Boston Theater Marathon XI - 2009 Anthology - 50 Ten Minute Plays

Synopsis

The Boston Theater Marathon is the winner of a 2000 Elliot Norton Award and a Dramatists Guild Citation for its work in forging relationships between playwrights and theatre companies all over New England.

Now an annual tradition in Boston, the BTM utilizes hundreds of actors and dozens of directors to sponsor 50 ten-minute plays in 10 hours (that s five plays per hour), each one supported by a different New England theatre company.

"An astonishing array of imaginative worlds... a delicious dose of theater... a jaw-dropping collection of talent...

" Boston Herald "Other places have 10-minute play evenings and the like, but as far as I know, a play marathon that brings together a city s entire theatre community in all its reaches exists nowhere else."

Playwright Russell Lees"What is always exciting about the Boston Theater Marathon's festival of 10-minute plays is seeing new playwrights emerge, watching familiar ones spread their wings in new directions, and sitting in a theater with dyed-in-the-wool stage enthusiasts."

Theater Mania"The Boston Theater Marathon — now in it's eleventh year — sends wave after wave of thespian talent representing some fifty theater companies to stalk the boards of the BCA's Stanford Calderwood Pavilion for ten grueling, glorious hours of 10-minute plays.

Should you find yourself deficient in Vitamin D(rama) this May, this tasty horse pill of a showcase will have you right as rain in no time."

The PhoenixTable of Contents:FOREWORD, Robert BrusteinINTRODUCTION, Kate SnodgrassTHE SECOND COMING, Rosanna Yamagiwa AlfaroLIFER, Toby Armour THE GREAT MAIL ROBBERY, Jeanne BeckwithLOCKDOWN, George BrantABRAHAM AND SARAH, Alan BrodySEX FOR A CHANGE, Robert Brustein GONE, Ed Bullins LAYING THE SMACK DOWN IN CAMBRIDGE, Jonathan BuschLAST MEAL, Julia Harman Cain THE LIQUIDATION OF THE COHN ESTATE, Edmond Caldwell SAFELY ASSUMED, Andrea Fleck ClardyBE THE HUNTER, Tom CoashBUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD, Laura CrookA NEW DAY, Lydia DiamondSUGAR GLIDER, William Donnelly INHERITING CLEO, Stephen Faria PERSPECTIVE, Peter M. Floyd RECOGNITION, Patrick Gabridge THE SWEEP, Gary Garrison GWEN & EVELYN, Paul H. GoodwinSUR LA MAISON, Michael J. GradyANNIE DESMOND GETS A TATTOO, Kirsten Greenidge WHAT STRONG FENCES MAKE, Israel Horovitz CLASS ACT, VERSION 379, Holly L. Jensen WAITING FOR GRETCHEN, Susan Kosoff JOAN, JOAN, JOAN AND HITLER, Ryan Landry NOT FUNNY, Christopher LockheardtSARASOTA, Melinda LopezTHE INTERVIEW, Scott Malia MISSED EXIT, Nina Mansfield HER EYES, Scott McCrea NO SKATING, Dana Biscotti Myskowski TALKBACK, Jack Neary HEADBANGER, Ronan NooneIF AT FIRST... , John Edward O Brien TROFIMOV, A STUDENT, William Orem PLEASE REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, Rick Park FAMILY FIRST, Regina Eliot Ramsey NESTING, Karmo Sanders SMALL WINDOW, George SauerMIKEY D., John Shea NINE LIVES, Danielle Slepian THE PRE-NUP, Marisa Smith CLOSE YOUR EYES, Erin Striff BOUNDLESS AS THE SEA, Susan W. ThompsonTHE SENTRY, Michael Tooher WHITE PEOPLE, Ken Urban IMPORTEES, Dana Yeaton ST.

CLOUD, Vladimir Zelevinsky BOSTON THEATER MARATHON THEATER LISTINGRIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS

Themes

• American drama
• PS627.O53 B68 2009
• Ten-minute plays, American