The Back Stage Book of New American Short Plays 2004

by Craig Lucas and Mark Glubke

Book Overview

In the first instalment in a new annual anthology series, celebrated playwright and screenwriter, Craig Lucas, introduces fresh-voiced, cutting edge short plays by 12 of the most promising new... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823088081
• ISBN13: 9780823088089
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Back Stage Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

A fine collection of short plays

Craig Lucas has done an excellent job finding 20 unique short plays. The pieces are mostly naturalistic, but there is a solid variety of distinctive voices - good for a read, good for acting class, good for production. Particular standouts were The Mulligan, by Scott Organ, Dissatisfaction #4, by Jeff Tabnick and Sad Song, by Anna Ziegler. These three short plays were both spare and profound, and continued to resonate with me, long after I was done reading. Also of note are China, by Scott Organ and Davy and Stu, by Anton Dudley.