FULL-LENGTH PLAYS -- Venus in fur / David Ives -- Shooting star / Steven Dietz -- Black Pearl sings! / Frank Higgins -- The art of sacrifice / Anthony Clarvoe -- SHORT PLAYS -- 90 days / Elizabeth Meriwether -- Bank & trust / Kitt Lavoie -- Funny valentine / Ean Miles Kessler -- The gift / Simon Fill -- Hail Caesar! / Michael Mitnick -- Hearing aid / Pete Barry -- The kiss / Mark Harvey Levine -- Lady Liberty and the donut girl / Eric Lane -- My husband / Paul Rudnick -- Saddam's lions / Jacob Juntunen -- Skin / Naveen Bahar Choudhury -- Wildwood Park / Doug Wright -- Bea and May / Edwin Sánchez -- Deep Jersey / Nina Shengold -- Heads and tails / Kelly Rhodes -- Lessons for an unaccustomed bride / José Rivera -- That first fall / Daria Polatin -- Waking up / Cori Thomas -- 3:59 am: a drag race for two actors / Marco Ramirez -- Finals, touchdowns, and barrel kicks / Jacqueline E. Lawton -- Frank amends / Halley Feiffer -- Strange fruit / Neil LaBute -- An upset / David Auburn -- Negotiation / Billy Aronson.
Summary:
"Plays for Two is a unique anthology of twenty-eight terrific plays for two actors, by a mix of celebrated playwrights and cutting-edge new voices. It takes two to tango--or to perform a duet, fight a duel, or play ping-pong. The two-character play is dramatic confrontation stripped to its essence. These four full-length and twenty-four short plays feature pairs of every sort--strangers, rivals, parents and children, siblings, co-workers, friends, and lovers--swooning or sparring, meeting cute or parting ways. In a dizzying range of moods and styles, these two-handers offer the kind of meaty, challenging roles actors love, while providing readers and audiences with the pleasures of watching the complex give-and-take dynamics of two keenly matched characters. Plays by: Billy Aronson, David Auburn, Pete Barry, Naveen Bahar Choudhury, Anthony Clarvoe, Steven Dietz, Halley Feiffer, Simon Fill, Frank Higgins, David Ives, Jacob Juntunen, Ean Miles Kessler, Neil LaBute, Eric Lane, Kitt Lavoie, Jacqueline E. Lawton, Mark Harvey Levine, Elizabeth Meriwether, Michael Mitnick, Daria Polatin, Marco Ramirez, Kelly Rhodes, Jose Rivera, Paul Rudnick, Edwin Sanchez, Nina Shengold, Cori Thomas, Doug Wright "-- Provided by publisher. "An anthology of twenty-eight short and long plays for two actors, by a mix of celebrated and emerging playwrights"-- Provided by publisher.
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