Sparks in the Park
by Noble Mason Smith

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One Act 40 mins Present Day Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Why we like it

"'Sparks in the Park' ignites the imagination with stories that celebrate connection, growth, and the beauty of new beginnings."

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Synopsis

Winner of the Young Playwrights Festival sponsored by the Dramatists Guild, Sparks in the Park is about a neurotic teenager trying to write a play for The New York Young Playwrights Festival.

The young writer can't see that his own relationships are far more interesting than his lame efforts at stagecraft: ridiculous attempts to emulate talented writers like Woody Allen, Sam Shepherd and, alas!, Shakespeare.

The play was, in fact, written by a neurotic teenager and entered in the New York Young Playwrights Festival (which it won).

Press Reviews

"Outlandishly funny"

— New York Magazine

"A delight from beginning."

— The New Yorker

"An imaginative picaresque adventure."

— The New York Times

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1988
Pages 76
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573625190
ISBN-10 0573625190
LCCN 89107514
LCC PS3569.M537837 S64 1988
DCC 812/.54

Sparks in the Park is a American comedy play written by Noble Mason Smith and published by Samuel French in New York (1988).

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