Form

In a decaying farmhouse in rural Illinois, a family filled with suppressed violence and an unease born of deep-seated unhappiness confront their ghosts in this haunting examination of the disintegration of the American Dream. At the center of the family is a ranting alcoholic grandfather, a sanctimonious grandmother who goes on drinking bouts with the local minister, and their sons, Tilden, an All-American footballer now a hulking idiot, and Bradley, who has lost one leg to a chain saw. Into their midst comes Vince, a grandson none of them recognizes or remembers, and his girlfriend, Shelly, who cannot comprehend the madness to which she is suddenly introduced. The family harbors a dark secret that will leave audiences speechless after the curtain falls on this poetic drama.

The first Ridiculous Theatrical Company production by outside playwrights brims with irreverent wit. Horror show host Marius Mintsingue is killed on the air much to the dismay of would be detectives Buddy and Bob (pubescent boys played by women) who are his biggest fans. Mintsingue's cross dressing lover finds herself the head of Mintsingue Manor a Gothic mansion in postwar suburbia. While the murderer stalks she struggles to support the household without implicating herself by collecting on the will or insurance to protect Mintsingue's live in protege (a half man/half woman sideshow veteran) and to keep at bay the forces of authority. Bob and Buddy's sleuthing unintentionally brings this mystery to its shattering conclusion.

THEME: "TAR" is the first truly serious and literate look at the cross-cultural drama told in personal terms. Tar is a love story/adventure/tragedy in the tradition of "Doctor Zhivago,", with flavor of "Indiana Jones." Surly an Iranian Lawrence of Arabia. It's based on the story of an American woman who's manipulated and lied to, by her Iranian boyfriend, a member of the anti-SHAH underground movement, to travel to Iran to look for her lost father. Her life was flipped upside down after unknowingly she was set up to plant a bomb that took the lives of many including a little girl. Which made her the most wanted fugitives in the country. Amidst the rebellion struggling to save her life, she gets caught in the turmoil of the 1979 Iranian revolution and parts of, while she continued her search for her father, Roxanna gets to know A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN CIA agent, DORIAN, who was the mistress of Ayatollah Beheshti one of the main men in the revolution. Roxanna learned Dorian led the plans to remove The Shah of Iran and replace him with Ayatollah Khomeini in the 1979 Iranian revolution all while the CIA and American government claimed they were in the side of the SHAH. Regardless of it all, Roxanna now knows more than she should and is now a liability that she must be eliminated. During her heartbreaking adventure, she challenges the government, the anti-government movement, Khomeini's revolutionary regime and risks her life to gain the love of her father and love of her life, CYRUS, a known writer, and film maker who gave up fame and wealth to save her life. To add to the bittersweet, quest soon they fund out their love is forbidden one, and in the end, one must die to save the others life? Who is the one?

9.5 by Emma Zetterberg - When you live at a pain level of 9.5 for too long, there's nothing you won't do to fix it. In this play, a patient exacts revenge on the medical system that wronged her and so many others. Crossover by Zachariah Ezer - Deep in the Caucasus Mountains, there is said to be a path that turns whoever walks it white. Jo is the latest to make the journey, but the trials along the way - not to mention her cryptic guide - may be more than she bargained for. God and the Painter by J.C. Pankratz - God demands a portrait. God wants something nice. Jamie wants something real. Imposter's Evezzz by Malique Guinn - A youngin' with medium self esteem struggles to sleep before his first day of work. Ugh, please pray for this dude, and his brother. ...in daylight by DJ Hills - In a town where daylight occurs for only seven minutes every year, a couple sees one another for the first time--in more ways than one. sleepover by Alica Daine Benning - Ani and Beatrice, two young girls having a sleepover (or are they?), navigate the intricacies of female friendship while teaching each other self-love and acceptance in this surrealist dream play about femininity, love, cruelty, and compassion. The Death Card by Forest Malley - A Virgo has decided it's time to end things with her Taurus boyfriend, so she enlists some help from the spirits. Taurus begins to worry she can actually read his mind. The break-up is predestined.

“A beautifully observed and thrillingly honest novel about the dark corners of family life and the long, complicated search for understanding and grace.” —Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation and Weather“The Fourth Child is keen and beautiful and heartbreaking—an exploration of private guilt and unexpected obligation, of the intimate losses of power embedded in female adolescence, and of the fraught moments of glancing divinity that come with shouldering the burden of love.” —Jia Tolentino, New York Times bestselling author of Trick Mirror“A remarkable family saga . . . The Fourth Child is a balm—a reminder that it is possible for art to provide a nuanced exploration of life itself.” —Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind and Rich and PrettyThe author of Break in Case of Emergency follows up her “extraordinary debut” (The Guardian) with a moving novel about motherhood and marriage, adolescence and bodily autonomy, family and love, religion and sexuality, and the delicate balance between the purity of faith and the messy reality of life.Book-smart, devoutly Catholic, and painfully unsure of herself, Jane becomes pregnant in high school; by her early twenties, she is raising three children in the suburbs of western New York State. In the fall of 1991, as her children are growing older and more independent, Jane is overcome by a spiritual and intellectual restlessness that leads her to become involved with a local pro-life group. Following the tenets of her beliefs, she also adopts a little girl from Eastern Europe. But Mirela is a difficult child. Deprived of a loving caregiver in infancy, she remains unattached to her new parents, no matter how much love Jane shows her. As Jane becomes consumed with chasing therapies that might help Mirela, her relationships with her family, especially her older daughter, Lauren, begin to fray. Feeling estranged from her mother and unsettled in her new high school, Lauren begins to discover the power of her own burgeoning creativity and sexuality—a journey that both echoes and departs from her mother’s own adolescent experiences. But when Lauren is confronted with the limits of her youth and independence, Jane is thrown into an emotional crisis, forced to reconcile her principles and faith with her determination to keep her daughters safe. The Fourth Child is a piercing love story and a haunting portrayal of how love can shatter—or strengthen—our beliefs.

Hängen wir nicht alle an Fäden?Sind wir nicht alle Marionetten? Irgendwie?Können wir uns eigentlich wirklich frei bewegen?Wer schreibt uns vor, was wir denken und reden?Und wer führt hier eigentlich die Regie?Das Buch "Der Aufstand der Puppen - Marionettentheater am Domgymnasium Verden" ist eine Sammlung von Marionettenstücken aus über 30 Jahren Wirken von Eilert Obernolte am Domgymnasium Verden. In der Marionetten-Arbeitsgemeinschaft hat Eilert Obernolte zahlreiche Schülergenerationen mit seiner Begeisterung für das Puppenspiel angesteckt. Die vorliegende Sammlung verewigt viele der in dieser Zeit entstandenen Marionetten und Stücke. Sie ist eine Erinnerung an eine wunderbare Jugend und Schulzeit am Verdener Domgymnasium. Zugleich erinnert sie auch an den Lehrer, Mentor und Freund Eilert Obernolte.

Si les mémoires de Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) ont été souvent réédités, on ignore en général qu'à la fin de sa vie la grande comédienne avait entrepris d'écrire un ouvrage où elle transmettrait son expérience aux générations futures d'acteurs et d'amateurs de théâtre. Elle en dicta jusqu'à sa mort les chapitres, qui furent ensuite ordonnés et publiés par Marcel Berger, un des familiers de ses dernières années. Le lecteur trouvera dans ces pages une mine inépuisable de conseils et d'observations sur le métier de comédien, depuis les impératifs de la voix jusqu'aux détails pratiques du maquillage. Sarah Bernhardt compléta et illustra ce véritable guide de l'art dramatique par une profusion d'anecdotes, où l'on retrouve la drôlerie et la vivacité qui rendirent célèbre sa conversation.Extrait : "L'art de notre art est de ne pas se faire reconnaître du public : pas un instant il ne doit penser que ce n'est pas arrivé, nous devons le tenir dans l'ambiance où l'auteur a voulu le transporter, nous devons créer l'atmosphère par notre sincérité, et le public haletant, éperdu, ne doit comme l'artiste, reconquérir son libre-arbitre qu'à la chute du rideau." Sarah Bernhardt.

The title is the question father asks himself when he learns his son has hand cuffed himself to the dean to protest censorship and as a consequence been expelled. And when the son appears with a scroungy group of mods beards and a girl from out of nowhere the impact to a parent can be overwhelming. Father reasons that if you can't beat them join them; and accordingly gets his own beads guitar and such and goes the kids one better. He burns his checkbook in front of the bank and threatens to ignite himself on the steps of Lincoln Center. It's enough to make even the younger generation realize a thing or two.

Comme il vous plaira (As You Like It) est une comédie de William Shakespeare écrite en 1599, initialement publiée dans le Premier Folio, en 1623. Les circonstances de la première représentation sont incertaines, l'une des possibilités envisagées serait à Wilton House, en 1603. La pièce est notamment connue pour le monologue de Jaques, commençant par All the world's a stage.PrésentationL'héroïne Rosalinde se réfugie dans la forêt des Ardennes, accompagnée de sa cousine Célia, fuyant la cour de son oncle, dans la quête de trouver la sécurité et, éventuellement, l'amour. Elles sont amenées à rencontrer différents personnages, notamment Jacques, voyageur mélancolique présent dans plusieurs pièces de Shakespeare, et dont le discours "All the world's a stage" est très connu.Réception de la pièceLa réception critique de la pièce est diverse : certains critiques trouvent que cette pièce est mineure en comparaison d'autres ¿uvres de Shakespeare, mais d'autres lui portent une grande estime. Elle est l'une des pièces favorites du public et est souvent adaptée à la radio, au cinéma et en comédie musicale. Des actrices célèbres ont interprété le rôle de Rosalinde, sur scène et à l'écran, notamment Vanessa Redgrave, Juliet Stevenson, Rebecca Hall, Helen Mirren, et Patti LuPone, tandis qu'Alan Rickman, Stephen Spinella, Kevin Kline et Stephen Dillane tenaient le rôle de Jacques.

The seventh collection of published plays by the Theater Masters' National MFA ten-minute play festival, Take Ten.This collection, Theater Masters' Take Ten Vol. 7, is comprised of the following plays:DOORMAT by Justine GelfmanThe boss is hiring a new assistant. Sarah is out. Jenny is in. Oh, and Sarah is a doormat.GOLD GONE RIGHT by Rudi GolbenFelo and Cooti share a blissful existence, making pottery and poetry in their beautiful home - until Karen Gold invades their world, carelessly claiming privilege and wreaking havoc.THE ONLY THING YOU CAME TO HEAR by Thaddeus McCantsOnce called the Muhammad Ali of Baseball, Major League Pitcher Dock Ellis relives the most memorable moment of his career: the 1970 no-hitter he threw while on LSD.THE IDIOTS by Preshant NashiAt a classy wedding reception, Jake is in the middle of the worst moment of his life: He has mistakenly texted his ex, Kevin, who, along with his new boyfriend Kyle, just happens to be sitting at the same table.(UN)SCRIPTED by Dave OsmundsenMiranda, an autistic girl dedicated to social improvement, endures a scripted coffee shop module to achieve "typicality."BLOOMS by a.k. payneKim has not believed in love in a long time and the rhythm of work threatens to keep her from her dreams. Leticia has got something to say. On a spring day, both have ten minutes before their shift at the grocery store.SAHI VAQT PE, OR THE ONE WITH THE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK by Ankita RaturiIn a bodega in New York City, Ina can't stop obsessing over the ticking of her biological clock. And hanging up on her mother. And ice cream. And that one episode of Friends.EVERY MAN'S MEMORIAL MARKED by Maria D. SmithJoe Dollard, an elderly Black man with sharecropper roots, sits on a folding chair with his friend Sylvester, coping with a recent loss by disassociating from reality and fighting back at every turn.

RÉSUMÉ :"Phèdre" de Jean Racine est une tragédie classique qui explore les thèmes de la passion, de la culpabilité et du destin. L'histoire se déroule dans l'Antiquité grecque et suit Phèdre, l'épouse de Thésée, roi d'Athènes. Alors que Thésée est présumé mort, Phèdre est consumée par un amour interdit et inavouable pour son beau-fils, Hippolyte. Ce désir dévastateur plonge Phèdre dans un tourment intérieur intense, la poussant à avouer son amour à Hippolyte, qui la rejette avec indignation. À la suite de cet aveu, Phèdre est accablée de honte et de culpabilité, et la situation se complique davantage avec le retour inattendu de Thésée. Mal informé et trompé par des circonstances malheureuses, Thésée accuse à tort Hippolyte de trahison. La tragédie culmine dans une série d'événements fatals qui révèlent les conséquences inéluctables de la passion et de la jalousie. Racine, à travers une écriture poétique et une structure dramatique rigoureuse, met en lumière les conflits moraux et psychologiques de ses personnages. "Phèdre" est une oeuvre qui interroge les limites de la volonté humaine face aux forces irrésistibles du désir et du destin, et qui continue de fasciner par sa profondeur émotionnelle et sa complexité.L'AUTEUR :Jean Racine, né le 22 décembre 1639 à La Ferté-Milon, est l'un des dramaturges les plus éminents du classicisme français. Orphelin très jeune, il est élevé par ses grands-parents puis par les religieuses de Port-Royal, où il reçoit une éducation imprégnée de jansénisme. Racine s'illustre d'abord par sa maîtrise du vers alexandrin et sa capacité à exprimer les passions humaines avec une intensité rare. Après des débuts hésitants, il connaît le succès avec "Andromaque" en 1667, qui établit sa réputation. "Phèdre", créée en 1677, est souvent considérée comme son chef-d'oeuvre. Elle incarne l'apogée de son art dramatique, alliant une intrigue poignante à une exploration psychologique profonde. Racine devient historiographe du roi Louis XIV, mais se retire progressivement du théâtre après "Esther" et "Athalie", écrites pour le couvent de Saint-Cyr. Il meurt à Paris le 21 avril 1699, laissant derrière lui une oeuvre qui continue d'être étudiée et admirée pour sa beauté formelle et sa profondeur humaine. Racine est souvent comparé à Shakespeare pour sa capacité à capturer les nuances de l'âme humaine, bien que son style soit marqué par une rigueur classique et une économie de moyens qui lui sont propres.

A Collection of One-Acts for Older Actors After the Ball Glacier Bay Louie's Daughter Sneeze and A World of Pleasure.<BR>AFTER THE BALLStewart and Joanna an old married couple return home from a surprisingly festive funeral an experience that leaves Stewart at first exhilarated and then forced to face some not-so-festive truths about himself.GLACIER BAYAt a family affair Connie has to contend with her husband Artie's advancing senility. Her struggle to keep a tight hold on his wandering mind is comically exasperating but in a sudden revelation she discovers that their life paths are more similar than she suspected.LOUIE'S DAUGHTERAt Louie's a typical corner bar regulars A. G. and Woody enjoy the male camaraderie of friendly insults unsolicited opinions and pointless conversation. But their comfortable everyday routine is disrupted by the unexpected presence of a pretty female bartender.SNEEZEAbby and Martha two elderly women sit on a park bench discussing philosophy literature and the vagaries of life as they wait for a larcenous squirrel to pass by.WORLD OF PLEASUREAfter thirty-three years Stanley and Emily are finally closing down their mom-and-pop corner store which happens to be a porno shop. When a customer drops in to make a purchase they regale him with stories of the old days and recall the good times as they pack up their singular merchandise.

This timely drama resulted from a trip to Romania. Developed with students from London's Central School of Drama this is an incisive portrait of society in turmoil that focuses on two families to reveal what life is like under a totalitarian regime and what results when the regime collapses. The play's brief scenes are almost cinematic in their presentation of events as seen by ordinary people trying to live in peace.

A "domestic phantasmagoria with song and dance," John Crutchfield's My Crazy My Love, set in a small, present-day Southern Appalachian town, in a sprawling house in condemnable disrepair, tells the raucous comic story of one family's failure to know itself. Only the impending death of the Finckelsteins' patriarch can offer some hope of eleventh-hour self-recognition and redemption. Or not.

A dark stage comedy about the contemporary American family, business, sexuality, race relations, psychiatry, and organized crime, Steven Samuels' "American Arcade; or, How To Shoot Yourself in the Face" concerns the Hamlet-like Harry Hunter, a young manufacturer of old-fashioned shooting gallery games struggling to sustain his beloved past, his family, and what remains of his sanity while the confounding present explodes in his face.In the one crazy day on which this play takes place, Harry tries to maintain the failing American Arcade Company bequeathed him by his late father, who may or may not have been a suicide. Harry is literally haunted by his father, and the other people who plague his life--including his spendthrift mother, cold wife, distant daughter, lackluster assistant, and Freudian analyst, and an old family friend: a Mafia don who shows up unexpectedly--appear as often in Harry's fantasies as in what passes for his real life. Their concerns--mostly money and sex--combine with Harry's fears of war, environmental destruction, and the depersonalization of human interactions brought on by our overindulgence in the brave new world of screens, to drive him at least half mad as he strives to solve his problems and the mystery of his father's death.A strange cross, tonally, between family dramas such as "Death of a Salesman," Charles Ludlam's antic farces, and the black humor of Joe Orton, "American Arcade" constitutes its own genre, which Samuels calls "An Outrage." A huge part of the fun comes from a set dominated by a wall from which Harry's fantasy figures pop out, á la Rowan and Martin's "Laugh-In". Like a Coney Island of the mind, "American Arcade" is one wild ride.

In The Eumenides, the final part of The Oresteian trilogy, Orestes must face the consequences of his revenge plot. After killing Clytemnestra he flees from Agos and seeks refuge in Delphi inside a temple of Apollo. However, Furies, deities of justice, follow him in an attempt to punish Orestes for his misdeed. While he is in the temple, the God Apollo protects him and subdues the Furies with a sleep spell lasting long enough for Orestes to escape them again. Orestes seeks further help from the gods, begging for their interference. Under the protection of Hermes, Orestes travels to Athens. He is haunted by his mother's ghost, who encourages the Furies to continue to hunt her son and torment him as punishment for her death. When the Furies find Orestes in Athens, he prays to Goddess Athena to help him. As the Goddess of Justice, Athena appears and holds a trial for Orestes which she presides over. An epic murder trial unfolds with Orestes as the defendent and the Furies advocating for late Clytemnestra. Apollo comes to his aid once more and testifies before a jury of Athenians making a plea for why Orestes was right to avenge King Agamemnon. If the jury finds Orestes guilty he will be tormented for an eternity by the Furies, but if they acquit him, Orestes can return home to Agos as the rightful heir to the throne.The Eumenides is the final part of the highly esteemed Grecian trilogy, The Oresteia. Written by the father of tragedy, Aeschlyus, The Eumenides is an entertaining and enthralling work of literature as well as a vital piece of history, as it is one of the few works that were recovered from Aeschylus. With heart-pounding drama and emotion-driven prose, The Eumenides promotes a message of mercy over wrath and depicts complex characterizations of popular Greek gods, satisfying even modern readers. This edition of The Eumenides by the legendary Greek playwright Aeschylus features an eye-catching cover design and is printed in a modern font to cater to contemporary audiences. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

Am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs wird Familie Baran bei der Flucht aus Ostpreußen auseinandergerissen. Martin Baran und Zwillingssohn Wilhelm sowie Zögling Ludwig landen in West-Berlin, während es Marielle, Martins Ehefrau, und Wilm, den anderen Zwillingssohn, nebst Zögling Luggi nach Ost-Berlin verschlägt. Die beiden Familienhälften haben sich aus den Augen verloren. Doch Martin Baran gibt nicht auf. Er macht sich Anfang der Siebzigerjahre wie auch Sohn Wilhelm und Zögling Ludwig nach Ost-Berlin auf, um nach der anderen Hälfte der Familie zu suchen. Die Spur führt nach Köpenick und Prenzlauer Berg. Allerdings geht jede Menge schief. Martin verletzt die DDR-Grenzbestimmungen und bekommt es mit der Volkspolizei zu tun. Wilhelm und Ludwig stellen sich zwar schlauer an, dennoch erwarten sie heftige Turbulenzen, als Wilm und Luggi aufkreuzen. Vorhang auf für eine Verwechslungskomödie, die, frei nach Shakespeares Theaterstück "Komödie der Irrungen", bei den Protagonisten für allerlei Aufregungen sorgt und sie vor dramatische Situationen stellt. Wird es den Barans gelingen, sich wieder in die Arme zu schließen? Auch wenn die Orte der Handlung und die Epochen andere sind, hält sich "Hoffnung auf ein Wiedersehen" an die Shakespeare'sche Vorlage und verspricht ein ebensolches anspruchsvolles Lesevergnügen.