30 Ten-Minute Plays from the Actors Theatre of Louisville for 2 Actors
Smith and Kraus, the drama student's best friend in the  publishing world, once again mines the indefatigably rich and  protean dramatic vein of the Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana  Festival. The latest jewel in the "Contemporary Playwrights and  Collections" series is this three-volume collection of 90  exemplary ten-minute plays, derived from Humana's 20-year-old  National Ten-Minute Play Contest and selected by lead editor  Dixon, who was an associate artistic director and literary  manager at ATL for 16 years. What began as a quirky exercise in  Polaroid playwrighting has evolved into a meaningful format, no  less dramatically complete or serious for its time constraint.  Nor is this form relegated only to unknown innovators, as  attested by the contributions of such noted playwrights as Jane  Martin, David Henry Hwang, Tina Howe, William Mastrosimone, Jon  Jory, David Ives, and Craig Lucas. Arranged by gender groupings  (plays for women, plays for men, plays for combinations, etc.),  these volumes are particularly suited to acting students whose  needs for relevant, contemporary, and age-appropriate scenic  material is insatiable. This entire moderately priced series  should be scarfed up by all libraries devoting collection  attention to the needs of actors. Barry X. Miller, Austin P.L.,  TXCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.