Download or read book The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women written by Carolyn Gage and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A play with intense audience participation! Engrossing, controversial courtroom drama, where the audience must serve as judge and jury, deciding motions and verdict, in a case against the five women who betrayed the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov, the last surviving daughter of the Tsar of Russia. Complex ethical questions on a set of folding chairs. The Anastasia Trials is a farcical, but profoundly engaging excursion into the hidden world of ethics for women who are both survivors and perpetrators of abuse toward women. The format is a play-within-a-play, where a radical feminist theatre company comes together in order to perform a courtroom drama. The play is shaped by the audience decisions to overrule or sustain the attorneys' motions, and every night's audience sees a different play. In presenting the play, the Emma Goldman Theatre Brigade has instituted a new system to insure equal opportunity for the actors: a lottery. As the women assemble to draw their roles from the hat for the evening's performance, sisterhood is put to the test. The performance itself is a conspiracy trial against five women accused of denying a woman her identity. The plaintiff is none other than Anastasia Romanov, sole survivor of the massacre of the Russian imperial family in 1918. "Elegantly conceived...A feminist Noises Off." - Washington City Press "Powerful." -San Diego Lesbian Press "Farce, social history, debate play, agitprop, audience participation melodrama, satire [that] makes the head reel!" -San Diego Union Tribune "Wild... It's lively and moves quickly... Very funny yet poignant." -Washington Blade "Carolyn Gage's raucous, multilayered script explores issues of empathy, loyalty, and betrayal among women..." --The Washington Post. "Verdict: An unexpected delight... " --Miami Herald, FL. "... farcical humor, imaginative plot twists, and just pure theatrical fun..." --South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale. "... fascinating and complex play..."--Fresno Beehive.com "I am constantly amazed at Carolyn's ability to make complex social issues not only accessible but also irresistibly fascinating... the play... [The Anastasia Trials ] touched us, made us laugh and gripped us in a white-knuckle intensity usually found only in Hitchcock films." --R.J. McComish, Literary Manager of the Portland Stage Company, Portland, Maine. "... fabulously interesting, brilliantly thought-provoking and exquisitely funny... masterpiece of feminist theater..." --off our backs, Washington, DC. "Each performance could potentially have a different result and many students saw every performance just so they could see how the show ended."--At Oldfields, Glencoe, MD.

Download or read book The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women written by Carolyn Gage and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Anastasia Trials is a farcical, but profoundly engaging excursion into the hidden world of ethics for women who are both survivors and perpetrators of abuse toward women. The format is a play-within-a-play, where a radical feminist theatre company comes together in order to perform a courtroom drama. The play is shaped by the audience decisions to overrule or sustain the attorneys’ motions, and every night’s audience sees a different play. In preesenting the play, the Emma Goldman Theatre Brigade has instituted a new system to insure equal opportunity for the actors: a lottery. As the women assemble to draw their roles from the hat for the evening’s performance, sisterhood is put to the test. The performance itself is a conspiracy trial against five women accused of denying a woman her identity. The plaintiff is none other than Anastasia Romanov, sole survivor of the massacre of the Russian imperial family in 1918"--Concord Theatricals.

Download or read book Gay and Lesbian American Plays written by Ken Furtado and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documenting the explosion of contemporary gay and lesbian theater, this bibliography provides a single reference for American gay and lesbian plays, playwrights, and companies, containing listings for more than 700 plays whose primary characters or themes are gay or lesbian. In addition to authors, titles, and synopses, the entries include information about acts, characters, settings, and music. Appendices provide data on how the plays can be obtained, a list of theaters that produce works with gay/lesbian themes, names and addresses of playwrights and agents, a list of related references, and a matrix for the quick location of plays that meet certain criteria. Indispensable for repertory companies, producers, directors, actors, and scholars.

Download or read book Sez She written by Jane Martin and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full Length, Comedy Characters: 5 female Bare stage with chairs Written to be performed by five actresses, this sequel to Jane Martin's last monologue play picks up where VITAL SIGNS left off - in these funnier, stranger days of the 21st century. Reveling in virtues of brevity that include hilarity, surprise and homespun philosophy, these monologues roam the range of contemporary perspective on everything from sexual harassment to sleeping in theaters to the erotic appeals o

Download or read book Abstract Expression written by William Luce and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramatic Comedy Characters: 6 male, 3 female Unit Set After a scathing review 15 years ago, a once-celebrated painter faded into impoverished obscurity. Can one chance encounter resurrect this volatile artist from obscurity and re-launch him to overnight success? Theresa Rebeck skillfully compares the gritty urban realities of lives lived on the edge with the capricious intrigues of the uptown gallery scene where fame might just be a matter of who you know and re

Download or read book In White America written by Martin B. Duberman and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1964 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documentary of scenes and articles about racism in America prior to the Civil Rights Movement.

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Download or read book Comings and Goings written by Megan Terry and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1967 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this non literal series of exercises for actors, performers enter every ninety seconds or so to substitute (as in a basketball game). The enjoyment is in technique - pure virtuosity is required. Vignettes include a husband and wife eating breakfast in bed, a female bank robber and a woman who plays the God of Abraham.

Download or read book Stolen Identity written by Charles Emery and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1980 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Life written by Hugh Leonard and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1980 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A play about the evolution of friendships in a small Irish town. As Desmond Drumm nears retirement, his memories come to life, reminding him of the triumphs and tragedies of his youth and prompting him to mend relationships with a childhood friend and the love interest that had charmed them both. But as scenes from the past shed light on the misunderstandings of today, Desmond must realize that his lifelong ability to use his great intellect and acerbic wit as a means of self-defense has come at a cost.

Download or read book Night and Day written by Tom Stoppard and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1980 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Amber Waves written by James Still and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of AATE's Distinguished Play Award and originally produced at The Kennedy Center, Amber Waves focuses children in a family struggling to hold on to their farm and each other. This acclaimed one act about children in a struggling farm family is now available in a full length version that builds on the emotional strengths of the shorter play.

Download or read book The Sweepers written by John C. Picardi and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bella, Mary and Dotty have been friends and next door neighbors in Boston's North End Italian neighborhood since childhood. Husbands and sons are away fighting and World War II impacts the neighborhood, exerting unsettling pressure to assimilate and change with the times on those who cherish traditions, values and cultural heritage. Against this backdrop, Bella's son is about to marry into an affluent Italian American family with connections to Beacon Hill. Secrets are revealed, lies are bared and truths are told as the war winds down and powerful emotions strain life long friendships.

Download or read book The Ramplings written by Stephen Levi and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nothing is as it appears and everything is as it should be" is the motto of coastal Maine's Singapore Inn, where three guests pursue different ends on a snowy Christmas eve. Hector, a celebrity race car driver and an impeccable Irish drunk who speaks with a lilting brogue, desperately seeks an elusive bottle of Irish whisky. His wife wants to lay a wreath on her mother's grave on this first anniversary of her death in an automobile accident she blames on Hector. The only other guest also has plans for that bottle of whiskey: it will certainly coax her husband-who also died exactly a year ago-from his grave. Invisible cats, flying ghosts and an ageless innkeeper who may or may not be an angel spell madcap merriment that concludes with lives restored and relationships healed. This holiday delight is by the author of Good Morning Miss Vickers and other popular comedies.