The Play’s The Thing
Selected Scenes, Spoken & Written, From Plays
by
Members of Times Square Playwrights
Volume II : August 10 - October 10, 2008
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The Play’s The Thing Selected Scenes, Spoken & Written, From Plays Volume II : August 10 - October 10, 2008 |
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“A Real Slow Drag”
from Treemonisha by Scott Joplin |
 A TSP Tuesday evening reading
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DESCRIPTION & INSTRUCTIONS THROUGH THE PAGES THAT FOLLOW, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR AND READ SELECTED SCENES FROM ORIGINAL PLAYS AND OCCASIONALLY FILM AND TV SCRIPTS WRITTEN BY MEMBERS OF TIMES SQUARE PLAYWRIGHTS AND DRAMATIZED BY TSP ACTORS. IF YOU WISH, YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW ALONG BY READING THE PRINTED SCRIPT OF EACH SCENE. AFTER YOU'VE ENCOUNTERED THE SCENES, YOU MIGHT WANT TO EXAMINE AN ENTIRE WORK AND THEN CONSIDER HELPING BRING IT TO PRODUCTION OR PUBLICATION, OR YOU MAY WISH TO REFER THE SCENES TO SOMEONE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EACH WRITER FOLLOWS HIS OR HER SELECTIONS. TO ACCESS THE SCENES FOR A PARTICULAR TITLE IN THIS CURRENT VOLUME, BEGIN BY CLICKING ON THE LINK IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS BELOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIRED TITLE. YOU WILL THEN FIND ON THAT TITLE’S INTRODUCTORY PAGE THE RELEVANT LINKS TO ALL THE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN SCENES FOR THE PIECE YOU HAVE CHOSEN. ARCHIVES IN ORDER TO VISIT SCENES FROM A PAST VOLUME, SIMPLY CLICK ON THE LINK IMMEDIATELY BELOW, AND YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO A WEB PAGE OFFERING ACCESS TO AN EARLIER VOLUME OF OUR PRESENTATIONS. FROM THERE YOU CAN READILY NAVIGATE TO THE SCENES DESIRED. THE PLAYWRIGHTS INVOLVED IN EACH VOLUME ARE LISTED BELOW THE LINK. Volume I: June 10, 2008 - August 10, 2008: Volume III: October 10 - December 10, 2008 |
SCENES SPOKEN & WRITTEN
(Volume II: August 10 - October 10, 2008)WELCOME TO WACKER
Sex, paranoia, cyanide capsules, and this is only his first day on the job
by
Raymond Alvin
Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Welcome to Wacker
HETTY PEPPER’S STEW
From stew to ragout at Mrs. Culhaney’s
by
Nancy Dean
Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Hetty Pepper’s StewLIFE WITH YIA-YIA
Or how I survived my Greek grandmother, a monologue
by
George TrahanisClick on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Life With Yia-YiaPATHET LAO
A secret war, a secret romance, and more in this sophisticated political comedy set in 1970s Laos
by
Tom ThorntonClick on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Pathet Lao
HOMETOWN PREMIERE
A small-town girl longs to become a Hollywood sex symbol
by
Carol HollenbeckClick on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Hometown Premiere
TWO CATS AND A KID
A cautionary but hopeful tale for parents, tweens, cat fanciers, and ailurophobes
by
Norman WeinsteinClick on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Two Cats And A KidTWO SHORT PLAYS
by
L.B. MartinThe Unordinary Blues
Harry Gets a second chance with a little help from his pastConfessions With Father Thomas
A cry, a priest and a gay’s demand for justiceClick on this link to proceed:
Introduction to L.B. Martin’s Plays
