Scenes and monologues of spiritual experience
Subtitle: from the best contemporary plays
By: edited by Roger Ellis
Series: The Applause acting series; Applause acting series
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Milwaukee, WI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781480331563
Subjects: Monologues; Spirituality; Acting; Drama; Religion and drama
Description: Anthology of more than 50 contemporary scenes and monologues exploring spiritual experiences from religious and secular angles. Some of the selected pieces permit gender-neutral casting.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Scenes for a man and a woman. Creation of the world / Arthur Miller; title: Avow / Bill C. Davis; title: Chagrin Falls / Mia McCullough; title: Dog sees God : confessions of a teenage blockhead / Bert V. Royal; title: Minor leagues / Gustavo Ott; title: Angels in America part one : millennium approaches / Tony Kushner; title: Convivencia / R.N. Sandberg; title: Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the new world / Yussef El Guindi; title: In the shape of a woman / Tammy Ryan; title: Some people have all the luck / Cándido Tirado; title: Golden child / David Henry Hwang; title: Lynette at 3 a.m. / Jane Anderson; title: From every mountainside / Max Bush; title: Scenes for two women. Agnes of God / John Pielmeier; title: Reincarnation / Jessica Litwak; title: Marisol / José́ Rivera; title: Doubt : a parable / John Patrick Shanley; title: Fat chicks / Gustavo Ott; title: In the next room or the vibrator play / Sarah Ruhl; title: Thrown by angels / Gwendolyn Schwinke; title: Cell cycle / Cristina Pippa; title: Cell cycle / Cristina Pippa; title: Gidion's knot / Johnna Adams; title: Scenes for two men. Grace / Mick Gordon and A.C. Grayling; title: Mass appeal / Bill C. Davis; title: Next fall / Geoffrey Nauffts; title: Turtle Island blues / William Borden; title: Dog sees God : confessions of a teenage blockhead / Bert V. Royal; title: Ties that bind : featuring the astounding Krispinsky / Eric Coble; title: Family devotions / David Henry Hwang; title: Our Lady of 121st Street / Stephen Adly Guirgis; title: Our Lady of 121st Street / Stephen Adly Guirgis; title: Monologues for women. Beirut rocks / Israel Horovitz; title: Marisol / José Rivera; title: The lark / Jean Anouilh, translated by Christopher Fry; title: This beautiful city / Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis; title: This beautiful city / Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis; title: Me and Joan (of Arc) / Karen Sunde; title: The Arab-Israeli cookbook / Robin Soans; title: The Arab-Israeli cookbook / Robin Soans; title: Gidion's knot / Johnna Adams; title: Monologues for men. Wake me when it's over / Sybil St. Claire; title: Bengal tiger at the Baghdad Zoo / Rajiv Joseph; title: The controversy of Valladolid / Jean-Claude Carrière; title: The controversy of Valladolid / Jean-Claude Carrière; title: Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the new world / Yussef El Guindi; title: Golden child / David Henry Hwang; title: In the shape of a woman / Tammy Ryan; title: This beautiful city / Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis; title: In a kingdom by the sea / Karen Sunde; title: A Tuesday in April / Max Bush; title: Speaking well of the dead / Israel Horovitz.