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Plays and Playwrights 2006

Plays and Playwrights 2006 $17

Martin Denton - ed

Published by New York Publications

This is the Seventh in this annual series of plays of emerging playwrights, offering the full scripts of twelve plays produced during the past season in New York City

It also includes biographies of the authors, production and cast notes, as well as permission information

And for the first time an Appendix is included which serves as a directory of the new American plays produced in New York City in the 2004-05 season, thereby providing a detailed view of the vitality and diversity of American dramatic literature

The twelve plays are ...

The Top Ten People of the Millennium Sing Their Favorite Schubert Lieder ~ Alec Duffy

Einstein, Galileo, Copernicus, and Karl Marx meet in the hereafter

Burning The Old Man ~ Kelly McAllister

Two feuding brothers try to bring their late father's ashes to a final resting place. (Recipient of the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Best Full Length Play)

Self At Hand ~ Jack Hanley

Three linked one-acts that look at the dehumanizing effects of technology

The Expense of Spirit ~ Josh Fox

A holiday celebration at a Brooklyn video store is interrupted by emissaries from the War in Iraq

Paradise ~ Glyn O'Malley

The human toll of war, as experienced during the Intifada in Israel and Palestine

Yit, Ngay (One, Two) ~ Michael Lew

Four sisters - two brought up in China, two born in America - talk about family

Pulling the Lever ~ Rising Circle Theater Collective

A docu-drama gives voice to America's seldom-heard on the eve of the Election of 2004

The Position ~ Kevin Doyle

Six men deal with the sometimes terrifying ritual of the job interview in Corporate America

The Dirty Talk ~ Michael Puzzo

A contemporary comedy about two men stranded together in a New Jersey cabin on a stormy night

The First Time Out of Bounds ~ P. Seth Bauer

A short play about two teenagers exploring sex and love. (Recipient of the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Best Short Play)

Aurolac Blues ~ Saviana Stanescu

Two Romanian street kids dream of an idealized life in America

The Whore of Sheridan Square ~ Michael Baron

A paean to Charles Ludlam, by way of Sunset Boulevard

440 pages

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