATH TEAM QUEEN by Kathryn Walat. Victoria wants to be Most Popular, but she also wants to be known for her brains. She becomes the first girl ever on her high school's math team - which scrambles the team's all-male dynamic.

BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2008. $11.95

Comprehensive collection of monologues from plays published or produced during the 2008-2009 theatre season. Most are from published plays. Includes information on how you can get the entire script

BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2008. $11.95

Comprehensive collection of monologues from plays published or produced during the 2008-2009 theatre season. Most are from published plays. Includes information on how you can get the entire script.

BEST STAGE SCENES 2008. $11.95

Comprehensive collection of monologues from plays published or produced during the 2008-2009 theatre season. Most are from published plays. Includes information on how you can get the entire script.

THE BEST TEN MINUTE PLAYS 2008, 2 ACTORS. $19.95

CONTENTS:

Plays for One Man and One Woman
Apricot Sunday by Ed Cardona, Jr.
The A-Word by Linda Faigao-Hall
Bride on the Rocks by David Wiener
Cell Mates by Molly Best Tinsley
The Charm of the British by Laura Cotton
Drury Lane by Don Nigro
Einstein + the Angels by Laura Harrington
Esla and Frinz Go Partying by Bruce Shearer
Flooding by Jami Brandli
Fuck Tori Amos by Caitlin Montanye Parrish
A Funeral Home in Brooklyn by David Johnston
Godfrey by Ian August
A Great-Looking Boat by Joan Ackermann
Happy No-Lidays by Keythe Farley
I Have It by Bekah Brunstetter
Paris' Snatch by Brian Dykstra
The Passion of Merlin and Vivien in the Forest of Broceliande by
    Don Nigro
Signs of Life by Frederick Stroppel
Skin & Bones by Julian Sheppard
Specter (or, Broken Down by Age & Sex) by Neena Beber
That Thing by John Shanahan
Tongue, Tied by M. Thomas Cooper

Plays for Two Men
Downstairs, Upstairs by Wendy MacLeod
Rats by Ron Fitzgerald
The Train Ride by Daniel Talbott
Two from the Line by Michael Louis Wells

Plays for Two Women
Farewell and Adieu by Jack Neary
Female Dogs by Barbara Lindsay
The Giftbox by Francine Volpe

Hollywood Hills by Stephanie Alison Walker

THE BEST TEN MINUTE PLAYS 2008, 3 OR MORE ACTORS. $19.95

CONTENTS:

Plays for Two Men and One Woman
The Adventures of . . . by Kathleen Warnock
Antarctica by George Freek
How to Survive in Corporate America (A Manual in Eight Steps) by Ian August
In the Trap by Carl L. Williams
Moon Man by Jami Brandli
October People by Mark Lambeck
The Other Shoe by Lisa Soland
The Perfect Red by Paola Soto Hornbuckle
Squalor by Gina Gionfriddo
Three Turkeys Waiting for Corncobs by Don Nigro
To Darfur by Erik Christian Hanson
Whatever Happened to Finger Painting, Animal Crackers, and
    Afternoon Naps?
by Nora Chau

Plays for One Man and Two Women
The Answer by Vanessa David
Do-Overs by Larry Hamm
Gloom, Doom, and Soul-Crushing Misery by Robin Rice Lichtig
The Growth by Chris Shaw Swanson
Measuring Matthew by Patrick Gabridge
Night Terrors by Wendy MacLeod
Zachary Zwillinger Eats People by Lauren D. Yee

Plays for Three Women
The Baby War by Laura Cotton
Sexual Perversity in Connecticut by Mike Folie
Sister Snell by Mark Troy

Plays for Three Men
Current Season by Vanessa David
The Title Fight by Ian August

Plays for Two Men and Two Women
Intervention by Mark Lambeck

Plays for Three Men and One Woman
Guys, Only Guys! by Jerome Parisse

Plays for Two Men and Three Women
The Birthday Knife by Jerome Parisse

Plays for Three Men and Three Women
Cabfare for the Common Man by Mark Harvey Levine

Plays for Four Men and One Woman
A Case of Anxiety by Mark Harvey Levine
Fear of Spheres by Lisa Loomer


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