The Height of Summer: New Plays from Williamstown Theatre Festival 2015-2021
The Height of Summer: New Plays from Williamstown Theatre Festival 2015-2021

Author: Martyna Majok

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-06-30

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1350289329

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Few institutions have as profound an impact on the American theatrical landscape as the Tony Award-winning Williamstown Theatre Festival, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. New Plays from Williamstown Theatre Festival 2015-2021 provides a sample of the dozens of plays that have been created and/or premiered at the Festival during the Artistic Directorship of Mandy Greenfield. In addition to stories that shine a light into new or underexplored corners of the human condition, these plays frequently feature complex and boundary-pushing central roles for women actors. These six plays are manifestations of living, American playwrights grappling with and breathing dramatic life into the conflicts and questions at the heart of who we were, who we are, and who we will become. These plays imagine and interrogate pieces of the human experience we are still in the midst of unpacking and understanding. Complete with introductions by each of the authors reflecting on their work, these historic, award-winning, and groundbreaking plays now live in conversation with one another in this unique collection.

Camp Siegfried
Camp Siegfried

Author: Bess Wohl

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2021-10-07

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 0571374883

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I'm a killer I told you I told you that all along You were the dummy to believe I could ever be anything else Two teenagers fall in love on Long Island. There's fun and dancing, sports and team spirit, there's the woods and beer and physical hard work. But it's 1938, the world is on the brink of war, and their wholesome summer camp is exclusively for American youth of German descent. As their mutual attraction deepens, so they become intoxicated by the Nazi ideology that fuels the camp, an ideology that will culminate in global atrocity and genocide. Inspired by the real Camp Siegfried, Bess Wohl's play premiered at the Old Vic Theatre, London, in September 2021.

Ironbound
Ironbound

Author: Martyna Majok

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2017-03-16

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 0822235218

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At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant cleaning lady, is done talking about feelings; it’s time to talk money. Over the course of 20 years, and three relationships, Darja negotiates for her future with men who can offer her love or security, but never both. Award-winning playwright Martyna Majok’s IRONBOUND is a darkly funny, heartbreaking portrait of a woman for whom love is a luxury—and a liability—as she fights to survive in America.

American Hero
American Hero

Author: Bess Wohl

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 0822232340

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At a toasted subs franchise in the local mall, three up-and-coming “sandwich artists”—a teenager, a single mom, and a downsized refugee from corporate banking—are perfecting the mustard-to-cheese ratio according to the company manual. But when their shot at the American dream is interrupted by a series of strange events, they become unlikely allies in a post-recession world. AMERICAN HERO is a supersized dark comedy about life, liberty, and the pursuit of sandwiches.

This Bitter Earth
This Bitter Earth

Author: Harrison David Rivers

Publisher: Samuel French, Incorporated

Published: 2020-09-04

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780573708992

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Intimate, romantic, and devastating, this gripping play about a young Black writer and his white lover, a Black Lives Matter activist, asks, "What is the real cost of standing on the sidelines?"

Broadbend, Arkansas
Broadbend, Arkansas

Author: Harrison David Rivers

Publisher: Steele Spring Stage Rights

Published: 2021-04-16

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 9781647230364

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Full-Length Musical | A Black family grapples with decades of inequality, violence, and suppression in the South. Benny, an orderly at a nursing home, delicately balances his role as a caregiver to an ornery white resident who shares a contentious past with his white boss, while at the same time caring for his own family as the fight for equality grips the nation in the midst of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Twenty-seven years later, his daughter Ruby struggles to understand an incident of police brutality against her 15-year-old son. This unique musical, spanning three decades and three generations, asks us to contemplate the cycle of violence in this country and how we will find hope and create change against the backdrop of hate that plagues America. (1F, 1M)

Monologues for Actors of Color
Monologues for Actors of Color

Author: Roberta Uno

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9780878300716

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"This collection features 45 monologues excerpted from contemporary plays and specially geared for actors of color. Robert Uno has carefully selected the monologues so that there is a wide-range of ethnicities included: African American, Native American, Latino and Asian American. Each monologue comes with an introduction with notes on the characters and stage directions to set the scene for the actor."--Publisher.

Small Mouth Sounds
Small Mouth Sounds

Author: Bess Wohl

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2019-10-22

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 1683357566

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“Leaves you moved, refreshed and, yes, maybe even enlightened.” —New York Times (Critic’s Pick) In the overwhelming quiet of the woods, six runaways from city life embark on a silent retreat. As these strangers confront internal demons both profound and absurd, their vows of silence collide with the achingly human need to connect. Filled with awkward and insightful humor, Bess Wohl’s beguiling and compassionate new play brilliantly captures the unique eloquence of a silent retreat and asks how we address life’s biggest questions when words fail us. A major hit of the 2015–16 Off Broadway season with two sold out extended runs, Small Mouth Sounds is “wry and observant . . . long on emotions and short on words” (Daily News).

The Underlying Chris
The Underlying Chris

Author: Will Eno

Publisher: Samuel French, Incorporated

Published: 2021-11-19

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9780573708824

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"... a life-affirming and high-spirited look at how a person comes into their identity, and how sometimes it's life's tiniest moments that most profoundly change our lives." --page 4 of cover.

They're Playing Our Song
They're Playing Our Song

Author: Marvin Hamlisch

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9780573681059

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America's premier funny man and the Tony Award-winning composer of A Chorus Line; collaborated on this hit musical; a funny, romantic show about an established composer and his relationship with an aspiring young female lyricist, not unlike Carole Bayer Sager. Professionally, their relationship works beautifully, but ultimately leads to conflict on the home front. Of course, there's a happy ending.