Author: Esther Kim Lee
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822352745
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
By bringing the plays together in this collection, Esther Kim Lee highlights the themes and styles that have enlivened Korean diasporic theater in the Americas since the 1990s. Some of the plays are set in urban Koreatowns. One takes place in the middle of Texas, while another unfolds entirely in a character's mind. Ethnic identity is not as central as it was in the work of previous generations of Asian diasporic playwrights.
Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Plays by Women
Author: Penny Farfan
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047205435X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Explores how women playwrights illuminate the contemporary world and contribute to its reshaping
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047205435X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Explores how women playwrights illuminate the contemporary world and contribute to its reshaping
Seven Contemporary Plays from the Korean Diaspora in the Americas
Author: Esther Kim Lee
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822352745
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
By bringing the plays together in this collection, Esther Kim Lee highlights the themes and styles that have enlivened Korean diasporic theater in the Americas since the 1990s. Some of the plays are set in urban Koreatowns. One takes place in the middle of Texas, while another unfolds entirely in a character's mind. Ethnic identity is not as central as it was in the work of previous generations of Asian diasporic playwrights.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822352745
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
By bringing the plays together in this collection, Esther Kim Lee highlights the themes and styles that have enlivened Korean diasporic theater in the Americas since the 1990s. Some of the plays are set in urban Koreatowns. One takes place in the middle of Texas, while another unfolds entirely in a character's mind. Ethnic identity is not as central as it was in the work of previous generations of Asian diasporic playwrights.
Gruesome Playground Injuries
Author: Rajiv Joseph
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822225294
Category : Friendship
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
THE STORY: Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare scars and the physical calamities that keep drawing them together.
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822225294
Category : Friendship
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
THE STORY: Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare scars and the physical calamities that keep drawing them together.
Angels in America
Author: Tony Kushner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781848426313
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. This edition, published alongside the major revival at the National Theatre in 2017, contains both plays, Part One: Millennium Approaches, and Part Two: Perestroika.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781848426313
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. This edition, published alongside the major revival at the National Theatre in 2017, contains both plays, Part One: Millennium Approaches, and Part Two: Perestroika.
Contemporary Plays by African American Women
Author: Sandra Adell
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252097815
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
African American women have increasingly begun to see their plays performed from regional stages to Broadway. Yet many of these artists still struggle to gain attention. In this volume, Sandra Adell draws from the vital wellspring of works created by African American women in the twenty-first century to present ten plays by both prominent and up-and-coming writers. Taken together, the selections portray how these women engage with history as they delve into--and shake up--issues of gender and class to craft compelling stories of African American life. Gliding from gritty urbanism to rural landscapes, these works expand boundaries and boldly disrupt modes of theatrical representation. Selections: Blue Door, by Tanya Barfield; Levee James, by S. M. Shephard-Massat; Hoodoo Love, by Katori Hall; Carnaval, by Nikkole Salter; Single Black Female, by Lisa B. Thompson; Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine, by Lynn Nottage; BlackTop Sky, by Christina Anderson; Voyeurs de Venus, by Lydia Diamond; Fedra, by J. Nicole Brooks; and Uppa Creek: A Modern Anachronistic Parody in the Minstrel Tradition, by Keli Garrett.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252097815
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
African American women have increasingly begun to see their plays performed from regional stages to Broadway. Yet many of these artists still struggle to gain attention. In this volume, Sandra Adell draws from the vital wellspring of works created by African American women in the twenty-first century to present ten plays by both prominent and up-and-coming writers. Taken together, the selections portray how these women engage with history as they delve into--and shake up--issues of gender and class to craft compelling stories of African American life. Gliding from gritty urbanism to rural landscapes, these works expand boundaries and boldly disrupt modes of theatrical representation. Selections: Blue Door, by Tanya Barfield; Levee James, by S. M. Shephard-Massat; Hoodoo Love, by Katori Hall; Carnaval, by Nikkole Salter; Single Black Female, by Lisa B. Thompson; Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine, by Lynn Nottage; BlackTop Sky, by Christina Anderson; Voyeurs de Venus, by Lydia Diamond; Fedra, by J. Nicole Brooks; and Uppa Creek: A Modern Anachronistic Parody in the Minstrel Tradition, by Keli Garrett.
Play the Scene
Author: Michael Schulman
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312318796
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A collection of over a hundred scenes and monologues from plays from the Elizabethan period to contemporary Tony Award winners.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312318796
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A collection of over a hundred scenes and monologues from plays from the Elizabethan period to contemporary Tony Award winners.
Contemporary Plays
Author: Thomas H. Dickinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Moving Parts
Author: Nina Shengold
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
More than 125 monologues by Mamet, Shepard, August Wilson, and others.
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
More than 125 monologues by Mamet, Shepard, August Wilson, and others.
Beyond Victims and Villains
Author: Victoria Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
First major anthology of dramatic work dealing with disabilities.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
First major anthology of dramatic work dealing with disabilities.
Contemporary Armenian American Drama
Author: Nishan Parlakian
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231508506
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Although ancestral voices have inspired many Armenian American writers of poetry and fiction in the twentieth century, their expression through drama has been limited. The first of its kind, this anthology is a collection of plays by notable Armenian Americans. Written in English largely by artists of Armenian extraction during the latter part of the twentieth century, the plays reflect the outrage of the Armenian Genocide, the forced transplantation that created the Armenian Diaspora, and the desire to maintain the newly established democratic homeland. Including a range of authors from William Saroyan to more contemporary voices, this anthology represents the writers that have stimulated cutting-edge contemporary drama from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The collection includes farce, comedy, tragicomedy, and tragedy (and sometimes blends of all of these). The plays reflect the shared experiences of Armenian family life in Armenia, Turkey, and America. The themes include the joy of freedom to practice their faith and ethnic customs, the turmoil of acculturation, and the feared loss of identity through assimilation. The editor has provided headnotes for each play and an extensive introduction tracing the history of Armenian American drama in the United States.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231508506
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Although ancestral voices have inspired many Armenian American writers of poetry and fiction in the twentieth century, their expression through drama has been limited. The first of its kind, this anthology is a collection of plays by notable Armenian Americans. Written in English largely by artists of Armenian extraction during the latter part of the twentieth century, the plays reflect the outrage of the Armenian Genocide, the forced transplantation that created the Armenian Diaspora, and the desire to maintain the newly established democratic homeland. Including a range of authors from William Saroyan to more contemporary voices, this anthology represents the writers that have stimulated cutting-edge contemporary drama from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The collection includes farce, comedy, tragicomedy, and tragedy (and sometimes blends of all of these). The plays reflect the shared experiences of Armenian family life in Armenia, Turkey, and America. The themes include the joy of freedom to practice their faith and ethnic customs, the turmoil of acculturation, and the feared loss of identity through assimilation. The editor has provided headnotes for each play and an extensive introduction tracing the history of Armenian American drama in the United States.