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A to C by playwright

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DisconnectDisconnect
Rob Ackerman
When marketing consultant Steve Gold invites near strangers to dinner, his wife, Patty, helps put their home in order. But she can't do the same for her husband. Hilarious and harrowing, Disconnect explores marriage, friendship and passion in the age of telecommunications. M-3, F-2. Softcover, 55 pp. $9.99.


Ice GlenIce Glen
Joan Ackerman
In this touching period comedy, a beautiful poetess dwells in idyllic obscurity on a Berkshire estate with a band of unlikely cohorts, including an Irish cook, a lovesick gardener and an unlikely playmate. When neighbor Edith Wharton passes Sarah's poems on to a Boston publishing firm, editor Peter Woodburn comes calling. Sparks fly when this unlikely pair faces off, and all get caught in the crossfire. Softcover, 72 pp. $10.99.


The Play About the BabyThe Play About the Baby
Edward Albee
The Play About the Baby
is an absurdist black comedy, reminiscent of burlesque in its high spirits and banter, that grapples with such issues as reality and the games we play to define it, the ambiguity of existence, and the agonizing bonds between parents and children. M-2, F-2. Softcover, 94 pp. $22.50.


The Collected Plays of Edward AlbeeThe Collected Plays of Edward Albee
Volume One

Edward Albee
This first volume of this three volume collection contains the eight plays written by Albee during his early years as a playwright, from 1958 through 1965. Hardcover, 637 pp. $67.50.

The Collected Plays of Edward AlbeeThe Collected Plays of Edward Albee
Volume 2: 1966-77
Edward Albee
Edward Albee's oeuvre consists of more than twenty-six plays, the earliest of which were collected in Volume 1 of his Collected Plays. Volume 2 contains the nine plays written by Albee in the period between 1966 and 1977. These range from the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Delicate Balance to the brilliant and complex short plays Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung to his second Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Seascape, to the scintillating one-act comedy Counting the Ways, and closing with the controversial Lady from Dubuque. Hardcover, 669 pp. $65.00.

The Collected Plays of Edward AlbeeThe Collected Plays of Edward Albee
Volume 3 1978-2003

Edward Albee
This third volume of the Complete Albee brings the reader some of his most iconoclastic and influential plays. Plays included are Lolita; The Who Had Three Arms; Finding the Sun; Marriage Play; Three Tall Women; Fragments (A Sit Around); The Play About the Baby; The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (2001 Tony Award); Occupant and Knock! Knock! Who's There? Hardcover, 700 pp. $58.50.


Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee
This dazzling work of gut wrenching dark comedy presents the most memorable of married couples in a searing night of dangerous fun and games with a pawn like other couple who innocently become their weapons in the savaging of each other and their life together. By the evening's end, a stunning, almost unbearable revelation provides a climactic shock of recognition at bond and bondage of their love. Hardcover, 243 pp. $38.00.


Duck Hunter Shoots AngelDuck Hunter Shoots Angel
Mitch Albom
Duck Hunter Shoots Angel is the uproarious story of two bumbling Alabama brothers who have never shot a duck but think they shot an angel. As they lament their fates in a murky swamp, they are chased by a cynical tabloid journalist and his reluctant photographer, who don't believe any of it -- until feathers, wings and a tiara are discovered along the way. The play hysterically interweaves a love story, sibling rivalry, tawdry media, race relations and cultural stereotypes as the chase to find the angel builds to a crescendo in the swamp. Sosftcover, 58 pp. $10.99.


And The Winner IsAnd The Winner Is
Mitch Albom
And The Winner Is tells the story of Tyler Johnes, a self-obsessed movie star, who is finally nominated for an Oscar, then dies the night before the awards. Outraged at his bad luck and determined to know if he wins (even though he's dead), he bargains with a heavenly gatekeeper to return to earth for the big night. Along the way, he drags his agent, his acting rival, his bombshell girlfriend and his ex-wife into the journey, in a wildly twisting tale of Hollywood, the afterlife, and how we are judged. Softcover, 43 pp. $10.99.


Three One-Act PlaysThree One-Act Plays
Riverside Drive / Old Saybrook / Central Park West
Woody Allen
Softcover, 213 pp. $21.00.

 


Say You Love SatanSay You Love Satan
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Late one rainy night in Baltimore, Andrew -- and affable graduate student researching the works of Dostoevsky -- meets a handsome stranger named Jack. The two immediately hit it off and start dating, despite the fact that Andrew already has a super-duper boyfriend and that Jack has the mark of the beast -- you know, 666 -- burned into his forehead. M-7, F-1. Softcover, 45 pp. $9.99.


The Mystery PlaysThe Mystery Plays
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
This collection features two interrelated one acts, loosely based on the tradition of the medieval mystery plays. Both The Filmmaker's Mystery -- a ghost story about the survivor of a train wreck -- and Ghost Children -- a tale of murder and other family secrets -- wrestle with the most profound of human ideas: the mysteries of death, the afterlife, religion, faith, and forgiveness. M-4, F-2 (with doubling). Softcover, 66 pp. $9.99.


ProofProof
David Auburn
On the eve of her 25th birthday a troubled young woman has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister; and the attentions of a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the notebooks her father left behind. She must also deal with the most difficult problem of all: how much of her father's madness or genius will she inherit? Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. $9.99.


The Paris LetterThe Paris Letter
Jon Robin Baitz
Wall Street powerhouse Sandy Sonnenberg finds his personal and professional life threatened by the unraveling of secrets of his past. A tragic game of financial and moral betrayal is played out over four decades and between two friends at the cost of family, friendship, love, and marriage. M-5, F-1 (doubling). Softcover, 55 pp. $9.99.


A Very Common ProcedureA Very Common Procedure
Courtney Baron
New Yorkers Carolyn and Michael Goldenhersch are expecting, but when their child is born prematurely and dies, Carolyn is drawn to the doctor who attempted to save the baby's life. An affair between them ensues, uniting all three on a poignant journey of self-discovery. Smart and rich with humour, A Very Common Procedure explores both literally and metaphorically the frailties and mysteries of the human heart. Softcover, 51 pp. $10.99.


Port Authority ThrowdownPort Authority Throwdown
Mike Batistick
Pervez is a cab driver. He's also on the run from the FBI. While driving home yesterday, her discovered Bureau agents ransacking his house. Pervez just kept on driving; he knew they were looking for his brother, Nawaz. For the past twenty-four hours, he has been hiding out in his cab outside Port Authority. There, he will meet a Christian missionary and a homeless man, both searching for a connection from a world in which they feel alienated. Softcover, 58 pp. $10.99.


ChickenChicken
Mike Batistick
Wendell's wife, Lina, is pregnant. His wayward best friend, Floyd, sleeps nightly on their couch. And as if things weren't stressful enough, he's under constant pressure to "father" his messed up neighbors in the Bronx. In an effort to get some money together, Wendell takes in a rooster to train for an illegal cockfight. As they discover that training a bird for a deathmatch in Washington Heights is not for the faint of heart, this dysfunctional family comes to blows before the fight ever takes place. In this devilish comedy, playwright Mike Batistick investigates power, community and loss, and searches for grace in the most unlikely places. Softcover, 56 pp. $10.99.


PoniesPonies
Mike Batistick
Thousands of miles from his war-torn native Croatia, Drazen spends his days betting on horses at a Lower East Side Off-Track Betting establishment. His friend Ken, a Nigerian no longer welcome in his own country, joins him. Drazen is going to help Ken win at the ponies -- and aid him in making payments on his brand new livery cab. Both men quickly discover that no matter what part of the world you come from, America can be a dangerous place. M-3, F-1. Softcover, 38 pp. $9.99.

Iphigenia Iphigenia
P. Seth Bauer
King Agamemnon prepares to lead the greatest coalition of armies in the history of the world to retrieve Helen of Troy. But the seas have suddenly calmed in the Bay of Aulis, and Agamemnon becomes determined to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia, to make the winds blow. Queen Clytemnestra and Iphigenia arrive at the soldiers' camp, lured by the lie that she will be married to Aquilles. Meanwhile, he and his comical army of sock puppets, "The Mighty Myrmidons," are getting antsy sitting around, waiting for the winds to rise. As the soldiers become more and more restless, Agamemnon realizes that he must make a decision that will echo through the ages, as his daughter's death becomes the catalyst for generations of bloodshed. This play raises questions about what makes a hero in the modern world and what price must be paid to satisfy a country's lust for revenge. 6M, 3W (doubling, flexible casting). Softcover, 52 pp. $10.99.


The Little Dog LaughedThe Little Dog Laughed
Douglas Carter Beane
Yes, we love the cinema for its great auteurs, its glorious faces and its daring images. But in this tabloid age where big stars go on Oprah and jump around like heartsick schoolboys, what we really love is all that dish! The players in Douglas Carter Beane's The Little Dog Laughed include a hard-driving Hollywood agent, her budding screen idol client, a sexy young drifter, and the drifter's naive, needy girlfriend. Softcover, 54 pp. $10.99.


Fault LinesFault Lines
Stephen Belber
Stephen Belber's trademark style and brutally realistic dialogue that made his play TAPE such a success is on display here in full force. A contemporary comedy with an edge, Fault Lines explores the fragility of friendship and depths of betrayal. 3M, 1W. Softcover, 52 pp. $11.99.


A Small, Melodramatic StoryA Small, Melodramatic Story
Stephen Belber
In Washington D.C., a widow named O is trying to figure out whether life is worth re-engaging with. In her path are the 1968 riots, the first Gulf War, the Freedom of Information Act and herself. There's also an archivist named Keith, a cop named Perry and a kid named Cleo. And finally, there's the question of just how much about anything do we really need to know. Softcover, 50 pp. $10.99.


McReeleMcReele
Stephen Belber
When Delaware journalist Rick Dayne meets death row inmate Darius McReele, the articles Rick writes lead to Darius' exoneration from a sixteen-year murder conviction. Darius' sympathetic past and magnetic personality make him a darling of the lecture circuit, leading to national attention and political viability. With his past and future in the balance, Darius walks the line, as Rick seeks to determine which way he'll ultimately fall. M-3, F-2. Softcover, 69 pp. $9.99.


All That I Will Ever BeAll That I Will Ever Be
Alan Bell
Alan Ball's All That I Will Ever Be is a darkly funny tale of cultural provocation and our eternal search for belonging as seen through the relationship of two young men in contemporary Los Angelas: Dwight, a privelaged native Angeleno, and Omar, an enigmatic immigrant from the Middle East. Softcover, 62 pp. $10.99.


Henry FlamethrowaHenry Flamethrowa
John Belluso
Inspired by real-life events, Henry Flamethrowa tells the story of sixteen-year-old Henry, a confused and emotionally isolated young man who writes letters to the devil, unbeknownst to his deeply religious father, Peter. As family drama grows, the characters must confront their own assumptions about faith, spirituality and the intrinsic value of human life. Softcover, 48 pp. $10.99.


The Rules of CharityThe Rules of Charity
John Belluso
Loretta thinks she is a machine. Her father, Monty, seeks independence and a place in history. Will Loretta learn the secret she needs to hear? Will Monty forgive her for a slap across the face that broke the rules? A play about the body, love and contradiction. Softcover, 58 pp. $10.99.

A Nervous Smile A Nervous Smile
John Belluso
A wealthy New York couple, strained to the breaking point by caring for their severely disabled daughter, Emily, weigh their own happiness against that of their child - with shocking consequences. Emily's lyrical poetry, the couple's disintegrating marriage, and the appraisals of the outside world frame the narrative of this insightful play. A Nervous Smile is a brutal portrait of love, lust and despair set against Belluso's fiery brand of social satire. Softcover, 37 pp. $10.99.


PyretownPyretown
John Belluso
Louise is a divorced mother of three, getting by on welfare checks and child support in a depressed, industrial New England town. Harry is a handsome, clever young man, a wheelchair user since a childhood accident. Their paths cross in an emergency room as Louise seeks out care for her daughter's mysterious sickness. Yearning for connection beyond his online friends and his pile of Russian novels, Harry reaches out to help Louise navigate her daughter's care. More compatriots than lovers, they find solace with each other for a brief and intense interlude before their paths diverge. A frank and melancholy portrait of life on the frings of American society. 1M, 1W. Softcover, 43 pp. $10.99.


The Revenger's TragedyThe Revenger's Tragedy
Jesse Berger
Vindice, the "Revenger," sets off a chain reaction of havoc in a corrupt and decadent Venice, which exposes outrageous indulgences and government hypocrisy, and ends in a coup de theatre massacre of epic proportions. Part black comedy, part social satire, the play is a plot-twisting blender full of Shakespeare's greatest hits. 15M, 4W (flexible casting). Softcover, 114 pp. $10.99.


Jerome Bixby's "Man from Earth"Jerome Bixby's "Man from Earth"
Richard Schenkman
After history professor John Oldman unexpectedly resigns from the University, his startled colleagues impulsively invite themselves to his home, pressing him for an explanation. But they're shocked to hear his reason for premature retirement: he claims that he must move on because he is immortal, and cannot stay in one place for more than ten years without his secret being discovered. M-6, F-3. Softcover, 65 pp. $11.99.


The ExoneratedThe Exonerated
Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen
What does it truly mean to be exonerated? The dictionary says it is to be proclaimed innocent after having been convicted of a crime. But what effect does it have on a person to have one's freedom and self-respect stripped away and then returned years later, after decades of incarceration? Through the words of six innocent men and women who emerged from years on death row, compiled and edited by Blank and Jensen, The Exonerated attempts to answer this question. This is both a riviting work of theatre and an exploration of one dark aspect of the American criminal justice system. Male: 7 Female: 3. Softcover, 76 pp. $19.50.


A Body of WaterA Body of Water
Lee Blessing
Moss and Avis, an attractive middle-aged couple wake up one morning in an isolated summer house high above a picturesque body of water. The weather's fine, the view's magnificent. There's only one problem - neither of them can remember who they are. When a young woman named Wren arrives, information starts to flood in. But will it help? Her explanations seem only to make Moss and Avis's world - as well as ours - more terrifying. Softcover, 51 pp. $10.99.


Flag DayFlag Day
Lee Blessing
A play in two plays, Flag Day examines white/black relations in our society with an unblinking eye. The first play, Good Clean Fun, is a darkly funny office commedy pitting two workers - one black, one white - against each other as they try to complete a high-pressure project. The office racism intensifies as we learn that one of them has stolen the other's wife. The second, Down and Dirty, evokes recent white-on-black and black-on-white killings in the American South. In a style poised carefully on the edge of absurdism, we discover a man dying in a car's windshield as people argue over whether or not to save him. Softcover, 47 pp. $10.99.


The Winning StreakThe Winning Streak

Lee Blessing
Omar, a retired baseball umpire, receives a sudden phonecall from Ry, a son he's never seen. Ry is the product of a one-night stand long ago. Until now, he's never wanted to meet his absentee father. But now in his mid-thirties and having made a life for himself in a distant city, he feels it's time. Omar is not so sure. In a series of funny, heartbreaking scenes, the two men negotiate every inch of a very rocky road in trying to come together. Is there a common ground? Can Omar ever master the skills to become a father, or Ry to become his son? Will baseball help? The local major-league team has a winning streak going. Meanwhile, these two men are just trying to win one in a row. A bittersweet comedy about the need for family in us all. M-2. Softcover, 49 pp. $11.99.

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The Drunken CityThe Drunken City
Adam Bock
Off on the bar crawl to end all bar crawls, three twenty-something brides-to-be find their lives going topsy-turvy when one of them begins to question her future after a chance encounter with a recently jilted handsome stranger. The Drunken City is a wildly theatrical take on the mystique of marriage and the ever-shifting nature of love and identity in a city that never sleeps. Softcover, 69 pp. $11.99.


Wake Up and Smell the CoffeeWake Up and Smell the Coffee

Eric Bogosian
A meditation on making it to the top of the ladder, on falling off the ladder and on the exhilarating thrill of the ultimate crash and burn. Bogosian takes us for a ferocious ride through a calvalcade of colourful characters as he skewers pop culture, conformity, religous hypocrisy and human nature itself with razor sharp wit. Whether he's playing Satan as a modern-day salesman, a Hollywood producer capitalizing on an airplane disaster, a spiritual guru with questionable motives, or mocking himself as an obsequious actor auditioning for a part, Bogosian tackles today's relevant post 9/11 themes with uncompromising honesty. M-1. Softcover, 57 pp. $9.99.


Red AngelRed Angel
Eric Bogosian
In Red Angel, a celebrated novelist is guest lecturer at a small elite college. He becomes sexually involved with a student, who also happens to be his biggest fan, only to find that there's more to this young woman than meets the eye. Bogosian's riff on Von Sternberg's The Blue Angel. M-2, F-2. Softcover, 48 pp. $9.99.


GrillerGriller

Eric Bogosian
A farce that turns the American Dream on its head. In Griller, set in a New Jersey backyard, a barbecue gathering turns sinister and deadly. M-5, F-4. Softcover, 54 pp. $9.99.



Humpty Dumpty and Other PlaysHumpty Dumpty and Other Plays
Eric Bogosian
Humpty Dumpty and three other plays: Griller, Red Angel, and Non-Profit Benefit. Softcover, 245 pp. $25.95.





A Place at Forest LawnA Place at Forest Lawn
James Bontempo & Luke Yankee
Friendship is the tie that binds in this bittersweet and candid look at remembered love, forgotten promises, living with choices and dying with dignity. The play follows the reconciliation of Clara, a cantankerous old lady, and her devoted best friend, Gertrude. A Place at Forest Lawn surprises with humour, comforts with insight and charms with intriguing characters. Softcover, 53 pp. $10.99.


The Women of LockerbieThe Women of Lockerbie
Deborah Brevoort
A mother from New Jersey roams the hills of Lockerbie Scotland, looking for her sons remains that were lost in the crash of Pan Am 103. She meets the women of Lockerbie, who are fighting the U.S. government to obtain the clothing of the victims found in the plane's wreckage. The women, determined to convert an act of hatred into an act of love, want to wash the clothes of the dead and return them to the victims' families. M-2, F-5. Softcover, 104 pp. $9.99.


Franklin's ApprenticeFranklin's Apprentice

Laurie Brooks
Conflict, comedy, and dazzling special effects highlight this tale of an American hero's struggle to tame heaven's own power -- electricity. Blending historical fiction with contemporary resonance, this thrilling play for families culminates on a stormy night with the crack of thunder, a blinding light and an experiment that changed the world. M-5, F-2. Softcover, 48 pp. $9.99.


Shakespeare's R & JShakespeare's R & J
Joe Calarco
Four actors with no set, no costume changes, and no props bring the essence of this classic play vividly alive with the sheer theatricality of the timeless story. $9.99.


Almost, MaineAlmost, Maine
John Cariani
On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend--almost--in this delightful midwinter night's tale. Softcover, 75 pp. $10.99.


When The World Was Green (A Chef's Fable)When The World Was Green (A Chef's Fable)
Joseph Chaikin & Sam Shepard
A hauntingly lyrical memory play, When The World Was Green is steeped in the elliptical, poetic style for which Shepard is justly celebrated. With only two characters, an old man who was once a superb chef, and a young reporter who comes to interview him in the prison where he has been locked up for many years after poisoning a man he mistook for his cousin. Softcover, 34 pp. $10.99.


The Piano TeacherThe Piano Teacher
Julia Cho
Mrs. K is an elderly widow who lives by herself in a small suburban town. She whiles away her time reminiscing about her late husband and the children she taught long ago as a piano instructor. One day, she finds herself compelled to call her old students, but is it out of loneliness or some other, darker need? As Mrs. K discovers, it may not be what we cannot know that troubles us the most; it may be what we cannot bear to know. Softcover, 36 pp. $10.99.


A Song For CorettaA Song For Coretta
Pearl Cleage
On February 6, 2006, people began lining up at dawn outside of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Chirch to pay their respects to the late Mrs. Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose body lay in state in the small sanctuary. When a cold rain began to fall at sunset, those who had thought to bring umbrellas shared them with those whose resolve was the only thing not dampened by the drizzle. At close to midnight, the crowd had dwindled to a determined few. The five fictional characters in this play are at the end of that long line of mourners. Softcover, 40 pp. $10.99.


Bourbon at the BorderBourbon at the Border

Pearl Cleage
Bourbon at the Border takes a look at the lives of two ordinary people who gave everything they had to the African-American freedom struggle but who have now been largely forgotten. In telling May and Charlie's story, Bourbon at the Border puts a human face on the unknown soldiers of the civil rights movement by refusing to romanticize them even as it honours their specific sacrifices and the price they paid. M-2, F-2. Softcover, 65 pp. $9.99.


Culture Clash in AmericaCulture Clash in America
Culture Clash
Culture Clash is Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza. Since 1984, this award-winning, one-of-a-kind trio has been storming the nation's stages and wowing audiences with their unique blend of hilarious comedy and shrewdly observed social satire. Based on interviews with residents of communities across the U.S., these four plays -- Bordertown, Nuyorcian Stories, Mission Magic Mystery Tour and Anthems -- paint an unforgettable portrait of life in the United States and what it means to be American. Softcover, 225 pp. $23.95.


Five Course LoveFive Course Love
Gregg Coffin
Three actors play fifteen different characters in five different restaurants on the hunt for one true love. The evening begins at Dean's Old-Fashioned All-American Down-Home Bar-B-Que Texas Eats, where a blind date goes charbroiled wrong. One after another, each couple at each restaurant have their turn, and come what may, the results are both humorous and touching. Softcover, 53 pp. $10.99.


The Boys From SiamThe Boys From Siam
John Austin Connolly
Based loosely on the lives of the 19th century brothers Chang and Eng Bunker (the original "siamese twins"), The Boys from Siam is the haunting and lyrical story of the conjoined twins Pigg and Pegg. Edward Albee writes in his forward that the word is "a beautifully realized concentrated universe. It takes big chances along the way...and makes us care--really care." Softcover, 119 pp. $15.95.


The Band PlaysThe Band Plays
Matt Crowley
Softcover, 245 pp. $20.95.

 



Beauty of the FatherBeauty of the Father
Nilo Cruz
This play by the Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz is set in Andalusia, Spain, where the restless ghost of the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca still wanders the streets and converses with the living. Beauty of the Father is about a young American girl who travels to this part of the world to meet her estranged father and becomes romantically involved with his Moroccan companion. This passionate triangle explores the conflict between love and sacrifice. Softcover, 52 pp. $10.99.


A Bicycle CountryA Bicycle Country
Nilo Cruz
Three characters whose lives seem to be moving nowhere set out to build a dream, even if that dream seems perilous. This stirring portrait of three Cuban exiles and their harrowing journey across the Caribbean Sea examines the universal themes of freedom and oppression, hope and survival. 2 m,1 w. Softcover, 42 pp. $9.99.

Anna in the TropicsAnna in the Tropics
Nilo Cruz
Anna in the Tropics
is set in Florida in 1929 in a Cuban-American cigar factory, where cigars are still rolled by hand and "lectors" are employed to educate and entertain the workers. The arrival of a new lector is cause for celebration, but when he begins to read aloud from Anna Karenina, he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics and the American dream prove a volatile combination. M-5, F-3. Softcover, 62 pp. $9.99.

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