The best American short plays 2012-2013
By: edited with an introduction by William W. Demastes
Series: Best American short plays series; Best American short plays series
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9781480361744
Subjects: Drama; One-act plays, American; Collections; American drama
Description: This edition of the highly esteemed and long-enduring Best American Short Plays series contains fresh-voiced, cutting-edge works by twenty playwrights. Thematically exploring the balance between "hot tempers and cold decrees," each of these plays reflects the enormous diversity of contemporary American theater.
Table of contents: title: Introduction :; title: "Hot tempers and cold decrees"  -- William Demastes; title: The true death of Socrates  -- Frank Higgins; title: Existence  -- Murray Schisgal; title: The origins of the drink they named after me  -- Steve Feffer; title: Rise  -- Crystal Skillman; title: Spatial disorientation  -- Lisa Soland; title: Between the lines  -- Amber Leanne Marcoon; title: The rainbow  -- James Armstrong; title: Subtraction  -- Kevin McFillen; title: Flare  -- Edith Freni; title: Blue, blue moon  -- John Patrick Bray; title: Kid gloves  -- David Rusiecki; title: The grim reaper  -- Daniel Guyton; title: Hurt  -- Saviana Stanescu; title: Cell  -- Cassandra Medley; title: Abandoned in Queens  -- Laura Maria Censabella; title: Free will  -- Billy Aronson; title: Dark king kills unicorn  -- Reina Hardy; title: Deer haunting : a Far side cartoon  -- Andréa J. Onstad; title: 2nd anniversary near Taurus Major  -- Gene Kato; title: The new models -- Rory Leahy.