The Best American Short Plays 2006-2007
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This work is first-rate! It is exciting to find this collection of truly short plays by truly accomplished playwrights...ideal for school reading and workshop productions.<BR><BR>Applause Theatre & Cinema Books is proud to continue to publish the series that for decades has been the standard for excellence for one-act plays in America. From its inception, The Best American Short Plays has identified new, cutting-edge playwrights who have gone on to establish award-winning careers, including Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Wendy Wasserstein, Terrence McNally, and David Mamet.<BR><BR>Mark Medoff presents the complex character Geoffrey DeBoom in DeBoom: Who Gives This Woman? Geoffrey struggles to come to terms with life's inevitable changes, aging, and his daughter's engagement to an "unworthy" man. Amy Fox explores attitudes on sexuality in Breakfast and Bed. Lex spends the night with another woman, Chris, in a carefree sexual exploration, and wakes the next day surprised to find that only Chris's protective mother, Eloise, is home. A dynamic exchange ensues between Lex, whose sexuality is loosely defined, and Eloise, whose life has been more prescribed. Adam Kraar depicts cultural differences and the unique relationship between teacher and student in Hearts and Minds, when Rebecca finds her late calling in teaching and connects with Rudi from Russia and Mona from Lebanon. All three, in their own way, seek fulfillment of the "American Dream."<BR><BR>The other wonderful plays in this collection include Amelia Arenas' And Then, Zilvinas Jonusas' The Cleaning, Rich Orloff' s The News from St. Petersburg, Scott Klavan's Double Murder, Jeni Mahoney's Running in Circles Screaming, Peter Maloney's Witness, Lauren Feldman's Asteroid Belt, Liliana Almendarez's Glass Knives, Julie Rae (Pratt) Mollenkamp's In Conclusive Woman, Mike Pasternack's Mixed MeSSages, Victor Gluck's Amouresque and Arabesque, and Jules Tasca's The Birth of Theater.
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