The Actor’s Book of Scenes from New Plays: 70 Scenes for Two Actors, from Today’s Hottest Playwrights

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Today’s most exciting work for the stage is emerging far from Broadway’s “mainstream,” at Off and Off-off Broadway theaters, at regional companies around the country, and from abroad.  Here is an up-to-the-minute collection of scenes—ideally suited for both classroom and audition use—from the best dramatists now being produced.

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Weight 0.35 kg
Dimensions 2.47 × 12.98 × 19.56 cm
PubliCanadanadation City/Country

USA

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Paperback

Language

Pages

448

Publisher

Year Published

1988-9-6

Imprint

ISBN 10

0140104879

About The Author

Eric Lane has edited 12 contemporary play anthologies for Viking Penguin and Vintage Books with his longtime collaborator, Nina Shengold, earning them a Lambda Literary Award nomination. Eric's plays have been performed in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, and China, and include Ride, Floating, Heart of the City, Times of War, and Dancing on Checkers' Grave. Eric wrote and produced the short films First Breath and Cater-Waiter, which he also directed. For TV's Ryan's Hope, he received a Writers Guild Award. His honors include the La MaMa Playwright Award, the Berilla Kerr Award, plus fellowships at Yaddo and St. James Cavalier in Malta. Eric is an honors graduate of Brown University, and is the artistic director of Orange Thoughts Productions, a not-for-profit theater and film company in New York City.Nina Shengold's plays include Finger Foods, War at Home, Homesteaders, and Romeo/Juliet, and have been produced around the world. Her one-act No Shoulder was filmed by director Suzi Yoonessi, with Melissa Leo and Samantha Sloyan. Nina won a Writers Guild Award for her teleplay Labor of Love, starring Marcia Gay Harden; other teleplays include Blind Spot, with Joanne Woodward and Laura Linney, and Unwed Father. Her books include the novels Clearcut, River of Words: Portraits of Hudson Valley Writers (with photographer Jennifer May), and a growing posse of pseudonymous books for young readers. A graduate of Wesleyan, she is currently teaching creative writing at Manhattanville College. Nina lives in New York's Hudson Valley, where she has been books editor of Chronogram magazine since 2004.

Table Of Content

Scenes From New PlaysIntroductionScenes For One Man And One WomanAm I Blue—Beth HenleyThe Art of Dining—Tina HoweAsian Shade—Larry KetronBetrayal—Harold PinterBeyond Therapy—Christopher DurangDanny and the Deep Blue Sea—John Patrick ShanleyA Different Moon—Ara WatsonDomino Courts—William Hauptmanthe dreamer examines his pillow—John Patrick ShanleyEdmond—David MametEntertaining Mr. Sloane—Joe OrtonFOB—David Henry HwangGetting Out—Marsha NormanHello and Goodbye—Athol FugardHuryburly—David RabeJoe Turner's Come and Gone—August WilsonA Kind of Alaska—Harold PinterLandscape of the Body—John GuareLife and the Limb—Keith ReddinMojo—Alice ChildressOpen Admissions—Shirley LauroOut of Gas on Lovers Leap—Mark St. GermainProgress—Doug LucieQuartermaine's Terms—Simon GrayReckless—Craig LucasThe Red Coat—John Patrick ShanleyStops Along the Way—Jeffrey SweetStrange Snow—Steve MetcalfeA Taste of Honey—Shelagh DelaneyVanishing Act—Richard GreenbergA Weekend Near Madison—Kathleen TolanWhat the Butler Saw—Joe OrtonThe Wrong Man—Laura HarringtonScenes For Two WomenBetween Daylight and Boonville—Matt WilliamsBlue Christmas—Eric LaneElm Circle—Mick CasaleFinal Placement—Ara WatsonFootfalls—Samuel BeckettGraceland—Ellen ByronHomesteaders—Nina ShengoldHothouse—Megan TerryIn the Boom Boom Room—David RabeLaundry and Bourbon—James McLureLydie Breeze—John GuareThe Mound Builders—Landford WilsonSarita—Marie Irene FornesSavage in Limbo—John Patrick ShanleyA Taste of Honey—Shelagh DelaneyTop Girls—Caryl ChurchillWaiting for the Parade—John MurrellScenes For Two MenThe Blood Knot—Athol FugardThe Colored Museum—George C. WolfeThe Dance and the Railroad—David Henry HwangFather Dreams—Mary GallagherFences—August WilsonHighest Standard of Living—Keith ReddinThe House of Ramon Iglesia—Jose RiveraHow I Got That Story—Amlin GrayA Lie of the Mind—Sam ShepardThe Mound Builders—Lanford WilsonThe Nerd—Larry ShueThe Normal Heart—Larry KramerNot About Heroes—Stephen MacDonaldA Prayer for My Daughter—Thomas BabePrincipia Scriptoriae—Richard NelsonTies—Jeffrey SweetVictoria Station—Harold PinterVivien—Percy GrangerWhat's Wrong with This Picture?—Donald Margulies

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