Take Ten II More TenMinute Plays Author:Eric Lane (Editor), Nina Shengold (Editor) A ten-minute play is a blaze of theatrical energy. In this follow-up to their groundbreaking collection Take Ten, editors Eric Lane and Nina Shengold have put together a veritable bonfire of talent. Take Ten II: More 10-Minute Playsprovides a fast-track tour of the current theatrical landscape, from the slapstick ingenuity ... more »of David Ives’ Arabian Nights to the searing tension of Diana Son’s 9/11 drama The Moon, Please, to Susan Miller’s luminous fable The Grand Design. This remarkably diverse anthology includes thirty-five short plays by such major American playwrights as Christopher Durang, Warren Leight, Romulus Linney and Donald Margulies, alongside a host of exciting new voices.
Actors, directors, producers and teachers will find Take Ten II an invaluable source of meaty roles for people of every age, ethnicity and gender; lovers of theatre will find it a richly satisfying read. These deceptively short plays throb with life in all its variety: harrowing, hilarious, and breathtakingly vital.
Antigone's red / Chiori Miyagawa --
Arabian nights / David Ives --
Classyass / Caleen Sinnette Jennings --
The cure / Romulus Linney --
Daniel on a Thursday / Garth Wingfield --
Deer play / Mary Louise Wilson --
El depresso espresso / Laura Shaine Cunningham --
El santo Americano / Edward Bok Lee --
Emotional baggage / Nina Shengold --
Faith / Eric Lane --
Fight dreams / Alison Weiss --
The find / Susan Sandler --
The grand design / Susan Miller --
It's not you / Craig Pospisil --
Kitty the waitress / Christopher Durang --
Left to right / Steven Dietz --
The levee / Taylor Mac Bowyer --
Marred bliss / Mark O'Donnell --
Men's intuition / Itamar Moses --
The moon please / Diana Son --
My red hand, my black hand / Dael Orlandersmith --
Night visits / Simon Fill --
Nine ten / Warren Leight --
Playwriting 101 : the rooftop lesson / Rich Orloff --
Rosie in the shadow of the Melrose / Craig Fols --
A rustle of wings / Linda Eisenstein --
Sinnery of a Sunday / Honour Kane --
The sniper / Anthony David and Elaine Romero --
Space / Donald Margulies --
Stuck / Claire Reeve --
Table 5 at Empire Szechwan / Alexander Woo --
Twenty dollar drinks / Joe Pintauro --
21 / Sigrid Heath --
Virginia Street / Toni Press-Coffman --
A whole house full of babies / Sean O'Connor« less