Great New Plays?
Great New Plays?
#1Great New Plays?
Posted: 12/24/13 at 1:01am
Hello all!
I'm looking for some contemporary plays that are really current and age appropriate(ish) for college students. Preferably ones written within the last couple years. Anyone see any awesome premieres lately? Off-Broadway, regional, etc
broadwaybelter
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/26/04
#2Great New Plays?
Posted: 12/24/13 at 2:58amAre you looking got published work? Or plays obtainable from agents?
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#4Great New Plays?
Posted: 12/24/13 at 3:58pmSeminar by Theresa Rebeck (It's not revolutionary, but it does a very nice job showing the emotions and identity of people.)
#5Great New Plays?
Posted: 12/24/13 at 5:20pmI'll second Venus in Fur, it's one of my favorite things I've seen in the past couple of years. Also, the characters are more in their 30s than 20s, but I love In the Next Room or the vibrator play by Sarah Ruhl.
#6Great New Plays?
Posted: 12/24/13 at 9:06pmSeminar is dreadful. Speech & Debate is my favorite play ever and perfect for college students. Stephen Karam's other play Sons of the Prophet is great too.
"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah
#7Great New Plays?
Posted: 12/25/13 at 9:56am
BAD JEWS by Joshua Harmon is a fantastic quartet of twentysomethings.
I'd also add REASONS TO BE PRETTY, second SPEECH & DEBATE, and VENUS IN FUR.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#8Great New Plays?
Posted: 12/25/13 at 1:22pm
THE ALIENS by Annie Baker
HOT MESS by Ella Hickson
REALLY REALLY by Paul Downs Colaizzo
and I'll third SPEECH & DEBATE
#9Great New Plays?
Posted: 12/29/13 at 12:15am
Oh sorry Broadwaybelter, I didn't see your post. Yeah, I'm looking for published plays. Just ones that have had recent premieres.
These are excellent suggestions everyone!
