Drama

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by Neena Beber (Author)Three bright urbanites want to make their mark on the world. Paul, a master of irony and distance, is a hardworking filmmaker on the rise. His girlfriend, Karen, a grad student, must get on with her thesis or find a life outside of academia. Dave, a lifelong buddy whose brilliance is being consumed by increasingly severe episodes of manic depression, is camping on Paul's couch. Paul and Karen decide to turn Dave into a documentary. The camera is on twenty-four hours a d...

For Reasons that Remain Unclear - Paperback

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by Mart Crowley (Author)A screenwriter in Rome to shoot a movie on location meets an American priest who is in the city to attend a religious conference. He invites the priest to join him for a drink in his suite at the Hassler Hotel without revealing that he recognizes the man as the teacher who molested him years ago. The dark past and its consequences slowly emerge in this spellbinding drama by the author of The Boys in the Band and The Men from the Boys. Number of Pages: 78 Dimensions: 0....

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by Peter Stone (Author), John Kander (Author), Fred Ebb (Author)Lauren Bacall made a triumphant return to Broadway in this Tony(R) Award-winning musical adaptation of the famous Tracy/Hepburn film. Tess Harding is a high-powered anchorwoman of a network TV morning news show. She makes some derogatory remarks about comic strips on the air and comes head-to-head with Sam Craig, a famous cartoonist who introduces a lampoon of Tess into his comic strip. The feud turns to romance and marriage but ...

If God Wanted Us to Fly, He Would Have Given Us Wings! - Paperback

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by Kitty Burns (Author)If God Wanted Us to Fly He Would Have Given Us Wings is a set of three one-act plays, all spoofing the airlines. Plays include Terminal Terror, On Hold at 30,000 Feet, and Identity Crisis. Number of Pages: 92 Dimensions: 0.19 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: January 23, 2019

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by Danai Gurira (Author)Marvelous and Donald, Zimbabwean emigrants in Minnesota, are preparing for the marriage of their eldest daughter, Tendi. They have gracefully blended Zimbabwean culture alongside their American culture, but their house is turned upside down when Marvelous' sister comes from Zimbabwe to perform a very traditional wedding ceremony in which the groom barters for the bride. Tensions flare and identites clash as the family's fabric slowly unweaves and they are forced to tak...

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by August Wilson (Author)Radio Golf is a fast-paced, dynamic, and wonderfully funny work about the world today and the dreams we have for the future. Set in Pittsburgh in the late 1990s, it's the story of a successful entrepreneur who aspires to become the city's first black mayor. But when the past begins to catch up with him, secrets get revealed that could be his undoing. The most contemporary of all of August Wilson's work, Radio Golf is the final play in his unprecedented ten-play cycle...

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by Ethan Lipton (Author)Not long ago, Paul had a girlfriend, a cat, and few complaints. Now? Well, at least he's got his health. In between shifts at their security guard posts, Paul's work buddies try to cheer him up. But you know what they say about the best intentions... In this quirky comedy, Paul's friends' awkward (and hilarious) attempts to console him prove that some comforts only come on four legs. Number of Pages: 66 Dimensions: 0.14 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: October 18, 2018

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by Ethan Lipton (Author)In a small town in the Old West, the mayor can't keep his people from running away or dying at the hands of the local brute. And just when things can't get any worse, an omen predicts that a demon ghost might soon return to possess one of the town's few remaining people, and then to ravage the rest. Which tyrant will be more awful, the demon or the brute? And assuming the mayor can't save the day - for it seems he can't do much - will Catalina, the town vagrant, be the...

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by Doug Wright (Author), Michael Korie (Author), Scott Frankel (Author)Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden defined beauty standards for the first half of the twentieth century. Brilliant innovators with humble roots, both were masters of self-invention who sacrificed everything to become the country's first major female entrepreneurs. They were also fierce competitors whose fifty-year tug-of-war would give birth to an industry. From Fifth Avenue society to the halls of Congress, their rival...

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by Adam Rapp (Author)The United States has been attacked. Men are being castrated, women enumerated. Ellen has been in hiding for fifty-two days, subsisting on very little, hoping against hope for her husband to return. As the world around her falls further into senseless chaos, she takes an unlikely action, one that just might signal a new beginning. Number of Pages: 70 Dimensions: 0.15 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: January 08, 2020

Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling - Paperback

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by Adam Rapp (Author)Dr. Bertram and Sandra Cabot invite longtime friends Dirk and Celeste Von Stofenberg to their beautiful Connecticut Gold Coast home in honor of James, the Von Stofenbergs' only son, who has recently been released from an esteemed private psychiatric hospital. The feast promises to be delicious, but when Sandra enlists Dirk to help her change the course of her life, the sky turns a strange color, Canadian geese start crashing into the bay window, and the fate of the evenin...

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by Lauren Yee (Author)For nearly twenty years, playwright Lauren Yee's father, Larry, has been a driving force in the Yee Family Association, a seemingly obsolescent Chinese American men's club formed a hundred fifty years ago in the wake of the Gold Rush and the building of the transcontinental railroad. But when her father goes missing, Lauren must plunge into the rabbit hole of San Francisco Chinatown and confront a world both foreign and familiar. At once bitingly hilarious and heartbreak...

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by Gracie Gardner (Author)Mary Wallace and Athena are brave, and seventeen, and fencers, and training for the Junior Olympics. They practice together, they compete against each other, they spend their lives together. They wish they were friends. Number of Pages: 56 Dimensions: 0.12 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: October 18, 2018

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by E. M. Lewis (Author)In The Gun Show, award-winning playwright E. M. Lewis tells the story of America's relationship with guns through the prism of her own personal experiences. From a farming community in rural Oregon to the big cities of Los Angeles and New York, an actor shares Ms. Lewis's unique perspective and true stories about America's most dangerous pastime as if they were his or her own, with brutal honesty and poignant humor. Leaning neither right nor left, The Gun Show jumps int...

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by Ross Howard (Author)Two of Us flashes between Honolulu and New York City, shining a spotlight on the lives of He and She and the social and domestic pressures leading to the destructive act of He assassinating John Lennon in December 1980. A showdown between the real and the fantastic through a haunting cast of characters, Two of Us is a mind-bending parable of contemporary relevance speaking to gender expectations, celebrity culture, and gun violence. Number of Pages: 82 Dimensions: 0.17 ...

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by Mark Dunn (Author)The play revolves around an ad hoc meeting of a North Georgia women's social club called "The Glitter Girls," convened by its richest member - one Trudy Tromaine - who is supposedly at death's door and wishing to bequeath some of her millions to one lucky "Sister of the Gleam and Sparkle." The hitch is that it's the members themselves who must decide to whom to award the small fortune (with hopes that the Glitter Girl they select will see it in her heart to share the mone...

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by Karen Hartman (Author)Philadelphia is home to a revolutionary - and shockingly funny - treatment court for prostitute women. In Project Dawn, seven actresses double as staff members and court participants, probing the thin lines between freedom and slavery, activism and obsession - on both sides of the law. Number of Pages: 90 Dimensions: 0.19 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: October 01, 2019

Women Laughing Alone With Salad - Paperback

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by Sheila Callaghan (Author)What's on the menu for Meredith, Tori, and Sandy, the three women in Guy's life? Healthy lifestyles, upward mobility, meaningful sex? Or self-loathing and distorted priorities? Inspired by the strangely ubiquitous advertising trend of picturing attractive women blissfully eating salad, award-winning playwright Sheila Callaghan breaks all the rules of our image-obsessed culture in Women Laughing Alone With Salad. This raw comedy is served with a side of feminism and...

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by Eleanor Burgess (Author)A San Francisco programmer, Will, latches onto an idea for a startup that will automate the work teachers do in their classrooms. But as the idea begins to take off, it becomes clear that Will's new company may threaten his fianc e's job. Number of Pages: 84 Dimensions: 0.17 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: September 02, 2019

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by James Hindman (Author)The sleepy town of Popcorn Falls is forced into bankruptcy when a neighboring town threatens to turn them into a sewage treatment plant. Their only hope - open a theater Two actors play over twenty roles in a world of farce, love, and desperation, proving once and for all that art can save the world. Number of Pages: 84 Dimensions: 0.17 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: July 01, 2019

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by Hansol Jung (Author)Nanhee is a North Korean defector whose family was left behind in North Korea. Minsung is a South Korean goose father whose family has left him behind in South Korea. Nanhee and Minsung find each other on the internet. A story about modern aspirations and their betrayals, Wild Goose Dreams explores the miracle of quiet intimacy among the noise of the contemporary world. Number of Pages: 76 Dimensions: 0.16 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: September 02, 2019

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by B. J. Tindal (Author)"Tyler Evans was a beloved best friend, grandson, mentor, and (almost) husband." "Tyler Evans was a young Black man killed by a police officer." Goodnight, Tyler is the ghost-love story of Tyler Evans, a dead Black man who wants to be remembered for who he was rather than how he died. Only able to speak with his childhood best friend, Davis, Tyler demands his "legacy" be protected. He wants to make peace before he leaves behind Chelsea, his fianc e; Drew, his college b...

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by Heather Raffo (Author)As Noura and her husband Tariq prepare to celebrate a traditional Christmas, she looks forward to welcoming a special guest--Maryam, a young Iraqi refugee. But the girl's arrival opens wounds the family has tried to leave behind, forcing them to confront where they are, where they've been and who they have become. Number of Pages: 86 Dimensions: 0.18 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: September 02, 2019

Plot Points in Our Sexual Development - Paperback

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by Miranda Rose Hall (Author)Theo and Cecily want to be honest about their sexual histories, but what happens when telling the truth jeopardizes everything? A contemporary queer love story, Plot Points in Our Sexual Development explores gender, intimacy, and the dangers of revealing yourself to the person you love. Number of Pages: 66 Dimensions: 0.14 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: September 02, 2019

The Way of the World (Rebeck) - Paperback

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by Theresa Rebeck (Author)A good-hearted heiress has become prey to the attentions of an amoral party boy. After he callowly seduces her aunt, making the older woman a figure of public ridicule, their romance is dead in the water. But his insistence on winning back the moneyed heroine fuels the summer's gossip in the land of the one percent. Number of Pages: 88 Dimensions: 0.18 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: September 02, 2019

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by Mat Smart (Author)Sheila and her sister, Abigail, work for their mother's small family business. Sheila's job used to be a source of joy and exhilaration; now she's questioning everything. But when you're an assassin, being uninspired means getting sloppy, and getting sloppy means getting killed. Kill Local is a pitch-black comedy about blood ties, revenge, and trying to get unstuck - especially when your life is dedicated to ending others'. Number of Pages: 96 Dimensions: 0.2 x 8 x 5 IN P...

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by Loy A. Webb (Author)Not every marriage proposal goes as planned. Loy A. Webb's The Light introduces us to Rashad and Genesis on what should be one of the happiest days of their lives, but their joy quickly unravels when ground-shifting accusations from the past resurface in this gripping two-character drama. Can their relationship survive the growing divide between them over who - and what - to believe? The Light is a reckoning that unfolds in real time and peels away the layers of truth, ...

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by Joe Kinosian (Author), Kellen Blair (Author)Officer Marcus Moscowicz is a small town policeman with dreams of making it to detective. One fateful night, shots ring out at the surprise birthday party of Great American Novelist Arthur Whitney and the writer is killed...fatally. With the nearest detective an hour away, Marcus jumps at the chance to prove his sleuthing skills--with the help of his silent partner, Lou. But whodunit? Did Dahlia Whitney, Arthur's scene-stealing wife, give him a b...

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by Christina Lynn Blackwell (Author)Sarah & Hannah tell their story about childhood abuse, sexual abuse and how they both overcame it with the help of a friend named Jesus. Now, Sarah is the one with faith Hannah not so much. So, let's get to the root of the life triggers and heal from the pain of the past and present. There are scriptures throughout the book for encouragement and reassurance that forgetting can be hard but possible. Sarah has a hard time doing so and Hannah trust is a bi...

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by Trish Harnetiaux (Author)A madcap odyssey through a wilderness of corporate bureaucracy and crippling human dependencies. Blessed with the can-do American spirit, a troop of dedicated shoe store employees embark on a journey of personal expansion. But when "work is your life" and systems breakdown, all that remains is you, a casino, and the truth. Number of Pages: 90 Dimensions: 0.19 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: January 15, 2020

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by Selina Fillinger (Author)Charlotte has been a mother for nineteen years, a wife for three decades, and a respectable community member her entire life. But when her only child is incarcerated for sexual assault, her once-immaculate world is forever tainted. Selina Fillinger's intimate new drama follows one woman struggling to make sense of her own grief, love, and culpability. Number of Pages: 76 Dimensions: 0.16 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: October 01, 2019

Ken Ludwig's The Gods of Comedy - Paperback

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by Ken Ludwig (Author)Daphne and Ralph are young classics professors who have just made a discovery that's sure to turn them into academic superstars. But something goes disastrously wrong, and Daphne cries out in a panic, "Save me, gods of ancient Greece "...and the gods actually appear The Ivy League will never be the same as a pair of screwball deities encounters the carnal complexity of college coeds, campus capers, and conspicuous consumption. Number of Pages: 98 Dimensions: 0.2 x 8 x 5...