New Dramatist Play Service Releases
Dramatists Play Service is pleased to announce the publication of:
BOURBON AT THE BORDER by Pearl Cleage“A tingling story of the ghosts of a Mississippi summer…Once again, as in Cleage’s Flyin’ West and Blues for an Alabama Sky, the characters ring marvelously true. They are, by turns, funny and earthy and tingling with poetic metaphor…surprisingly heart-breaking…” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
EVERYTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT by Mark Schultz “Scribe Mark Schultz and youthful thesp Laura Heisler pull off this high-wire tightrope act with gravity and grace in EVERYTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT, a production that’s all the more satisfying for being so dangerously funny.” —Variety. “…exquisitely performed new drama plunges deep into the unsettled mind of a fifteen-year-old girl whose mother recently died.” —NY Times. “‘Critics Choice’…this is a remarkable American play.” —Time Out London.
LAUGHING STOCK by Charles Morey“…a summer stock production of Dracula disintegrates into chaos on opening night. Gothic horror becomes high comedy amid misplaced technical cues, forgotten lines, wrong entrances and eccentric acting…the large audience howled with glee as they watched the mayhem unfold…” —Salt Lake Tribune. “LAUGHING STOCK soars as farce…” —Salt Lake City Weekly. “The delightful thing…is that Morey strikes a balance between a depiction of everything that can and usually does go wrong…and a genuinely affectionate look at the magic that holds theatre companies together…these are all type characters but Morey adeptly deepens and individualizes each one…The Dracula section and a rehearsal of Charley’s Aunt where the actors improvise being animals at dusk around an African water hole are comic high point…” —Event (Salt Lake City).
PEOPLE BE HEARD by Quincy Long, music by Michael Roth“PEOPLE BE HEARD is first and foremost a paean to democracy, especially the messy, foolish, successful-in-spite-of-itself-and-against-all-odds variety that we’ve been practicing in the United States of America for 228 years. I love this about PEOPLE BE HEARD: That’s why I say that this is a necessary, important play, at this moment in particular.” —nytheatre.com. “In his new comedy with songs, [Long] has written a satiric, provocative, often hilarious investigation into our local governing system and how all voices in a democracy are equal.” —BackStage.
RAIN DANCE by Lanford Wilson“…[an] emotion-packed ninety-minute tale.” —BackStage. “…thoughtful and emotionally resonant…” —Variety. “…a play of complex layers of meaning and stunning theatricality…[with] glorious dialogue…” —Detroit Press. “…a great play whose intimacy…accentuates its immense, world-changing canvas.” —Ann Arbor News.
THE WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE by Deborah Brevoort“A moving, thoughtful exploration of how grief changes over time.” —The New Yorker. “…a beautifully written script that explores the depths of human sorrow and our various reactions to grief, showing how love can trump evil.” —Journal News (Cincinnati). “The play’s powerful message resonates in a post 9/11 world.” —City Beat (Cincinnati). “…gives powerful voice to a disturbingly contemporary anguish: how to respond to suffering caused by a terrorist attack…the play has the power to move an audience to new hope in a world witnessing continual acts of revenge and hatred.” —Sydney Morning Herald (Australia).
To read about these titles and purchase acting editions, click on the links above.
To view all our recently published plays, click on Now Published.
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.440 Park Avenue SouthNew York, NY 10016Tel. 212-683-8960Fax 212-213-1539www.dramatists.compostmaster@dramatists.com
BOURBON AT THE BORDER by Pearl Cleage“A tingling story of the ghosts of a Mississippi summer…Once again, as in Cleage’s Flyin’ West and Blues for an Alabama Sky, the characters ring marvelously true. They are, by turns, funny and earthy and tingling with poetic metaphor…surprisingly heart-breaking…” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
EVERYTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT by Mark Schultz “Scribe Mark Schultz and youthful thesp Laura Heisler pull off this high-wire tightrope act with gravity and grace in EVERYTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT, a production that’s all the more satisfying for being so dangerously funny.” —Variety. “…exquisitely performed new drama plunges deep into the unsettled mind of a fifteen-year-old girl whose mother recently died.” —NY Times. “‘Critics Choice’…this is a remarkable American play.” —Time Out London.
LAUGHING STOCK by Charles Morey“…a summer stock production of Dracula disintegrates into chaos on opening night. Gothic horror becomes high comedy amid misplaced technical cues, forgotten lines, wrong entrances and eccentric acting…the large audience howled with glee as they watched the mayhem unfold…” —Salt Lake Tribune. “LAUGHING STOCK soars as farce…” —Salt Lake City Weekly. “The delightful thing…is that Morey strikes a balance between a depiction of everything that can and usually does go wrong…and a genuinely affectionate look at the magic that holds theatre companies together…these are all type characters but Morey adeptly deepens and individualizes each one…The Dracula section and a rehearsal of Charley’s Aunt where the actors improvise being animals at dusk around an African water hole are comic high point…” —Event (Salt Lake City).
PEOPLE BE HEARD by Quincy Long, music by Michael Roth“PEOPLE BE HEARD is first and foremost a paean to democracy, especially the messy, foolish, successful-in-spite-of-itself-and-against-all-odds variety that we’ve been practicing in the United States of America for 228 years. I love this about PEOPLE BE HEARD: That’s why I say that this is a necessary, important play, at this moment in particular.” —nytheatre.com. “In his new comedy with songs, [Long] has written a satiric, provocative, often hilarious investigation into our local governing system and how all voices in a democracy are equal.” —BackStage.
RAIN DANCE by Lanford Wilson“…[an] emotion-packed ninety-minute tale.” —BackStage. “…thoughtful and emotionally resonant…” —Variety. “…a play of complex layers of meaning and stunning theatricality…[with] glorious dialogue…” —Detroit Press. “…a great play whose intimacy…accentuates its immense, world-changing canvas.” —Ann Arbor News.
THE WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE by Deborah Brevoort“A moving, thoughtful exploration of how grief changes over time.” —The New Yorker. “…a beautifully written script that explores the depths of human sorrow and our various reactions to grief, showing how love can trump evil.” —Journal News (Cincinnati). “The play’s powerful message resonates in a post 9/11 world.” —City Beat (Cincinnati). “…gives powerful voice to a disturbingly contemporary anguish: how to respond to suffering caused by a terrorist attack…the play has the power to move an audience to new hope in a world witnessing continual acts of revenge and hatred.” —Sydney Morning Herald (Australia).
To read about these titles and purchase acting editions, click on the links above.
To view all our recently published plays, click on Now Published.
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.440 Park Avenue SouthNew York, NY 10016Tel. 212-683-8960Fax 212-213-1539www.dramatists.compostmaster@dramatists.com
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