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Ten-Minute Plays: Volume 6 From Actors Theatre of Louisville
Ten-Minute Plays: Volume 6 From Actors Theatre of Louisville
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Edited by: Tanya Palmer, Adrien-Alice Hansel and Steve Moulds Foreword by: Tanya Palmer Publisher: Samuel French (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 242 Pub. Date: 2005 ISBN-10: 0573623961 ISBN-13: 9780573623967
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About
the Plays:
This is volume 6 of the best-selling Ten-Minute Plays anthology
series from the prominent Actors Theatre of Louisville (ATL), which
has championed the short play with its National Ten Minute Play
Contest over the years; winning plays have often been included
in ATL's annual Festival of New American Plays, an influential
showplace for playwrights. Ten-Minute Plays: Volume 6 contains
contemporary plays by some of the world's most important writers. All
are perfect for classes and showcases where actors and directors show
their stuff without expending the time or money to mount a
full-length play.
Ten-Minute Plays: Volume 6 contains:
• Commodity
by Steve Moulds. Two men in a dive bar discuss money and its
consequences, both theoretical and deeply personal. (Cast: 2 male)
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Creep
by James Christy. Anne is at a party where she doesn't want to
be. There, she meets Hoover, a party crasher who is having a great
time observing the scene, who draws her into his stories. (Cast: 1
female, 1 male)
• Between
Two Friends by Stephen McFeely. Two
friends with a penchant for playing pranks on their neighbours weigh
the moral consequences and ethical dilemma of digging up a dead body
for the sake of a prank. (Cast: 1 female, 1 male)
• Body
Talk by Tanya Palmer. A monologue play,
each by a different female, in which they explore everything from
relationships to body image in today's world. The text is poetic,
realistic, and emotional all at the same time. (Cast: 3 female)
•
Day
of Our Dead by Elaine Romero. Two women
meet in the Arizona desert and, despite their cultural differences,
come together to honour and remember their deceased loves ones.
(Cast: 2 female)
• The
Devine Fallacy by Tina Howe. A
camera-shy novelist needs a head shot for her upcoming novel. Chaos
ensues during her photo shoot with a suave fashion photographer.
(Cast: 1 female, 1 male)
• Fiddle
and Faddle by Tom Gliatto. The
President's mistresses, spend their days lounging by the pool in the
White House, waiting to be called upon by the President. With the
thought of the ongoing nuclear war looming over their heads, Fiddle
and Faddle begin to question their value, and more importantly, their
places in life as women who desire to love and feel love in return.
(Cast: 2 female)
• Fit
for Feet by Jordan Harrison. A
groom-to-be develops a sudden passion for dance that leaves his
fiancé questioning about how much they actually know one another as
their wedding rapidly approaches. Won ATL's Heideman Award as part of
the National 10-minute play contest. (Cast: 3 female, 1 male)
•
Foul
Territory by Craig Wright. Owen and
Ruth attend a Yankee's game to take a pause from the recent
disappointments in their life. However, their problems are as
recurrent as the wayward baseball that continuously hits Owen in the
head. (Cast: 1 female, 1 male)
• Game
Theory by Peter Sagal. Two attending an
Executive Boot Camp in the hopes of making themselves more employable
must negotiate their way to success. (Cast: 1 female, 1 male)
•
Guilt
by Billy Aronson. Someone is guilty of something. (Cast: 2
female, 2 male)
• Guys by Robb Badlam. In the
middle of a McDonalds, friends Duff and Ty mull over the difficulties
of manhood. These include: breasts, chicken nuggets, crossword
puzzles, and the sordid activities of the male brain. (Cast: 2
male)
• House
of Cards by Richard Keller. Delia
invites her co-worker Jack over for a poker game and he arrives
dressed like the Jack of Hearts. (Cast: 2 female, 2 male)
•
The
Individuality of Streetlamps by Anna
K. Gorisch.
Two friends with a complicated romantic past discuss their love
lives, or lack thereof, and the current state of their own
relationship. Will this be their final attempt at friendship? (Cast:
1 female, 1 male)
• Jerry
Springer is God by Matt Pelfrey. Tex is
determined to convince his friends that they should go on Jerry
Springer. He believes in twenty years it will be the epitome of
classic television – something they should want to be a part of.
When the group becomes divided over whether or not they could pull
off such a scam, personal secrets come crawling out of the woodwork.
Perhaps these kids are the perfect participants for the show after
all. (Cast: 3 female, 3 male)
• Kuwait
by Vincent Delaney. An American journalist is caught sneaking
onto the front lines in the Middle East. She is captured and
interrogated by an American soldier. When his authority unravels and
her actions are pardoned, they both have to question what would drive
a man to apprehend an innocent woman. (Cast: 2 female, 1 male)
•
Nightswim
by Julia Jordan. Black water, black sky, midnight – it's a
beautiful night for a swim, but for two young girls, the lake holds
the promise of both velvety warmth and danger. Will Rosie convince
Christina to come out and play? Won ATL's Heideman Award as part of
the National 10-minute play contest. (Cast: 2 female)
• Night
Visits by Simon Fill. On the
anniversary of the death of Tom's wife, he must treat a mysterious
patient. While there is nothing physically wrong with her, she
refuses to leave the hospital. Through their interaction, they heal
each other. Won ATL's Heideman Award as part of the National
10-minute play contest. (Cast: 2 female, 1 male)
• The
Office by Kate Hoffower. An
entertainingly grim look at how three women overcome boredom at work.
They stick pencils up their noses, plot ways to kill their boss, and
challenge each other to wear their bras on top of their clothes. Won
ATL's Heideman Award as part of the National 10-minute play contest.
(Cast: 3 female)
• Paper
Thin by Lindsay Price. Sweetie and
Punkin play a nightly game – betting on who will come out
victorious in their neighbour's arguments. What begins as a jovial
means of coping with paper thin walls, quickly crumbles into mayhem
and reveals the dysfunction in Sweetie and Punkin's own relationship.
(Cast: 2 female, 2 male)
Salesgirl
by Stephen Levi. The holidays can be a whirlwind of activity;
and no one understands this better than Cindy, a salesgirl in a busy
Chicago department store. However, as she closes down the toy
department on Christmas Eve, she thinks the chaos and surprises are
over – that is, until Marvin her manager, gifts her a diamond ring.
(Cast:. 1 female, 1 male)
• Scheherazade
by Emily Roderer. Aboard a ship, an unlikely friendship forms
between a sixteen year-old girl and banker. The two begin spinning
stories about all the other guests about the ship and begin to debate
over the believability. Which is better: an unbelievably exciting
story or a one that makes you second guess reality? (Cast: 1 female,
1 male)
• Swan
Lake Calhoun by Yehuda Hyman. When Cig
falls into an ice-fishing hole, he is convinced his bleak life is
over. Just before he sinks below the ice, Lena – a woman cursed
into the body of a goose – appears to rescue him. She not only
shares her love with him, but also her curse. (Cast: 1 female, 2
male
• Trash
Anthem by Dan Deitz. (Cast: 1 female, 1
male)
• Two
Truths and a Lie is a romantic comedy by Mary Michael Wagner.
After a nasty break up, Claire and Danny fight over their shared apartment by playing the game Two Truths and
a Lie everyday on their front steps to see who gets to stay in their
apartment for the night and who has to crash on a friend's couch.
Will today's match be just another game, or will a champion finally
be crowned? (Cast: 1 female, 1 male)
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Edited by Michael Bigelow Dixon
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