27 Short Plays

Author : Christopher Durang
Publisher : Smith & Kraus
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Drama
ISBN : 188039989X

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27 Short Plays by Christopher Durang Pdf

Author : Joseph Pintauro
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : One-act plays, American
ISBN : 082221508X

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Metropolitan Operas by Joseph Pintauro Pdf

THE STORIES: PART I: SEYMOUR IN THE VERY HEART OF WINTER. It's Christmas Eve; Viv, a fading actress, is reminiscing about her ex-husband and her life before, to Bob, the man who currently loves her. With a fancy restaurant as her stage, Viv rants a

Author : Christopher Durang
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0822214482

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Naomi in the Living Room & Other Short Plays by Christopher Durang Pdf

THE STORIES: NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM. Naomi, when visited by John and Johnna, her son and daughter-in-law, is alternately friendly and insulting. Johnna copes her best, but when John changes his clothes to look like Johnna, things start to unravel

Author : Christopher Durang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : American drama
ISBN : UOM:49015000051616

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The Nature and Purpose of the Universe ; Death Comes to Us All, Mary Agnes ; Dentity Crisis by Christopher Durang Pdf

"[The Nature and Purpose of the Universe] centers on a week in the beleaguered life of Eleanor Mann, housewife and mother, who lives with her religious fanatic husband and three sons; the oldest a pimp and dope pusher; the middle son a flagrant homosexual; and the youngest the victim of a threshing machine accident which has deprived him of his manhood. The family becomes embroiled in a plot to assassinate the Pope, who is coming to New Jersey to bless the air, and with the help of a radical black nun succeeds in its purpose—with unexpectedly hilarious results. [In Death Comes to Us All, Mary Agnes] the scene is a decaying mansion occupied by a family beset by all manner of problems: conceit, hatred, selfishness, incest and cruelty—all dealt with in an ironic, highly theatrical manner which offers rare acting opportunities for the performers involved. Throughout, and despite the horrors encountered, all exude a kind of bland innocence which, oddly enough, seems to excuse their otherwise inexcusable behavior—and underscores the biting irony of what takes place. [In 'Dentity Crisis] recovering from a nervous breakdown, Jane is nursed and nagged by her relentlessly cheerful mother, and confused by her oversexed brother—who keeps changing into her father, her grandfather and her mother’s French lover. Eventually all (including Jane’s psychiatrist, who undergoes a sex change operation and swaps places with his wife) change characters again and become Jane herself—leaving her with no identity at all and pointing up the near impossibility of self-identification in our uncertain times." -- Publisher's website.

Author : David Ives
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : American drama
ISBN : 0739415263

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Time Flies and Other Short Plays by David Ives Pdf

Zany, thought-provoking, and always original, this anthology brings together all the one-acts from the Off-Broadway hit Mere Mortals and from the all-new Lives of the Saints, as well as several new and uncollected plays, including Bolero, Arabian Nights (which premiered at the celebrated Humana Festival in Louisville), The Green Hill, and Captive Audience.

Author : Tennessee Williams
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : American drama
ISBN : 0822200252

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American Blues by Tennessee Williams Pdf

THE STORIES: MOONY'S KID DON'T CRY. A short play about a worker, his wife and child. (1 man, 1 woman.) THE DARK ROOM. A tragic sketch about an Italian woman and a welfare worker. (1 man, 2 women.) THE CASE OF THE CRUSHED PETUNIAS. A delightful, hum

Author : Christopher Durang
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Theater
ISBN : 0822214601

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Durang/Durang by Christopher Durang Pdf

...eloquently dramatizes questions of responsibility, guilt and pathology...the complex moral issues are translated into challenging story theater, like a cubist portrait of grief...Homage must be paid, this grieving mother cries to the stars, and Medoff answe The mysteries of life, death and survival in the city, of friendships among women and relationships between the sexes are explored...in Jacquelyn Reingold's GIRL GONE...the playwright display[s] admirable talent and generate[s] plenty of interest, tension an

Author : David Mamet
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0802151043

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Goldberg Street by David Mamet Pdf

Brief plays and sketches deal with the relationship between men and women, the past, communication, country life, and mortality.

Author : Robert Lewis Vaughan,David Lindsay-Abaire,David Ives,Amy Fox,Cassandra Medley,Christopher Durang,Alan Zweibel,Neil LaBute,David Auburn
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780822225133

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Outstanding Short Plays by Robert Lewis Vaughan,David Lindsay-Abaire,David Ives,Amy Fox,Cassandra Medley,Christopher Durang,Alan Zweibel,Neil LaBute,David Auburn Pdf

THE STORIES: AMATEURS by David Auburn. Politics and ethics collide when a young woman confronts an older politico about an attack ad he ran against her father years earlier that destroyed the father's career. (1 man, 1 woman.) BOLERO by David Ives. A woman's world threatens to come apart in the middle of the night, when she and her husband hear strange sounds and voices coming through their bedroom wall. (1 man, 1 woman.) BREAKFAST AND BED by Amy Fox. Lex wakes up hungover on the couch in her lover's apartment and wonders where Chris has gone. Chris' roommate, Eloise, is chatty and offers coffee but also asks a lot of probing questions. Is Eloise jealous? Protective? Or is there something else going on? (2 women.) CELL by Cassandra Medley. The only jobs left in Flint, Michigan are at a detention center for illegal immigrants waiting to be deported. Rene has taken in her sister Cerise and niece Gwen, who were homeless, and gotten them jobs with her at the facility. But Gwen's soft heart puts her at odds with the detention center's rules against fraternization, and Rene will not let Gwen threaten her job. (3 women.) DIVERSIONS by Christopher Durang. A man is about to jump off a building when a nun tries to stop him. Aloysius thinks the nun is trying to push the man off and tries to stop the nun. A policeman tries to stop all of them, but he falls off the roof. The whole thing winds up in court, where a game of bridge breaks out and more bodies start to pile up. (7 men, 3 women.) THE GREEN HILL by David Ives. Jake has a vision of a lovely green hill, where he feels free and at peace. He knows the hill is real, and he has to go there. He sees a poster of the hill in a travel agent's window, but the hill's real location proves to be elusive. But Jake is relentless in his search. (1 man, 1 woman, extras.) HAPPY by Alan Zweibel. Donald travels to Boca Raton to find "Happy" Haliday, a favorite baseball player from his youth, and to get his signature on a baseball. The ball has been signed by every member of the 1962 Mets except for Happy, whose career was cut short. But when Happy learns the ball will be worth $28,000 after he signs, and that it's already been sold, will he still sign? (2 men.) A SECOND OF PLEASURE by Neil LaBute. Kurt and Jess are waiting to board a train at Grand Central, when Jess says she doesn't really want to go away for the weekend. Kurt is annoyed. Jess agreed to the trip weeks ago. Why did she wait until now to say something? Finally, Jess admits that it has something to do with her husband. (1 man, 1 woman.) AN UPSET by David Auburn. Two pro tennis players, a younger, polite Romanian on his way up and an older, argumentative American on his way out, are pitted against each other, on and off the court. But they may be more alike than they know, and, like a tennis match, the balance of power keeps shifting. (2 men.) WEIRD WATER by Robert Lewis Vaughan. Sinking further into depression after the death of his son Tommy in Iraq, Hal resists his wife Libby's attempts to help him heal. When Tommy's lifelong best friend Jeff pays a surprise visit he brings a sense of hope with him, and the family finds a way to move forward.

Author : William Inge
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0822205696

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Eleven Short Plays by William Inge Pdf

THE STORIES: TO BOBOLINK FOR HER SPIRIT. Short play about the dedicated autograph hunters who lie in wait for celebrities outside of one of New York's famous restaurants. (1 man, 2 women, 2 boys, 2 girls.) PEOPLE IN THE WIND. Midnight, a bus statio

Author : Emily Hageman,Christopher Hageman
Publisher : Stage Partners
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Refresh: Short Plays for Long Distance by Emily Hageman,Christopher Hageman Pdf

Building a relationship over a virtual platform can be...difficult. In this collection of short plays written for virtual performance, young theatre makers explore the space that exists between us, our screens, and the person on the other side. Imagine an app that lets you talk to dead people or realize you are a character in a play. That is ending. Very soon. What if you were partnered for an on-line school project with your exact opposite? How are Batman and The Joker handling all of this social distancing? Your students will connect with each of these auspicious plays written with them in mind. Drama/Comedy Short Play Collection. Each play is 10-20 minutes. 10-20 actors, flexible casting

Author : Christopher Durang
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0822211556

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Titanic by Christopher Durang Pdf

THE STORY: Amid a tangle of changing identities-and sometimes sexes-the action of the play centers on an American family, the Tammurais, who are traveling aboard the Titanic. Comprised of father, mother, brother and sister (or is she actually the Captain's daughter?) the Tammurais undergo a series of sexual permutations as they reveal all manner of shocking secrets and bizarre fetishes while awaiting the iceberg which, somehow, the ship seems unable to find. The mother tells the father that their son is not really his; the father confesses to the mother that their daughter is not really hers; the daughter mysteriously becomes an aunt who is having an affair with her sister (when she isn't seducing her nephew); while the father and son compete vigorously for the affections of a handsome young sailor, who is hard put to choose between them. Eventually the ship does go down, taking its odd assemblage of passengers with it, but leaving behind a remarkable array of original thoughts on the nature of the modern American family and the undeniably disturbed society which nurtures it.

Author : Craig Slaight,Jack F. Sharrar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1880399741

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Short Plays for Young Actors by Craig Slaight,Jack F. Sharrar Pdf

A collection of fifteen short plays for young adults including works by Thornton Wilder, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and David French.

Author : Christopher Durang
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0822210355

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Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You ; And, The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang Pdf

THE STORIES: SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU. Sister Mary Ignatius, a teaching nun who is much concerned with sin in all of its various forms, delivers a cautionary lecture to her charges. One of them, a precocious little boy named Tho

Author : Josh Kaufman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781101623046

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The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman Pdf

Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill. In this nonstop world when will you ever find that much time and energy? To make matters worse, the early hours of prac­ticing something new are always the most frustrating. That’s why it’s difficult to learn how to speak a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. It’s so much easier to watch TV or surf the web . . . In The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition— how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct com­plex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By complet­ing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you’ll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well. Kaufman personally field-tested the meth­ods in this book. You’ll have a front row seat as he develops a personal yoga practice, writes his own web-based computer programs, teaches himself to touch type on a nonstandard key­board, explores the oldest and most complex board game in history, picks up the ukulele, and learns how to windsurf. Here are a few of the sim­ple techniques he teaches: Define your target performance level: Fig­ure out what your desired level of skill looks like, what you’re trying to achieve, and what you’ll be able to do when you’re done. The more specific, the better. Deconstruct the skill: Most of the things we think of as skills are actually bundles of smaller subskills. If you break down the subcompo­nents, it’s easier to figure out which ones are most important and practice those first. Eliminate barriers to practice: Removing common distractions and unnecessary effort makes it much easier to sit down and focus on deliberate practice. Create fast feedback loops: Getting accu­rate, real-time information about how well you’re performing during practice makes it much easier to improve. Whether you want to paint a portrait, launch a start-up, fly an airplane, or juggle flaming chain­saws, The First 20 Hours will help you pick up the basics of any skill in record time . . . and have more fun along the way.