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The best American short plays 2013-2014 / edited with an introduction by William W. Demastes.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Best American short plays seriesDescription: ix, 395 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781480395480
  • 148039548X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN6111 .B47 2013-14
Contents:
Introduction: The times they are a-changing / William W. Demastes -- Johnny & Rosie / Quincy Long -- The wet echo / Clay McLeod Chapman -- This side of New York / Caridad Svich -- Alt-visions, kiss before clouding / Daniel F. Levin -- I didn't want a mastodon / Halley Feiffer -- iBaby / Laura Shaine Cunningham -- Diminished then augmented / Daniel Gallant -- Old boyfriend / Neil LaBute -- Between / John Guare -- A match / John Bolen -- And baby makes four / Frank Farmer -- Angel at my door / John Franceschini -- Boulevard of broken dreams / Lynne Bolen -- Journeys / Austin Peay -- Variations on a composition in blue / Anne V. Grob -- Let rise / I.B. Hopkins -- Goodnight lovin' trail / John Patrick Bray -- Fractaland / Andrea Sloan Pink -- Right sensation / Rich Orloff -- Ski lift / Chris Holbrook -- A long trip / Dan McGeehan -- Actor / Joe Maruzzo -- Irish stew / Cary Pepper -- Last call / Weldon Pless -- Daffodils / Daniel Guyton -- March madness--shhhhhh! / Jules Tasca.
Summary: This edition of the highly esteemed and long enduring Best American Short Plays series contains fresh voiced cutting edge works by twenty six playwright. Thematically exploring uncertainty the unease and excitement with which it comes each of these plays reflects the enormous diversity of contemporary American theater.
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Introduction: The times they are a-changing / William W. Demastes -- Johnny & Rosie / Quincy Long -- The wet echo / Clay McLeod Chapman -- This side of New York / Caridad Svich -- Alt-visions, kiss before clouding / Daniel F. Levin -- I didn't want a mastodon / Halley Feiffer -- iBaby / Laura Shaine Cunningham -- Diminished then augmented / Daniel Gallant -- Old boyfriend / Neil LaBute -- Between / John Guare -- A match / John Bolen -- And baby makes four / Frank Farmer -- Angel at my door / John Franceschini -- Boulevard of broken dreams / Lynne Bolen -- Journeys / Austin Peay -- Variations on a composition in blue / Anne V. Grob -- Let rise / I.B. Hopkins -- Goodnight lovin' trail / John Patrick Bray -- Fractaland / Andrea Sloan Pink -- Right sensation / Rich Orloff -- Ski lift / Chris Holbrook -- A long trip / Dan McGeehan -- Actor / Joe Maruzzo -- Irish stew / Cary Pepper -- Last call / Weldon Pless -- Daffodils / Daniel Guyton -- March madness--shhhhhh! / Jules Tasca.

This edition of the highly esteemed and long enduring Best American Short Plays series contains fresh voiced cutting edge works by twenty six playwright. Thematically exploring uncertainty the unease and excitement with which it comes each of these plays reflects the enormous diversity of contemporary American theater.