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Shorter, Faster, Funnier Comic Plays and Monologues

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ISBN-10: 0307476642

ISBN-13: 9780307476647

Edition: 2011

Authors: Eric Lane, Nina Shengold

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A hilarious collection of forty-four brief plays and monologues by David Ives, Christopher Durang, Mary Louise Wilson, Mark Ors"Donnell, Warren Leight, and many more. In this cornucopia of comedy, yours"ll fi nd works by major playwrights and emerging young writers, with casts of all sizes featuring diverse and challenging roles for actors of every age and type. These pages contain such colorful characters as a businessman free-falling from a plane, an embittered sword swallower, a punkish girl skateboarder, and retirees in postapocalyptic Siberia, alongside plays that mine the humor in high school reunions, alien invasions, office cubicle farms, and even post-Katrina New Orleans. Perfect…    
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Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/3/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Nina Shengold won the ABC Playwright Award and the LA Weekly Award for her play "Homesteaders." Her one-acts have been performed all over the country, and her TV scripts include Hallmark Hall of Fame's "Blind Spot," starring Joanne Woodward, and "Silent Night." A founding member of the theater company Actors & Writers, she lives in upstate New York. Eric Laneis an award-winning playwright, filmmaker and book editor. Plays include:Times of War, Cater-WaiterandDancing on Checkers’ Grave,which starred Jennifer Aniston. His new playHeart of the Cityhas been optioned for off-Broadway. Eric has written and produced two short films:First BreathandCater-Waiter, which he…    

Nina Shengold won the ABC Playwright Award and the LA Weekly Award for her play "Homesteaders." Her one-acts have been performed all over the country, and her TV scripts include Hallmark Hall of Fame's "Blind Spot," starring Joanne Woodward, and "Silent Night." A founding member of the theater company Actors & Writers, she lives in upstate New York. Eric Laneis an award-winning playwright, filmmaker and book editor. Plays include:Times of War, Cater-WaiterandDancing on Checkers’ Grave,which starred Jennifer Aniston. His new playHeart of the Cityhas been optioned for off-Broadway. Eric has written and produced two short films:First BreathandCater-Waiter, which he…    

Introduction
Acknowledgments
The Anniversary
Bar Mitzvah Boy
The Blizzard
Brotherly Love
Christmas Present
The Contract
Curtain Raiser
Double Date
Ernesto the Magnificent
Friendship
Funeral Parlor
Gabrielle
Getting Home
H.R.
I Love Neil Labute
Life Without Subtext
Long Distance
Mary Just Broke up with this Guy
Men In Heat
Mere Vessels
Murderers �Match Wits with Minka Lupino�
Nine Point Eight Meters Per Second Per Second
Norm-Anon
Nothing
Particle Board
Peoplespeak
The Rental
Reunions
Ripper Girl
The Rumor
Sandchair Cantata
The Scary Question
Snap
Sourpuss
Thank You So Much for Stopping
36 Rumson Road
Three Guys and a Brenda
Tirade
Uncovered
A Very Very Short Play
The Whole Truth & Nothing but the Bluetooth
The Woods are for Suckers and Chumps
You Have Arrived
You Know Who Else I Hate?
Contributors
About The Editors
Index By Cast Size
Permissions Acknowledgments