The Best American Short Plays 2008-2009
This edition of the highly esteemed and long-enduring Best American Short Plays series contains fresh-voiced, cutting-edge plays by nineteen playwrights, both established and among the most promising of the new millennium. Each of these plays reflects the enormous diversity of contemporary American theatre.
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Applause is proud to continue the series that for over 70 years has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. From its inception, The Best American Short Plays has identified new, cutting-edge playwrights who have gone on to establish award-winning careers, including Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Wendy Wasserstein, Terrence McNally, and David Mamet. The complex and diverse plays that make up this collection reflect both personal concerns and social issues. The 2008-2009 edition includes A Second of Pleasure, by Neil LaBute; St. Francis Preaches to the Birds, by David Ives; The Stormy Waters, The Long Way Home, by Carey Lovelace; Early Morning, by Eric Lane; Sisters, by Adam Kraar, Maria Filimon, and Tasnim Mansur; Little Duck, by Billy Aronson; A Portrait of the Woman as a Young Artist, by Meg Miroshnik; Slapped Actress, by Emily Conbere; The Last Artist in NYC, by Polly Frost and Ray Sawhill; THE TRUE AUTHOR of the plays formerly attributed to Mister William Shakespeare REVEALED to the world for the first time by Miss Delia Bacon, by James Armstrong; The Lovers and Others of Eugene O'Neill, by Marla Del Collins; III, by Joe Salvatore; Pete and Joe at the Dew Drop Inn, by Lewis Gardner; This Is Your Lifetime, by Jill Elaine Hughes; Decades Apart, by Rick Pulos; Never Spoke Again, by Barbara Parisi-Pasternack; 508, by Amy Herzog; Ella, by Dano Madden; and Naked Old Man, by Murray Schisgal.
Foreword: A Simple, Brilliant Idea David Ives ix\ Introduction Barbara Parisi xiii\ A Second of Pleasure Neil LaBute 1\ St. Francis Preaches to the Birds David Ives 17\ The Stormy Waters, the Long Way Home Carey Lovelace 41\ Early Morning Eric Lane 49\ Sisters Adam Kraar Maria Filimon Tasnim Mansur 81\ Little Duck Billy Aronson 89\ A Portrait of the Woman as a Young Artist Meg Miroshnik 113\ Slapped Actress Emily Conbere 153\ The Last Artist in New York City Polly Frost Ray Sawhill 163\ The True Author of the Plays Formerly Attributed to Mister William Shakespeare Revealed to the World for the First Time by Miss Delia Bacon James Armstrong 179\ The Lovers and Others of Eugene O'Neill Maria Del Collins 191\ III Joe Salvatore 217\ Pete and Joe at the Dew Drop Inn Lewis Gardner 271\ Decades Apart: Reflections of Three Gay Men Rick Pulos 285\ 508 Amy Herzog 313\ Naked Old Man Murray Schisgal 325\ Acknowledgments 351
