| Title | : | 2008: The Best Ten-Minute Plays 3 or More Actors |
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| ISBN | : | 1575257106 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781575257105 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 |
| Publication | : | First published July 15, 2008 |
Plays for Two Men and One Woman
The Adventures of . . . by Kathleen Warnock
Antarctica by George Freek
How to Survive in Corporate America (A Manual in Eight Steps) by Ian August
In the Trap by Carl L. Williams
Moon Man by Jami Brandli
October People by Mark Lambeck
The Other Shoe by Lisa Soland
The Perfect Red by Paola Soto Hornbuckle
Squalor by Gina Gionfriddo
Three Turkeys Waiting for Corncobs by Don Nigro
To Darfur by Erik Christian Hanson
Whatever Happened to Finger Painting, Animal Crackers, and
Afternoon Naps? by Nora Chau
Plays for One Man and Two Women
The Answer by Vanessa David
Do-Overs by Larry Hamm
Gloom, Doom, and Soul-Crushing Misery by Robin Rice Lichtig
The Growth by Chris Shaw Swanson
Measuring Matthew by Patrick Gabridge
Night Terrors by Wendy MacLeod
Zachary Zwillinger Eats People by Lauren D. Yee
Plays for Three Women
The Baby War by Laura Cotton
Sexual Perversity in Connecticut by Mike Folie
Sister Snell by Mark Troy
Plays for Three Men
Current Season by Vanessa David
The Title Fight by Ian August
Plays for Two Men and Two Women
Intervention by Mark Lambeck
Plays for Three Men and One Woman
Guys, Only Guys! by Jerome Parisse
Plays for Two Men and Three Women
The Birthday Knife by Jerome Parisse
Plays for Three Men and Three Women
Cabfare for the Common Man by Mark Harvey Levine
Plays for Four Men and One Woman
A Case of Anxiety by Mark Harvey Levine
Fear of Spheres by Lisa Loomer
2008: The Best Ten-Minute Plays 3 or More Actors Reviews
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Most of these plays are okay but nothing special. But some of them are really great:
How to Survive in Corporate America (A Manual in 8 Steps) by Ian August
Interesting concept with the narrator speaking to the character. Some amusing parts.
In the Trap by Carl L. Williams
Entertaining. Seems it would be fun to act out.
The Perfect Red by Paolo Soto Hornbuckle
This is a very deep play, well-written. I loved the metaphors and imagery.
Measuring Mathew by Patrick Gabridge
Not one of my favorites but still pretty good.
Guys, Only Guys! by Jeromes Parisse
Pretty good.
Do-Overs by Larry Hamm
I loved this play. So clever and so much fun to act. It's about a woman and a man who are spending eternity together and they meet again in purgatory. Lots of great lines and the sexual tension between the characters is fun to act out, too. -
Well, I have definitely learned two things. First, I would be an extremely harsh grader were I an English teacher and these my students' projects. Apparently I hate the use of conventions and at the same time don't want anything aggressively reluctant to be accessible. Second, it is impossible to power through 30 plays in short order. The best pace I could find was to read four at a time and then take a break and figure out what I liked/disliked about them.
I think these plays are more useful as examples of how to structure a short play than being worthy of production, but there are a few I would have loved to see the author stretch into the 15-20 minute range. Some were too compressed while others just didn't have enough time to let the characters emerge.
