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2.5 Minute Ride/101 Humiliating Stories
Lisa Kron
"Lisa Kron turns humiliation into transcendence and the Holocaust into a wild roller coaster ride - her power as a writer/performer is a gift to the American stage." - Paul Vogel. Softcover, $16.95.
Purple Heart and The Infidel
Bruce Norris
Bruce Norris's explorations of the shadowy recesses of love and loss crackle with quick wit and crisp dialogue. In Purple Heart (M-2, F-2), a mysterious visitor arrives at the midwestern home that a Vietnam War widow, deep into drink, shares with her 12-year-old son and her intrusive mother-in-law. And in The Infidel (M-4, F-2) after a tortured affair with a young woman, a fallen jurist finds himself judging the most difficult case of his life -- his own. Softcover, $22.50.
The Farnsworth Invention
Aaron Sorkin
It's 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called "television." Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation of the 20th century: the ruthless media mogul, or the self-taught Idaho farm boy? Softcover, 101 pp. $11.99.
Some Men and Deuce
Terrence McNally
In Some Men, Terrence McNally takes us on a multigenerational journey of gay life in America. In interwoven vignettes, McNally uses the same characters at different points in their lives to address such issues as coming out, marriage, adoption, the military, and the AIDS crisis. In Deuce, we meet Leona and Midge, two septuagenarian ladies doubles tennis champions who are reunited to be honoured at the U.S. Open. As they watch the next generation of female athletes, these former tennis partners become embroiled in a head-to-head conversation as lively and nuanced as any match they ever played. Softcover, 180 pp. $20.50.
What of the Night?
Maria Irene Fornes
Maria Irene Fornes has written over 40 plays, musicals, and adaptations, and bilingual works for the stage. Featured in this volume are: Abingdon Square, What of the Night?, Enter THE NIGHT, and The Summer in Gossensass. This collection is an ideal introduction to her work. Softcover, 218 pp. $23.00.
Oh, the Humanity and other good intentions
Will Eno
The five short plays make up Oh, the Humanity and other good intentions move toward feeling by way of thought, and toward gratitude by way of loss. These largely sane plays feature people alone or in pairs, or both, attempting to present themselves in the best light, or ultimately, desperately, in any light. Softcovre, 63 pp. $20.95.
Jerome Bixby's "Man from Earth"
Richard Schenkman
After history professor John Oldman unexpectedly resigns from the University, his startled colleagues impulsively invite themselves to his home, pressing him for an explanation. But they're shocked to hear his reason for premature retirement: he claims that he must move on because he is immortal, and cannot stay in one place for more than ten years without his secret being discovered. M-6, F-3. Softcover, 65 pp. $11.99.
Grace
Mick Gordon & A.C. Grayling
Grace is an eminent scientist committed to a view of the world without God, a view which puts her in direct conflict with her son, Tom, when he decides to become a priest. M-2, F-2. Softcover, 74 pp. $23.00.
The Three Musketeers
Ken Ludwig
This adaptation is based on the timeless swashbuckler by Alexandre Dumas, a tale of heroism, treachery, close escapes and above all, honor. The story set in 1625, begins with d'Artagnan who sets off for Paris in search of adventure... Softcover, 136 pp. $11.99.
Crooked
Catherine Trieschmann
Fourteen year old Laney arrives in Oxford, Mississippi with a twisted back, a mother in crisis and a burning desire to be a writer. When she befriends Maribel Purdy, a fervent believer in the power of Jesus Christ to save her from the humiliations of high school, Laney embarks on a hilarious spiritual and sexual journey that challenges her mother's secular worldview and threatens to tear their fragile relationship apart. Softcover, 68 pp. $11.99.
The Awesome 80s Prom
Ken Davenport
The Awesome 80s Prom is a brand new blast-from-the-past party in the style of Tony 'n Tina's Wedding and The Donkey Show, set at Wanaget High's Senior Prom...in 1989! All your favorite characters are at the prom, from the captain of the football team to the asian exchange student, and they're all competing for prom king and queen. The audience decides who wins! Softcover, 49 pp. $11.99.
The Little Flower of East Orange
Stephen Adly Guirgis
In this unconventional family drama, celebrated playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis gives us a mother and son who must face a long family legact of abuse in order to find the true meaning of grace. 5 F / 5 M. Softcover, 108 pp. $17.50.
All That I Will Ever Be
Alan Bell
Alan Ball's All That I Will Ever Be is a darkly funny tale of cultural provocation and our eternal search for belonging as seen through the relationship of two young men in contemporary Los Angelas: Dwight, a privileged native Angeleno, and Omar, an enigmatic immigrant from the Middle East. Softcover, 62 pp. $10.99.
Dead Man's Cell Phone
Sarah Ruhl
A hallucinatory poetic fantasy play that blends the mundane and the metaphysical, the blunt and the obscure. As Dead Man's Cell Phone takes surprising twists and leaps, the lament for the supposed coziness of pre-digital culture takes on layers of nuance and contradiction. In Ruhl's new play, a woman is forced to confront her own assumptions about morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world. 4 F / 2 M. Softcover, 104 pp. $15.95.
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