Synopsis
Plays and Playwrights 2002 - New Voices for a Renewed Theatre
Published by New York Publications
The Death of King Arthur by Matthew Freeman
The Classic legend brought to the stage with contemporary sensibility in an epic verse drama of adventure, romance, and ambiguous nobility
Match by Marc Chun
In this ezquisite one act play, random chance brings five ordinary people together on a bright blue May afternoon, with extraordinary results
Woman Killer by Chiori Miyagawa
Two Brooklyn families are torn apart in this startling new drama about the nature and origin of evil, inspired by an 18C puppet play from Japan
The Wild Ass's Skin by J.Scott Reynolds
A spare, elegant, intensely theatrical realisation of Balzac's novel about a destitute young man and the magic animal skin that may bring him his heart's desire
Halo by Ken Urban
Tales of life and love squandered in late 20C New Jersey are intertwined in this provocative and challenging dramatic pageant
Shyness is Nice by Marc Spitz
An hilarious and profound farce about two 30-year-old virgins, their supposedly cool heroin-addicted pal, an Australian prostitute and her pimp
Reality by Curtis l'Cook Sr.
A thought-provoking comedy/murder set in a world where not even the playwright can be sure about getting out alive!
The Resurrectionist by Kate Chell
An exciting drama of 17C England about a strong-willed young woman caught up in a web of grave-robbing and murder
Bunny's Last Night in Limbo by Peter S. Petralia
A boy discovers his sexuality in this quirky and innovative one-act - coming of age in suburbia has never been quite like this
Summerland by Brian Thorstenson
A lonely young man and his mother search for happiness and for their destinies, in this stunning play about an America where everything still seems possible