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Ladies at the Alamo

Ladies at the Alamo
Your Price: $18.95 CDN
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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

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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