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Ladies at the Alamo
Ladies at the Alamo
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Author: Paul Zindel Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 61 Pub. Date: 1977 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 0822206234 ISBN-13: 9780822206231 Cast Size: 5 female
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About
the Play:
Ladies at the Alamo has long been a favourite of acting
teachers for Female Monologues and Female/Female Scenes.
Ladies at the Alamo is a full-length comedy by Paul
Zindel. Take five feisty females, put them at odds, and what do
you get? Ladies at the Alamo is a wickedly biting, explosive and very
funny tale that examines the behind-the-scenes intrigues and power
struggles that beset a famous regional theatre and its long-time
artistic director.
Ladies at the Alamo is a comic female free-for-all about
control of a non-profit theatre company. The magic of the theatre is
alive and well at the lavish reception room of the new
multi-million-dollar Alamo Theatre, a regional theatre complex that
has grown from a small operation in a converted church to one of the
glories of Texas culture. As the action begins we learn that the
leadership of Dede Cooper, founder and artistic director of the
Alamo, is being challenged, and the Chairman of the Board, a rich and
powerful woman in the community, is scheming to replace Dede with a
fading Hollywood star. As the hour of the decisive board meeting
nears, Dede and her supporters maneuver to outflank the opposition,
and as the crisis point is reached the verbal skirmishes and shocking
revelations build to fever pitch. In the end no one is left
unscathed; and while the insurrection is put down, the battle scars
will, it is clear, be long in healing.
Ladies at the Alamo premiered in 1977 at the Morosco
Theatre on Broadway in New York City. The
play has become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and
workshops and is regularly performed in regional, college, and
community theatre productions.
Cast: 5 female
What people say:
"For alley cat savagery, it
would be hard to top the verbal battle royal that constitutes Ladies
at the Alamo…." — Variety
"Mr. Zindel is a very crafty
writer; he has written an old-fashioned, well-made play, and he has
made it very well indeed, with stingingly funny repartee and smashing
exits, with suspense and reversals galore." — Village
Voice
"…the bitchiest, most
hilarious female free-for-all since The Women…." — New
York Daily News
About the Playwright:
Paul Zindel (1936-2003) was an American playwright, author,
and educator, who turned tales of troubled teenagers into a Pulitzer
Prize-winning play and a string of young adult novels. He was
discovered in the mid-1960s by Charlotte Zolotow, who had seen a
television production of his play, The Effect of Gamma Rays on
Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and decided that he must try his hand
at young adult fiction. Paul Zindel went on to become a
pioneer in the genre and has received numerous accolades and
citations for his young adult novels. Several of his books have been
named ALA Best Book for Young Adults and New York Times Outstanding
Book of the Year.
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