American Plays
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 Eve-olution
Hilary Illick & Jennifer Krier
Alison and Liza are navigating the channels of motherhood as they take a revealing
and sometimes comedic look at the balancing act of promise and compromise.
Both women test the vision of who they think they are, who they wish to be,
and ultimately who they become as individuals, as mothers, as professionals
and as members of their families. F-2. Softcover, 73 pp. $9.99.
 Passione
Albert F. Innaurato
Softcover, 66 pp. $9.99.
 A Flea In Her Ear
David Ives
A Flea In Her Ear is a French farce centering on Raymonde Chandebise, a woman who believes her husband Victor is having an affair; her friend Lucienne who helps her write him an anonymous rendezvous at the Frisky Puss Hotel; Tournel, Victor's co-worker whom Victor thinks the letter is addressed to him, and Lucienne's jealous Spaniard husband who finds the letter, recognizes her handwriting and heads off to the Frisky Puss armed with pistols. The multiple mix-ups of these individuals are sorted out as Victor and Raymonde recognize their mutual confusions and are reunited. 9M, 5W (doubling). Softcover, 89 pp. $10.99.
 Polish Joke and Other Plays
David Ives
Polish Joke follows the journey of a young Polish-American through ethnic
stereotypes towards self-acceptance. Thought-provoking and wholly original,
this new collection from the same dazzling pen that produced the one-act comic
masterpieces in All in the Timing and Time Flies and Other Short
Plays, also includes the plays Don Juan in Chicago, Ancient History,
and The Red Address. Softcover, 333 pp. $20.50.
 Time Flies and Other Short Plays
David Ives
"Two mayflies on a date realize that they have a mere twenty-four hours to live
and decide to seize life completely -- if only they knew how." So begins Time
Flies, a collection of thirteen witty and wildly original one-acts which bring together
all the plays in his two Off-Broadway shows Mere Mortals and Lives of the Saints.
Award-winning Yale School of Drama graduate David Ives has been called "perhaps
the funniest writer of short plays in America today. " $21.95.
 All
in the Timing
David Ives
Fourteen plays which constitute a virtual
stress test of the English language -- and of the audience's capacity for disorientation
and delight. $19.50.
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