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In 2007, the August Wilson Monologue Competition was founded by Kenny Leon and Todd Kreidler. High school students, supported by professional actors, mentors, local drama teachers and others learn a monologue from one of Wilson's plays, and perform it in front of a professional jury.
The Flying Machine: A One-Act Play for Three Men (1953), by Ray Bradbury; Fools (1981), by Neil Simon; Fortitude (1968), by Kurt Vonnegut; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1982), by Terrence McNally; The Frog Prince (1982), by David Mamet; The Front Page (1928), by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur; Fugitive Kind (1937), by Tennessee Williams
Simon Stephens (born 6 February 1971) is a British-Irish playwright and Professor of Scriptwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University. Having taught on the Young Writers' Programme at the Royal Court Theatre for many years, he is now an Artistic Associate at the Lyric Hammersmith.
The Toronto Star gave it a 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-out-of-4-stars review, saying ''What seems to be a comedic deconstruction of the famous Peanuts cartoon characters turns out to be one of the most interesting and moving plays I've seen this year, with some absolutely stunning performances. Director Lezlie Wade manages the transition skilfully and, by the ...
Chambers Stevens (born June 10, 1964) is an American actor, playwright, author and acting coach. Stevens was the co-founder in 1988 of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival . Actor
Marks cited the play's "indelible impression," the playwright's "unfailing antennae," writing, "'This Is Our Youth'-- by turns caustic, cruel and compassionate -- is the real real world." [ 14 ] This Is Our Youth ranked 21st in Andy Propst's list of the greatest plays ever written [ 15 ] and 12th in the 2018 New York Times critics' list of the ...
Steven Dietz (born June 23, 1958) is an American playwright, theatre director, and teacher. Called "the most ubiquitous American playwright whose name you may never have heard", [1] Dietz has long been one of America's most prolific and widely produced playwrights. [2]
The Judgment of Bett was included in the volume Kennedy Center New Vision/New Voices: 25 years/25 Plays. His plays are published by Dramatic Publishing and Playscripts, Inc. and include Anne of Green Gables , Convivencia , Done , Frankenstein , Good-bye Dolly , In Between , Jarpteetza/The Firebird , A Little Princess , Martina: Lost and Found ...