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Hilly Hicks, Jr. is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and the Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts. He is the author of the children's play The Breeze, the Gust, the Gale and the Wind, which was commissioned and produced by La Jolla Playhouse. Mr. Hicks' new play Artists & Criminals was commissioned by South Coast Repertory. His play A Hole in the Dark was presented in Manhattan Theatre Club's reading series 6@6: Discovering the Next Generation, and was workshopped at the Lark Theatre Company in New York City. A Hole in the Dark was subsequently produced at the Horizon Theatre Company in Atlanta and at City Theatre in Pittsburgh. His short play Note to Self was presented in the 2001 Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. His play The Home Life of Polar Bears was developed at New York Theatre Workshop and the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, and was further workshopped in the New Works Festival at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Mr. Hicks' other plays include The Trophy Room. He was a staff writer for the Fox television series Pasadena with Dana Delaney.
Mr. Hicks is the recipient of the 2001 Berilla Kerr Foundation Award for playwriting and a Van Lier Playwriting Fellowship from New York Theatre Workshop. In addition to South Coast Rep and La Jolla Playhouse, he has been commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club.
Mr. Hicks is a Usual Suspect (affiliated artist) at New York Theatre Workshop and a member of Drama Dept., the Dramatists Guild, and the Writers Guild of America. |
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Discover a monologue book like no other. Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women gives you an extraordinary array of cutting-edge new monologues, from comedic to dramatic and everything in between. Unlike other monologue books, the source of every monologue is easily accessible -- each play is available through one website (www.playscripts.com), where you can read nearly the entire published script online for free. Explore the work of today's most celebrated theatrical voices, including Naomi Iizuka, Rinne Groff, Jane Martin, Pulitzer Prize winners Lynn Nottage and David Lindsay-Abaire, and many more!
Also in this series:
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
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Comedy
Full-length, 90-120 minutes
3 females, 3 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
As the Rosehues, a white 20th-century family, anxiously prepare to have their black neighbors, whom they have just sued, over for lunch, the Rosehues' itinerant son returns home with the news that their ancestors once owned slaves. The shock of the revelation sends the Rosehues' naive daughter on a time-bending journey back to the plantation of her randy forefather, Nigel O'Neill. There it becomes evident that the Rosehues are descended not only from the plantation owners, but also from the slaves.
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| "Rich in scope and talent, this fast paced [play] is at once gutsy and hilarious... An evening of theater that's loaded with razor-sharp humor, plenty of heartbreak and a forceful reminder that the truth can set you free." |
| --Julia Bookman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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Drama
Full-length, 110-120 minutes
3 females, 3 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
On the brink of manhood, Allen Porter finds himself faced with a fateful decision: follow in his late brother's footsteps and aim for military heroism, or fulfill his demanding father's wish for him to become the first in the family to attend college. Hoping to make his father happy, Allen gains admission to Stanford. But when his father learns that he was admitted through an affirmative action program, the family is split in unexpected ways.
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Satirical musical comedy
Full-length, 80-95 minutes
8 females, 8 males (10-30 actors possible: 5-15 females, 5-15 males)
$75.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
The Astounding Krispinsky! The All-American Feminem! The Amazing Screaming Vegan, the Formerly Amazing Bob, and Mr. McBuffer the Renegade Puppet! With American culture and politics growing increasingly surreal, Actors Theatre of Louisville commissioned seven marquee playwrights to create a variety-show satire in the grand old vaudeville tradition -- from ventriloquists to contortionists to Lady Liberty on a trapeze. With songs!
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| "A smart, funny show that channels the neurotic anxiety of a culture crumbling onto its own ideals and converts it into humor and laughs... Uncle Sam's liberates itself from political mockery to true satirical commentary. Vaudevillian in nature, the show goes beyond random acts of entertainment and develops a cohesive idea and psychological picture of our time." |
| --Frank Kuzler, NYTheatre |
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