Take Ten II: More Ten-Minute Plays

Take Ten II: More Ten-Minute Plays

A dazzlingly diverse anthology of thirty-five short plays spanning the theatrical spectrum.<br><br>A ten-minute play is a blaze of theatrical energy. In this follow-up to their groundbreaking collection <i>Take Ten</i>, editors Eric Lane and Nina Shengold have put together a veritable bonfire of talent. <i>Take Ten II: More 10-Minute Plays </i>provides a fast-track tour of the current theatrical landscape, from the slapstick ingenuity of David Ives’ <i>Arabian Nights</i> to the searing tension of Diana Son’s 9/11 drama <i>The Moon, Please</i>, to Susan Miller’s luminous fable <i>The Grand Design</i>. This remarkably diverse anthology includes thirty-five short plays by such major American playwrights as Christopher Durang, Warren Leight, Romulus Linney and Donald Margulies, alongside a host of exciting new voices.<br><br>Actors, directors, producers and teachers will find <i>Take Ten II </i>an invaluable source of meaty roles for people of every age, ethnicity and gender; lovers of theatre will find it a richly satisfying read. These deceptively short plays throb with life in all its variety: harrowing, hilarious, and breathtakingly vital. <br><br>Playwrights included:<br><br>Taylor Mac Bowyer<br>Laura Shaine Cunningham<br>Anthony David<br>Steven Dietz<br>Christopher Durang<br>Linda Eisenstein<br>Simon Fill<br>Craig Fols<br>Sigrid Heath<br>David Ives<br>Caleen Sinnette Jennings<br>Honour Kane<br>Eric Lane<br>Edward Bok Lee<br>Warren Leight<br>Romulus Linney<br>Donald Margulies<br>Susan Miller<br>Chiori Miyagawa<br>Itamar Moses<br>Sean O'Connor<br>Mark O'Donnell<br>Dael Orlandersmith<br>Rich Orloff<br>Joe Pintauro<br>Craig Pospisil<br>Toni Press-Coffman<br>Claire Reeve<br>Elaine Romero<br>Susan Sandler<br>Nina Shengold<br>Diana Son<br>Alison Weiss<br>Mary Louise Wilson<br>Garth Wingfield<br>Alexander Woo