Plays and Playwrights 2011

A book of 8 plays produced in the 2010-11 season in New York by emerging playwrights. The plays are representative of the season including comedy, drama, music and much more. So easy to produce. Perfect for the drama student, the drama class and theatres across the country and abroad. The book includes all the information you need for a new production. Here's what's inside. FAULT LINES by Rebecca Louise Miller
Twenty years after the disappearance of their childhood friend, three women are forced to confront the incident that reshaped their lives. POST MODERN LIVING by Richard Sheinmel and Clay Zambo
The antidote for soulless synthetic musicals this true-to-life pair of plays with songs tells the tale of a gay downtown performance artist, his mom, her breast cancer, and the spirits that surround us all. G.I. JOE JARED, BASED ON ONE REALLY BAD DATE by Amy E. Witting
In this delightful one-act, two women realize the importance of friendship through a random blind date, G.I. Joe tarot cards, and a couple of vodka sodas. LOVE ME by Jason S. Grossman
A sweet comedy about an underachieving writer/ motivational speaker mired in a lifelong love-life slump. Will he ever find love or be eternally controlled by the incessantly critical voice in his head? HASSAN AND SYLVIA by Manuel Igrejas
A glamorous and mysterious couple draw our hero, a young gay man recovering from the death of his longtime lover, into a spicy soup from which he may or may not emerge unscathed. FLORIDITA, MY LOVE by Javierantonio González
This darkly comic yet magical play, set on the border crossings between the real and the imaginary, explores the life of one of America's invisible people. WEST LETHARGY by Stephen Kaliski
Two couples, both stalled on their journeys westward toward California, form a strange new neighborhood in this wildly inventive, surreal comedy. ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS by Tim Errickson
Sam is finally over Tracy, just as she returns unexpectedly to their quiet beach town. Having faced the past with humor and mercy, now they must look toward the future.