The best American short plays 2011-2012 /

Draws from works produced by some of America's finest theater companies in an effort to capture the wide range of styles, topics, and regional tastes that typifies American theater.

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Other Authors: Tasca, Jules (Contributor), Guare, John (Contributor), Pink, Andrea Sloan (Contributor), Bolen, Lynne (Contributor), Pasen, Adam (Contributor), Barnett, Claudia (Contributor), Donaghy, Charlene A. (Contributor), Fitts, Jonathan (Contributor), Holland, Patrick (Playwright) (Contributor), Abeille, A. K. (Contributor), Morris, David Manos (Contributor), Thelen, Lawrence (Contributor), Orloff, Rich (Contributor), Silverman, Judd Lear (Contributor), LaBute, Neil (Contributor), Bennett, Erica (Contributor), Hall, Angela C. (Contributor), Gurney, A. R. (Albert Ramsdell), 1930-2017 (Contributor), Pepper, Cary (Contributor), Richardson, John F. (John Forbes), 1956- (Contributor), Kwak, Chaney (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2013.
Milwaukee : 2013.
Series:Best American short plays series
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "I know not seems": theater's legacy of appearances / William W. Demastes
  • Play development or if Hamlet had been a reading / Jules Tasca
  • Elzbieta erased / John Guare
  • Warner Bros. / Andrea Sloan Pink
  • Assumptions / Lynne Bolen
  • Starf*cker / Adam Pasen
  • Lillie meant murder / Claudia Barnett
  • Gift of an orange / Charlene A. Donaghy
  • White or the muskox play / Jonathan Fitts
  • Cowboy / Patrick Holland
  • A little haunting / A.K. Abeille and David Manos Morris
  • Ichabod Crane tells all / Lawrence Thelen
  • Bulgarian rhapsody / Rich Orloff
  • Change of venue / Judd Lear Silverman
  • Wager / Neil LaBute
  • A waffle doesn't cure insomnia / Erica Bennett
  • Wife shop / Angela C. Hall
  • Interview / A.R. Gurney
  • Come again, another day / Cary Pepper
  • Take my land...please / John F. Richardson
  • YouTopia / Chaney Kwak.