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Volume II: August 10 - October 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 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

Cast: Raymond Alvin, Milton James, Mike Jankowitz, Doug Stone, Tom Thornton

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

Cast: Sharlene Hartman, Diane Nuttal, Tom Thornton, George Trahanis, Kristen Wiles

Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Hetty Pepper’s Stew

LIFE WITH YIA-YIA
Or how I survived my Greek grandmother, a monologue
by
George Trahanis

Cast: George Trahanis

Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Life With Yia-Yia

PATHET LAO
A secret war, a secret romance, and more in this sophisticated political comedy set in 1970s Laos
by
Tom Thornton

Cast: Marika Daciuk, Sharlene Hartman, Mike Jankowitz, Tom Thornton, Scott Williams

Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Pathet Lao

HOMETOWN PREMIERE
A small-town girl longs to become a Hollywood sex symbol
by
Carol Hollenbeck

Cast: Ange Berneau, Sharlene Hartman, Tom Thornton, Kristen Wiles

Click 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 Weinstein

Cast: Richard Craven, Marika Daciuk, Sharlene Hartman, Jack Luceno, Mary Murphy, Tom Thornton, Scott Williams

Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to Two Cats And A Kid

TWO SHORT PLAYS
by
L.B. Martin

The Unordinary Blues
Harry Gets a second chance with a little help from his past

Cast: Lindsey Richman, Tom Thornton, Scott Williams

Confessions With Father Thomas
A cry, a priest and a gay’s demand for justice

Cast: Marika Daciuk, Mike Jankowitz, Tom Thornton

Click on this link to proceed:
Introduction to L.B. Martin’s Plays

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