Authors: Eric Lane, E. Lave, N. Sheilgold
ISBN-13: 9780679772828, ISBN-10: 0679772820
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: March 1997
Edition: 1ST
A ten-minute play is a streak of theatrical lightning. It doesn't last long, but its power can stand your hair on end. This splendid anthology contains enough wattage to light up a small city. For in its pages, thirty-two of our finest playwrights hone their skills on a form that has been called the haiku of the American stage. The plays that Nina Shengold and Eric Lane have collected in this volume range from monologues to an eight-character farce. Eminently producible, ideally suited for the classroom and audition, Take Ten is a marvelous resource for teachers and students of drama, as well as a stimulating read for lovers of the theatre. Contributors include: John Augustine, Cathy Celesia, Laura Cunningham, Joe Pintauro, Mary Sue Price, Megan Terry, Jose Rivera, Romulus Linney, David Mamet, Jane Martin, David Ives, and many others.
Introduction | ||
Siobhan | 3 | |
Anything for You | 11 | |
Flop Cop | 21 | |
Mrs. Sorken | 31 | |
Brother | 39 | |
New York Actor | 51 | |
The Philadelphia | 65 | |
The Man Who Couldn't Dance | 79 | |
Hold for Three | 93 | |
Reverse Transcription | 101 | |
A Bowl of Soup | 117 | |
Railing It Uptown | 125 | |
Stars | 139 | |
A Sermon | 147 | |
Shasta Rue | 153 | |
Ferris Wheel | 161 | |
Yesterday's Window | 179 | |
Two Eclairs | 191 | |
That Midnight Rodeo | 201 | |
The Spirit Is Willing | 211 | |
The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes Me Cry | 221 | |
Gas | 235 | |
Duet for Bear and Dog | 243 | |
Phone Sex and a Dumb Show | 253 | |
Welcome to the Moon | 261 | |
Brights | 277 | |
R.A.W. ('Cause I'm a Woman) | 289 | |
Judgment Call | 301 | |
Love Poem #98 | 315 | |
Breakfast Serial | 323 | |
The Janitor | 335 | |
Helen at Risk | 339 | |
Acknowledgments | 348 | |
Contributors | 349 | |
Editors | 355 |