Plays and Playwrights 2003

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Plays and Playwrights 2003, the print version, is out of print and because it is still asked for, is reprinted as an ebook with updated bios for the authors. The book includes 11 plays produced in NYC during the 2002 season. A brief description of the plays follows:
A QUEER CAROL by Joe Godfrey-Interior decorator Ben Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas in this warm-hearted, gay-inflected update of the classic Dickens tale.
PUMPKINS FOR SMALLPOX by Catherine Gillet
A brief and incisive play about two teenage girls raising money for a good cause in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks.
LOOKING FOR THE PONY by Andrea Lepcio
A beautiful, intensely thoughtful one-act drama about the places breast cancer takes a woman and her sister.
BLACK THANG by Ato Essandoh
True love battles stereotypes and other hang-ups in this charming romantic comedy about the blossoming relationship between a black man and a white woman.
THE NINTH CIRCLE by Edward Musto
Ronald Reagan’s 1980 landslide election victory is the backdrop for one man’s spiraling descent into hell in this moody and harrowing drama.
THE DOCTOR OF ROME by Nat Colley
In this provocative sequel to The Merchant of Venice, Shylock’s grandson relentlessly pursues the truth, with unintended consequences.
GALAXY VIDEO by Marc Morales
A comedy for the MTV generation about trying to find a copy of Midnight Cowboy and other adventures inside the biggest video store ever.
THE LAST CARBURETOR by Leon Chase
A gripping drama of a dysfunctional family, set in Detroit at the turn of the millennium.
OUT TO LUNCH by Joseph Langham
An outrageous absurdist farce about two losers camping out in a restaurant that is quite possibly an allegory about apathy.
ASCENDING BODILY by Maggie Cino
A fantastical solo play in which an unusual lady with many handbags muses about life, love, and llamas.
LAST CALL by Kelly McAllister
A wise and moving comic drama about the ways some of us heed life’s wake-up calls—and the ways the rest of us ignore them.
The book includes an introduction by Martin Denton, information on how to obtain permission to perform the plays and notes by the authors. The Foreword is by Mario Fratti, noted playwright and critic.