Exciting news (for me)!! I'm being given a special gift: I was told to choose 20 plays and they're mine. So I need to choose 20 plays that are in print (and must be available on Amazon.com).
Here's what I'm looking for:
-Non-musicals
-Written in the past 5 years
-Not over-produced, such as DOUBT
-Preferably more obscure titles
-American plays (meaning written in English and not a translation)
Thanks in advance!!!
Is that a "Coming-Out" present for you?
Congrats BTW!
xx
J*
LOL, no no.
I won a directing award which is 20 single plays of my choosing, up to a value no greater than $250. They must be purchased all at one online location, such as Amazon.com or BN.com.
Man from Nebraska by Tracy Letts
356 Play/365 Days by Suzan Lori Parks
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay Abaire
Well by Lisa Kron
The Clean House and Other Plays by Sarah Ruhl
The Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Add Martin McDonagh's work. Don't limit yourself to Americans.
Roscoe -- thanks for catching that. That isn't what I meant to type, I corrected it.
Here's my potential list so far:
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
Blackbird by David Harrower
Well by Lisa Kron
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
The Pain and the Itch by Bruce Norris
Essential Self-Defense by Adam Rapp
The Scene by Theresa Rebeck
The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Don't forget McDonagh's LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE, or Albee's THE GOAT.
I already own INISHMORE and CLEAN HOUSE :)
I like TopDog/UnderDog by Suzan Laurie Parks
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
im going to put in another vote for Lisa Kron's Well.
I'm going to recommend a british playwright named Fin Kennedy - he's written this really incredible play that's NEVER produced. Called "How to Disappear Completely and never be Found."
I saw him speak a little while ago, thought he was great. And i love that play of his. His website is http://www.finkennedy.co.uk
I would say put in some of Beane's work, ala The Little Dog Laughed. Has eurydice been published?
Featured Actor Joined: 5/21/07
Chances are that plays written during the last 5 years haven't even been produced or published yet :)
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage
Sideman by ????
It might count as overdone, but...
Doubt
I saw it for the first time at a regional rep theatre...blew my freaking mind.
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