Archive

Volume I: June 10 - August 10, 2008

The Play’s The Thing

Selected Scenes, Spoken & Written, From Plays
by
Members of Times Square Playwrights

DESCRIPTION & INSTRUCTIONS

WE INVITE YOU TO HEAR AND READ SELECTED SCENES FROM ORIGINAL PLAYS WRITTEN BY MEMBERS OF TIMES SQUARE PLAYWRIGHTS AND DRAMATIZED MAINLY BY TSP ACTORS. WE HOPE YOU MIGHT THEN WANT TO EXAMINE AN ENTIRE WORK AND CONSIDER HELPING BRING IT TO PRODUCTION OR PUBLICATION. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EACH PLAYWRIGHT FOLLOWS THE SELECTIONS. PLEASE SEND US YOUR REACTIONS TO THE SCENES, IF YOU WISH, VIA OUR EMAIL LINK.

TO ACCESS THE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN SCENES IN THIS CURRENT VOLUME, BEGIN BY CLICKING ON A LINK IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE OF CONTENTS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF
SCENES SPOKEN & WRITTEN
(Volume I: June 10 - August 10, 2008)

GENE BULLARD, C’EST MOI!
A play in two acts inspired by the life of
Eugene Jacques Bullard
by
Norman Weinstein

Cast: Sharlene Hartman, Mike Jankowitz, Colleen Kennedy, Tom Thornton, Scott Williams

Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Gene Bullard, C’est Moi!

SHAKING THE CAGE
A young woman’s strange and interactive adventure at the zoo
by
Tom Thornton

Cast: Sharlene Hartman, Dawn Jamieson, Mike Jankowitz, Tom Thornton

Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Shaking the Cage

JUMP JIM CROW
A play in two acts that imagines the theatrical origins of Jim Crow
by
Henry Meyerson

Cast: Mike Jankowitz, Tom Thornton, Scott Williams

Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Jump Jim Crow

RIPE AVOCADOS
A Tale of family wrath
by
Nancy Dean

Cast: Dawn Jamieson, Mary Murphy, James Nugent, Tom Thornton, Scott Williams

Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Ripe Avocados

THE 10:53 TO TRENTON
An off-track (and off-color) one act, full-length comedy
by
Jim Mandler

Cast: Dawn Jamieson, Mike Jankowitz, Mary Murphy, James Nugent, Doug Stone, Tom Thornton, George Trahanis, Scott Williams

Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to The 10:53 To Trenton

OLD MCDONALD
A child’s violent death and a cover-up challenged
by
Frank Rinaldi

Cast: Richard Craven, Sharlene Hartman, Mike Jankowitz, Colleen Kennedy, James Nugent, Tom Thornton, Kristen Wiles

Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Old McDonald

FOR PHOTOS AND EMAIL CONTACTS OF ACTORS INVOLVED IN THE DRAMATIZATIONS,
SEE HOME PAGE.

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