Out of Gas on Lovers Leap

Out of Gas on Lovers Leap
Author: Mark St. Germain
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1985
Genre: American drama
ISBN: 9780822208709

THE STORY: It is the night of their high-school graduation and Myst and Grouper, two bright, well-to-do teenagers, have driven to the local lovers leap for a private celebration. Myst is seventeen, and the daughter of a fading rock star of dubious

The Girl's Got Bite

The Girl's Got Bite
Author: Kathleen Tracy
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2014-04-29
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1466869917

Buffy Summers is just your average teenager with everyday problems except for one teeny tiny thing-she's the Vampire Slayer. Balancing homework with her duties as the one chosen to rid the Earth of evil forces sometimes puts a crimp in Buffy's social life, but she manages. That the buff high schooler can annihilate vampires and other monsters while remaining fashionably dressed and cutely dressed illustrates the dichotomy that is Buffy. In this companion guide Kathleen Tracy covers all aspects of the Buffy phenomena--from the 1992 feature film starring Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry, to the development and production of the hit TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. Based on interviews with the show's creator, producers and principal cast members, the book includes cast biographies, critical summaries of each episode, trivia, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and more. Like the series, The Girl's Got Bite combines the thoughtful (an essay on slayer mythology throughout history) with the frivolous for a frightfully good time.

How to Say Goodbye

How to Say Goodbye
Author: Mary Gallagher
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1987
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822205425

THE STORY: The action of the play is set in Cleveland on the day before young Conor Staiger is to undergo an operation which he will not, for long, survive. Then, in flashbacks, we meet Conor's parents, Marty and Casey, whose marriage has not prove

Hamlet ESP

Hamlet ESP
Author: Paul Baker
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1971
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822204923

THE STORY: Embodied here as a drama of what transpires in two worlds--an outer one of external events and an inner one of the mind--the action of the play centers on the second area, and the remarkably complex, exciting dialogue taking place within H

Family Business

Family Business
Author: Dick Goldberg
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1978-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780822203810

THE STORY: Old, rich and ailing, Isaiah Stein dominates the lives of his four grown sons, three of whom are still living at home. Bitter over the death of his wife in an accident for which he holds one of his sons responsible, and aware that his ow

A Month in the Country

A Month in the Country
Author: Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1980-10
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822207726

THE STORY: The place is the country estate of the Islayevs, a wealth Russian family, the time the middle of the nineteenth century. It is summer, and the lives of the family and their entourage reflect the bored indolence so characteristic of the a

The Actor as Storyteller

The Actor as Storyteller
Author: Bruce Miller
Publisher: Limelight Editions
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1458471535

(Book). The Actor as Storyteller is intended for serious beginning actors. It opens with an overview, explaining the differences between theater and its hybrid mediums, the part an actor plays in each of those mediums. It moves on to the acting craft itself, with a special emphasis on analysis and choice-making, introducing the concept of the actor as storyteller, then presents the specific tools an actor works with. Next, it details the process an actor can use to prepare for scene work and rehearsals, complete with a working plan for using the tools discussed. The book concludes with a discussion of mental preparation, suggestions for auditioning, a process for rehearsing a play, and an overview of the realities of show business. Included in this updated edition are: A detailed examination of script analysis of the overall play and of individual scenes; A sample of an actor's script, filled with useful script notations; Two new short plays, one written especially for this text; Updated references, lists of plays, and recommended further reading

Men's Singles

Men's Singles
Author: D. B. Gilles
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2005
Genre: Male friendship
ISBN: 9780822207498

THE STORY: Every Tuesday night, Rob, an advertising executive in his late twenties, gets together with either Larry, a salesman in his mid-thirties, or Kurt, a psychiatrist in his early thirties, for a tennis match. Rob yearns for marriage but is i

The Coal Diamond

The Coal Diamond
Author: Shirley Lauro
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1979
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822202233

The Couch

The Couch
Author: Lynne Kaufman
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1986
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822202417

THE STORY: The play takes place at Carl Jung's home on a lake in Switzerland. It is Sunday afternoon, and Sigmund Freud, joining his protégé for lunch, finds him in conflict with his long-suffering wife, Emma, because of Jung's infatuation with a l