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Humana Festival, 1993: The Complete Plays (Plays for Actors) Paperback – January 1, 1993

by Marisa Smith (Editor)
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For close to two decades, the Humana Festival has been celebrating the genius of American playwrights by presenting an exciting new crop of home-grown plays each year to theatergoers from around the world.

A double bill of one-act plays by new playwright Regina Taylor, who won an Emmy nomination for her role as Lilly Harper in the TV drama "I'll Fly Away," is featured in Humana Festival '93: The Complete Plays, a volume of the new works - five full-length plays, a pair of one-acts, and three ten-minute plays - that premiered at the 17th annual festival from nine distinguished playwrights.

Eight of the Humana Festival '93 plays were chosen from over 2,500 entries submitted to the ATL over the past year: Shooting Simone by Lynn Kaufman, The Ice Fishing Play by Kevin Kling, What We Do With It by Bruce MacDonald, Keely and Du by Jane Martin, Poof! by Lynn Nottage, Tape by Jose Rivera, and the two one-acts by Regina Taylor. Poof! was a co-winner of ATL's 1992 National Ten-Minute Play Contest.

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  1. Print length
    242 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Smith & Kraus Pub Inc
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1993
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1880399377
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1880399378
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From Publishers Weekly

These works, all presented at the Humana Festival, are written by a bolder generation of playwrights, one which has been turning steadily away from realistic drama and toward the poetry of a less bounded theater. This is not to say, however, that they avoid contemporary issues. In a very funny and provocative piece by Lynn Nottage, a woman finds herself addressing a pile of ashes after raising her voice to an abusive husband--the shock of the incident has caused him to spontaneously combust. Regina Taylor takes the reader to the gathering of a black family whose unresolved feelings toward their heritage become apparent. One sister, voted Black Woman of the Year, has bleached her skin and altered her face to such an extent that her own father doesn't recognize her. People examine their own lives in this collection as well. In Jose Rivera's short, stark play, one man is sentenced to an eternity of listening to the tapes of every lie he ever told. These are plays that ask questions--about humanity, about the theater--and while the answers are not always clear, the questions are almost certainly worth asking. Smith edited Contemporary Mov ie Monologues.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Here is a collection of nine thought-provoking contemporary dramas by American playwrights, first performed at the 17th Annual Humana Festival by the Actors Theatre of Louisville this past spring. Included are five full-length plays, a one-act play, and three ten-minute dramas. Subject matter covers such issues as abortion, suicide, and child abuse. Watermelon Rinds by Regina Taylor, the Emmy Award-winning performer in TV's I'll Fly Away , is an absurdist's view of African American family politics. Joan Ackermann's Stanton's Garage takes place in rural Missouri and examines the structure of human relationships in juxtaposition to auto mechanics. A worthwhile addition to modern drama collections.
- Howard E. Miller, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Missouri Lib., St. Louis
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Smith & Kraus Pub Inc (January 1, 1993)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 242 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1880399377
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1880399378
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches

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