| Craig Wright. Recent productions: Mistakes Were Made at A Red Orchid Theatre, Hartford Stage and the Barrow Street Theater; Blind at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre; The Gray Sisters at Third Rail Rep; The Unseen at Actors Theater of Louisville and upcoming at Stages Rep with Lady, which was commissioned by and received its world premiere from the Northlight Theatre and was subsequently produced at Rattlestick and around the
country; Grace premiered at Woolly Mammoth theatre (nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play); Recent Tragic Events debuted at Woolly, and was produced at Playwrights Horizons (finalist for the American Theatre Critics New Play Award and the Helen Hayes Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play); and Melissa Arctic, a contemporary adaptation of The Winter's Tale, premiered at the Folger Theatre (2005 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play).
Other productions: Main Street, commissioned and premiered by the Great American History Theatre; Orange Flower Water, produced at the Steppenwolf (Chicago Sun-Times named it one of the Best of the Year); Molly's Delicious, debuted at the Arden Theatre (Barrymore nomination for Best New Play) and at Arizona Theatre Company; The Pavilion, dozens of productions around the country including an extended run at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre (Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding New Play).
Publications include Main Street and The Unseen by Playscripts, Inc.; Molly's Delicious by Dramatic Publishing; The Pavilion, Orange Flower Water, Grace, and Recent Tragic Events by Dramatists Play Service.
Mr. Wright received an Emmy nomination for his Six Feet Under episode Twilight and served as writer and producer for Lost, Brothers & Sisters, United States of Tara, and his own series on ABC, Dirty Sexy Money. His alternative rock band The Tropicals' first release, Live At The Jungle, was named one of the Top 10 local releases by every leading Twin Cities newspaper and weekly. As a member of the band Kangaroo he has released two albums, Phantom and the brand new Skyscraper Spaceship. A graduate of United Theological Seminary, Mr. Wright lives in Los Angeles. |
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$14.95 per book
Discover a monologue book like no other. Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men 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, Mac Wellman, Tanya Barfield, Jordan Harrison, Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang, and many more!
Also in this series:
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
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Comedy
Short, 5-10 minutes
1 male, 1 either (2 actors possible: 0-1 females, 1-2 males)
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Snapshot.
A ranger is powerless to stop a man determined to defuse the "conceptual land mine" that is Mt. Rushmore, all in song...
This piece is part of Snapshot, an anthology of short plays. To perform this piece independently, click "Order this play" above. To perform this piece as part of the full-length collection, go to Snapshot.
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Drama
Short, 10-12 minutes
2 females, 1 male
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Great Short Plays: Volume 8.
Lara, Devon, and Ben sit around a Ouija board, trying to speak to the legendary Dead Boy that was supposedly found in a hidden annex in Ben's grandmother's house. Though Lara and Devon are skeptical, a message from the other side makes them question everything they know.
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Drama/Comedy
Various durations
Various cast requirements
$9.99 per book
NOTE: This book contains 10 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately.
With a diverse blend of themes, styles, and cast requirements, Great Short Plays: Volume 8 contains ten extraordinary comedies and dramas. From an absurdly poignant moment where a woman breaks bad news to her friends (The News by Billy Aronson), to a whirlwind account of Moliere's life and one of his greatest works (The Imaginary Invalid: A Dramatical Primer by Amanda Petefish-Schrag and Ben Schrag), to an intricate observation of the trickle-down theory of economics (Trickle by Kia Corthron), these collections deliver a little bit of everything in half the time.
To purchase this book of 10 plays, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
Bedtime by Mary Gallagher
Bliss, or What Happens by Brooke Berman
Cold Reading by Paul Dooley
Dead Boy by Craig Wright
The Imaginary Invalid: A Dramatical Primer by Amanda Petefish-Schrag and Ben Schrag
The News by Billy Aronson
The Pain In The Poetry by Glenn Alterman
Road Rage by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
A Siberian Romance by Catherine Trieschmann
Trickle by Kia Corthron
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$19.95 per book
NOTE: This book contains 10 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately.
Humana Festival 2007: The Complete Plays is a collection of all ten scripts from the 31st Humana Festival of New American Plays, an annual cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. The seven full-length plays and three ten-minute plays in this anthology encompass many of the most exciting and distinct new voices in theater today -- from the true story of a teenager's near-fatal internet attraction (dark play or stories for boys); to a comedy about football and the end of the world (The As If Body Loop); to examining the idiosyncrasies of the bachelor/ette party (Batch). Humana Festival 2007: The Complete Plays will appeal to all lovers of dramatic literature, including any students, teachers, professors, library patrons, and theatre producers in search of engaging new work.
This collection also includes a unique panel discussion about the international collaborative performance of 365 Days/365 Plays by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks.
To purchase this book of 10 plays, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
The As If Body Loop by Ken Weitzman
Batch: An American Bachelor/ette Party by Alice Tuan, Whit MacLaughlin, and New Paradise Laboratories
Clarisse and Larmon by Deb Margolin
dark play or stories for boys by Carlos Murillo
I am not Batman. by Marco Ramirez
Mr. and Mrs. by Julie Marie Myatt
The Open Road Anthology by Constance Congdon, Kia Corthron, Michael John Garces, Rolin Jones, A. Rey Pamatmat, Kathryn Walat, and GrooveLily
Strike-Slip by Naomi Iizuka
The Unseen by Craig Wright
When Something Wonderful Ends by Sherry Kramer
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| "Recognized internationally as America's major new-play festival." |
| --Playbill |
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Main Street adapted by Craig Wright
from the novel by Sinclair Lewis |
 
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Drama
Full-length, 105-120 minutes
2 females, 3 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
In this emotionally-charged adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' groundbreaking novel, young and idealistic Carol Milford marries Doc Will Kennicott and moves to his small Minnesota hometown. As would-be civic reformer Carol struggles to find her place amidst the claustrophobic and parochial town of Gopher Prairie, she is gradually forced to face the consequences of her life choices. An American classic brought to vivid life for a whole new generation of theatergoers.
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| "It is amazing that a work written about Minnesota nearly 100 years ago could continue to be so cleverly exacting today...so skillfully executed it brings the entire house to fits of laughter." |
| --Michelle Horton, The Minnesota Daily |
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Comedy
Short, 3-6 minutes
1 either (1 actor possible: 0-1 females, 0-1 males)
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Snapshot.
An introduction to Mt. Rushmore from a slightly perplexed tour guide.
This piece is part of Snapshot, an anthology of short plays. To perform this piece independently, click "Order this play" above. To perform this piece as part of the full-length collection, go to Snapshot.
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Snapshot
by Tanya Barfield, Lee Blessing, Michael Bigelow Dixon, Julie Jensen, et al. |
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Drama/Comedy
Full-length, 80-100 minutes
11 females, 11 males (4-25 actors possible: 2-15 females, 2-15 males)
$75.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: Each piece in this anthology can be licensed and performed separately.
A photograph captures and documents a single moment in time and space -- a snapshot of history, of a reality bounded by the photo's frame. But what lies outside, beyond, behind the photograph? And what stories, memories, or associations does an image of place inspire? In this multi-writer project from Actors Theatre of Louisville, a diverse assortment of talented playwrights encounter and transform Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, 1969, a compelling image of the monument by renowned photographer Lee Friedlander. Their thought-provoking scenes and monologues range from delightful comedy to utterly serious tragedy, each approaching the photo's themes through a new lens.
To perform the entire collection, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual piece independently, click on its title below:
A Quick Tour of the Monument by Craig Wright Monument by Honour Kane Scene at Mount Rushmore by Quincy Long Tyler Poked Taylor by Lee Blessing Rock Scissors Paper by Deb Margolin Little Pezidents by Michael Bigelow Dixon and Val Smith Defacing Patriotic Property by Tanya Barfield Her First Screen Test by Dan O'Brien Thrift of the Magi by Annie Weisman Night Out by Sunil Kuruvilla Here and Now by Chay Yew The Great Father by Victor Lodato American Klepto by Allison Moore Becoming American by Lynn Nottage History Lesson by David Lindsay-Abaire Bomb Squad by Craig Wright On Lincoln's Head by Julie Jensen
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| "A terrific collection of perspectives -- both directly and indirectly inspired by the photo, ranging from serious to sassy..." |
| --Back Stage |
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Drama
Full-length, 80-85 minutes
3 males (3 actors possible: 0-3 females, 0-3 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Imprisoned by a totalitarian regime and mercilessly tortured for unknown crimes, Wallace and Valdez live without hope of escape or release. When an enigmatic new prisoner arrives and begins communicating in code, both men develop new relationships to each other, their captors, and themselves. A darkly humorous examination of faith in an uncertain world.
(This play is also available in the collection Humana Festival 2007: The Complete Plays.)
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| "Sheer genius...The Unseen is what's right about modern theater." |
| --Sherry Deatrick, Louisville Eccentric Observer |
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