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Plays by this author 40 Thieves Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women The Five Hysterical Girls Theorem Funny, Strange, Provocative: Seven Plays from Clubbed Thumb House of Wonder Inky Jimmy Carter was a Democrat Moliere Impromptu Orange Lemon Egg Canary Seven Supermans Wicked Queen Rinne Groff is a playwright and performer. Her plays, including Jimmy Carter was a Democrat, Orange Lemon Egg Canary, Inky, The Five Hysterical Girls Theorem, and The Ruby Sunrise, have been produced by the Public Theater, Trinity Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, PS122, Target Margin, Clubbed Thumb, and Andy's Summer Playhouse, among others. Ms. Groff is a founding member of Elevator Repair Service Theater Company and has been a part of the writing, staging, and performing of their shows, both in the U.S. and on European tour, since the company's inception in 1991. A recipient of the Whiting Writers Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, Ms. Groff was trained at Yale University and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

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40 Thieves by Rinne Groff    Comedy Full-length, 60-70 minutes 31 either (31-38 actors possible: 0-31 females, 0-31 males) $75.00 per performance; $8.49 per book Special 15% book discount! Shahrazad, storyteller to the Auspicious King (and reigning diva of a nightclub which can be found somewhere between ancient Persia and the 1970s disco of your dreams), tells her tale of the adventures of Ali Baba and his narrow escape (thanks to the cleverness of his trusted servant Marjanah) from the evil Thieves, who wish to punish him for discovering the secret hideaway of their treasures. Open Sesame! Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men by Keith Aisner, Robert Alexander, Tanya Barfield, et al. Edited by Erin Detrick Foreword by Broadway casting director Kate Schwabe    $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 Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women by Liz Duffy Adams, Robert Alexander, John Augustine, et al. Edited by Erin Detrick Foreword by Broadway casting director Kate Schwabe    $14.95 per book 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 The Five Hysterical Girls Theorem by Rinne Groff    Drama Full-length, 105-135 minutes 7 females, 11 males (17-20 actors possible: exactly 7 females, 10-13 males) $75.00 per performance; $5.99 per book Special 33% book discount! A twenty-character extravaganza of thought and emotion which tells the story of Moses Vazsonyi, a renowned number theorist who at 47 already fears that he has lost his edge in the intellectually grueling world of prime number theory. In the winter of 1911 he brings his wife and three daughters to a seaside resort in England, where a gaggle of illustrious colleagues have gathered for a conference. As Moses struggles to complete his latest work -- investigating a special class of prime numbers which he has knighted "The Hysterical Girls" -- he brushes up against his legacy and his failings, his genius and his blindness, his desires and his will. With highly fanciful, stylized language, and dizzyingly intertwining storylines of deception, love, theater-making, sex, family affairs, professional competition, and, above all, Math, The Five Hysterical Girls Theorem paints a bright canvas on which the heart and the intellect collide. Funny, Strange, Provocative: Seven Plays from Clubbed Thumb by Adam Bock, Sheila Callaghan, Erin Courtney, et al. Edited by Maria Striar and Erin Detrick Foreword by Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of the Public Theater    $19.95 per book NOTE: This book contains 7 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately. This anthology includes seven plays produced by Clubbed Thumb, the Obie Award-winning downtown New York City theater company that burst onto the new play scene in 1996. Edgy and thought-provoking, each play is funny, strange, and provocative in surprising, widely varying ways -- including an apartment that both adores and despises its inhabitants in Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake), a metropolitan housewife who senses that something is watching her in 16 Spells to Charm the Beast, and a group of traveling freak show performers who reveal a deep humanity underneath their crowd-drawing deformities in Freakshow, among other uniquely inventive stories. For over a decade, Clubbed Thumb has had its finger firmly planted on the pulse of new work, and these plays prove it. To purchase this book of 7 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below: The Typographer's Dream by Adam Bock Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake) by Sheila Callaghan Demon Baby by Erin Courtney 16 Spells to Charm the Beast by Lisa D'Amour Inky by Rinne Groff Dearest Eugenia Haggis by Ann Marie Healy Freakshow by Carson Kreitzer "This anthology represents the jazziest, most edgy writers in contemporary American drama today. And Clubbed Thumb has more nerve, more guts, more class per square inch than any not-for-profit small theatre in New York. Reading these writers makes me want to go back to my own computer and try harder, dare more, and storm the barricades for funding for this rising generation." --Paula Vogel, Pulitzer-winning author of How I Learned to Drive House of Wonder by Rinne Groff    Drama Full-length, 75-80 minutes 3 females, 3 males $75.00 per performance; $5.99 per book Special 33% book discount! A crippled scientist returns to the small town where he grew up in order to investigate a strange situation which is gaining some notoriety. A young man there was shot in the head seven years ago. By all accounts he should have died, but instead he seems to have developed the miraculous ability to heal other people. Amidst the scientist's search for answers, the boy's whole family, including the boy himself, question their feelings about faith and challenge their beliefs in the existence of miracles. Inky by Rinne Groff    Drama Full-length, 80-85 minutes 3 females, 1 male $75.00 per performance; $19.95 per book NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Funny, Strange, Provocative: Seven Plays from Clubbed Thumb. A love-starved Manhattanite husband and wife struggle to satisfy their child-like desire to "have it all" during the high-rolling, morally skewed 1980s. When they take in Inky, a young Slavic nanny who's obsessed with Muhammad Ali, to care for their nine-year-old daughter and infant son, they are forced to face both their limitations and their potential for change. Inky is a darkly comic story about the importance of fighting back. "Originality -- it's rare but you can experience the pleasurable sharp intake of breath it brings by seeing Rinne Groff's Inky...a neat little noir comedy full of deft twists, acerbic quips, and a lunge at your guts." --Francine Russo, The Village Voice Jimmy Carter was a Democrat by Rinne Groff    Comedy Full-length, 65-75 minutes 2 females, 3 males $75.00 per performance; $5.99 per book Special 33% book discount! Air. Traffic. Control. Welcome to the world of Samuel B. Shostakovitz. Stuck in his apartment in Flushing, Queens, Sammy can't help but ponder the summer of 1980: Jimmy Carter flounders in the White House, hostages rot in Tehran, America's air traffic controllers prepare to make the mistake of their lives, and Emily, a hot young labor organizer, can't decide who not to sleep with. A comedy with one song. "Pitch-perfect... refreshing... Formally ambitious while maintaining a casual downtown air... Groff's refreshing scope and humor ricochet back only to propel us forward." --Charles McNulty, The Village Voice Moliere Impromptu translated and adapted by Rinne Groff conceived by Christopher Bayes    Comedy Full-length, 95-120 minutes 5 females, 7 males (12-13 actors possible: exactly 5 females, 7-8 males) $75.00 per performance; $5.99 per book Special 33% book discount! In 1665 Versailles, the members of Moliere's Illustre Theatre have gathered to rehearse a new play commissioned by the King for a performance this very night. Everything is fine, except that the script is in horrible shape, the straight man wants to leave the troupe, marital spats are ripping the company apart, the intern is lobbying for a bigger part, and Mademoiselle Du Croisy can never remember her lines. A wickedly funny look at the magic of theater, translated and adapted from three short plays by Moliere. "[Moliere Impromptu] satirizes as it sashays, slyly infusing pop-culture references even as it honors Moliere's 17th-century playwriting achievements...it crackles with entertainment and energy..." --Gina Perille, Boston Globe Orange Lemon Egg Canary A Trick in Four Acts by Rinne Groff    Dark comedy with magic Full-length, 95-120 minutes 3 females, 1 male $75.00 per performance; $8.49 per book Special 15% book discount! A mysterious love story of lies, tricks, and illusions, filled with disappearing coins, floating objects, and seemingly impossible feats. Trilby, a young waitress with a hidden agenda, seduces a skilled magician known as Great, and convinces him to share his magic secrets with her. She is especially insistent on learning his renowned Hypnotic Balance, an illusion he made famous with his previous assistant/girlfriend. But when the trick goes horribly awry, and love is the true illusion, magic becomes a matter of life and death. "Danger, deceit, vengeance, lust and ambition all take their turns accelerating the wicked whirlwind... Like a fine juggler, Groff keeps multiple rings suspended in mid-air throughout her elegantly framed story, surprise following surprise." --Perry Tannenbaum, Creative Loafing Seven Supermans by Rinne Groff    Comedy Full-length, 85-95 minutes 30 either (27-46 actors possible: 0-46 females, 0-46 males) $75.00 per performance; $8.49 per book Special 15% book discount! In a mythical land called New Hampshire, the Farmers are in trouble. Evil Bandits loot their land, take their food, and generally wreck their lives. Fed up with bowing meekly in the face of this oppression, the Farmers go to the Big City in search of Supermans, a dying breed of men and women in blue tights and red capes who really know how to save the day. The Farmers find the Seven Supermans they need to ward off the Bandits, but they get a lot more than mere bodyguards. A 23rd-century story of courage, and service, and finding the Superman within. Wicked Queen by Rinne Groff    Play for young audiences Full-length, 50-65 minutes 5 females, 1 male (6-9 actors possible: 5-7 females, 1-2 males) $75.00 per performance; $5.99 per book Special 33% book discount! Alternate worlds collide in this fanciful tale about an eleven-year-old girl at a new school who discovers the power to be ruthless, and thus popular, when she is sucked into the evil kingdom of Grossland which resides just under the covers of her bed. How far will she go to gain the Wicked Queen's favor?

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