Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559367369
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
"Parks has burst through every known convention to invent a new theatrical language, like a jive Samuel Beckett, while exploding American cultural myths and stereotypes along the way.... She's passionate and jokey and some kind of genius."--Vogue A collection of plays and essays by one of America's premier playwrights. Includes the essays "Possession," "from Elements of Style," and "An Equation for Black People Onstage," and the plays Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Betting on Dust Commander, Pickling, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, Devotees in the Garden of Love, and The America Play.
The America Play and Other Works
Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559367369
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
"Parks has burst through every known convention to invent a new theatrical language, like a jive Samuel Beckett, while exploding American cultural myths and stereotypes along the way.... She's passionate and jokey and some kind of genius."--Vogue A collection of plays and essays by one of America's premier playwrights. Includes the essays "Possession," "from Elements of Style," and "An Equation for Black People Onstage," and the plays Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Betting on Dust Commander, Pickling, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, Devotees in the Garden of Love, and The America Play.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559367369
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
"Parks has burst through every known convention to invent a new theatrical language, like a jive Samuel Beckett, while exploding American cultural myths and stereotypes along the way.... She's passionate and jokey and some kind of genius."--Vogue A collection of plays and essays by one of America's premier playwrights. Includes the essays "Possession," "from Elements of Style," and "An Equation for Black People Onstage," and the plays Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Betting on Dust Commander, Pickling, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, Devotees in the Garden of Love, and The America Play.
The America Play
Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822214236
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
THE STORY: Once upon a time there was a theme park called the Great Hole of History. It was a popular spot for honeymooners who, in search of post-nuptial excitement, would visit this hole and watch the daily historical parades. One of these visi
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822214236
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
THE STORY: Once upon a time there was a theme park called the Great Hole of History. It was a popular spot for honeymooners who, in search of post-nuptial excitement, would visit this hole and watch the daily historical parades. One of these visi
The Red Letter Plays
Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
ISBN: 9781559361958
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Two new controversial plays based on The Scarlett Letter.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
ISBN: 9781559361958
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Two new controversial plays based on The Scarlett Letter.
The Play that Changed My Life
Author: Benjamin A. Hodges
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557837400
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
(Applause Books). What was the play that changed your life? What was the play that inspired you; that showed you something entirely new; that was so thrilling or surprising, breathtaking or poignant, that you were never the same? Nineteen of today's most gifted playwrights respond in this most revealing and personal book, published by Applause Books and presented by the American Theatre Wing, founder of The Tony Awards. From Edward Albee's 1935 visit to New York's Hippodrome Theatre to see Jimmy Durante (and an elephant) in Rodgers and Hart's Jumbo, to Diana Son's twelfth-grade field trip in 1983 to see Diane Venora play Hamlet at The Public Theater, from David Henry Hwang's seminal San Francisco encounter with Equus to a young Beth Henley's epiphany after seeing her mother in a "Green Bean Man costume," The Play That Changed My Life offers readers a unique peek into the theatrical influences of some of the nation's most important dramatists. The book is filled with tributes, memories, anecdotes and other insights that connect past to present and make this volume an instant "must have" for anyone who adores the theatre. Also in the book are pieces by David Auburn, Jon Robin Baitz, Nilo Cruz, Christopher Durang, Charles Fuller, A. R. Gurney, Tina Howe, David Ives, Donald Margulies, Lynn Nottage, Suzan-Lori Parks, Sarah Ruhl, John Patrick Shanley, Regina Taylor, and Doug Wright, as well as an introduction by Paula Vogel. All together, the playwrights featured here have won more than 40 Tony Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, Obies, and MacArthur genius grants.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557837400
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
(Applause Books). What was the play that changed your life? What was the play that inspired you; that showed you something entirely new; that was so thrilling or surprising, breathtaking or poignant, that you were never the same? Nineteen of today's most gifted playwrights respond in this most revealing and personal book, published by Applause Books and presented by the American Theatre Wing, founder of The Tony Awards. From Edward Albee's 1935 visit to New York's Hippodrome Theatre to see Jimmy Durante (and an elephant) in Rodgers and Hart's Jumbo, to Diana Son's twelfth-grade field trip in 1983 to see Diane Venora play Hamlet at The Public Theater, from David Henry Hwang's seminal San Francisco encounter with Equus to a young Beth Henley's epiphany after seeing her mother in a "Green Bean Man costume," The Play That Changed My Life offers readers a unique peek into the theatrical influences of some of the nation's most important dramatists. The book is filled with tributes, memories, anecdotes and other insights that connect past to present and make this volume an instant "must have" for anyone who adores the theatre. Also in the book are pieces by David Auburn, Jon Robin Baitz, Nilo Cruz, Christopher Durang, Charles Fuller, A. R. Gurney, Tina Howe, David Ives, Donald Margulies, Lynn Nottage, Suzan-Lori Parks, Sarah Ruhl, John Patrick Shanley, Regina Taylor, and Doug Wright, as well as an introduction by Paula Vogel. All together, the playwrights featured here have won more than 40 Tony Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, Obies, and MacArthur genius grants.
365 Days/365 Plays
Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
Publisher: Samuel French, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780573709555
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
On November 13, 2002, the incomparable Suzan-Lori Parks got an idea to write a play every day for a year. She began that very day, finishing one year later. The result is an extraordinary testament to artistic commitment. This collection of 365 impeccably crafted pieces, each with its own distinctive characters and dramatic power, is a complete work by an artist responding to her world, each and every day. Parks is one of the American theater's most wily and innovative writers, and her "stark but poetic language and fiercely idiosyncratic images transform her work into something haunting and marvelous." (Time Magazine) Note: Theatre makers are welcome to present an assortment of selected plays from 365 Days/365 Plays. A presentation of 31 or more plays is considered "Full-Length," while a presentation of 30 or fewer plays is considered "One Act." All presentations must include the three plays known collectively as "The 3 Constants."
Publisher: Samuel French, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780573709555
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
On November 13, 2002, the incomparable Suzan-Lori Parks got an idea to write a play every day for a year. She began that very day, finishing one year later. The result is an extraordinary testament to artistic commitment. This collection of 365 impeccably crafted pieces, each with its own distinctive characters and dramatic power, is a complete work by an artist responding to her world, each and every day. Parks is one of the American theater's most wily and innovative writers, and her "stark but poetic language and fiercely idiosyncratic images transform her work into something haunting and marvelous." (Time Magazine) Note: Theatre makers are welcome to present an assortment of selected plays from 365 Days/365 Plays. A presentation of 31 or more plays is considered "Full-Length," while a presentation of 30 or fewer plays is considered "One Act." All presentations must include the three plays known collectively as "The 3 Constants."
The Book of Grace
Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 155936646X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
A new play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Topdog/Underdog.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 155936646X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
A new play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Topdog/Underdog.
Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559368179
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The stunning first installment of a new American Odyssey, set over the course of the Civil War.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559368179
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The stunning first installment of a new American Odyssey, set over the course of the Civil War.
Suzan-Lori Parks
Author: Deborah R. Geis
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472069462
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The latest addition to the Michigan Modern Dramatists series offers an indispensable guide to Parks's dramatic works, taking a close look at her major plays and placing them in context. Deborah R. Geis traces the evolution of Parks's art from her earliest experimental pieces to the hugely popular Topdog/Underdog to her wide-ranging forays into fiction, music, and film."--pub. desc.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472069462
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The latest addition to the Michigan Modern Dramatists series offers an indispensable guide to Parks's dramatic works, taking a close look at her major plays and placing them in context. Deborah R. Geis traces the evolution of Parks's art from her earliest experimental pieces to the hugely popular Topdog/Underdog to her wide-ranging forays into fiction, music, and film."--pub. desc.
White Noise
Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 9781559369503
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Topdog/Underdog comes a play about race and friendship in a deeply flawed society.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 9781559369503
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Topdog/Underdog comes a play about race and friendship in a deeply flawed society.
Venus
Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559367385
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Parks' latest and most controversial work.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559367385
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Parks' latest and most controversial work.