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♦ Bentley, Eric: Larry Parks’ Day in Court
(Actual <edited> transcript of the film star’s 1951
appearance before the House Un-American
Activities Committee.)
♦ Bettenbender, Benjamin: The Siren Song of Stephen Jay Gould
(Read a book, then jump off a bridge??!!)
♦ Bogosian, Eric: Just Between Us!
(Six solo performances on American life.)
♦ Cahill, Laura: Home
(Thomas Wolfe told us You Can’t Go Home Again.
A divorced daughter has to try.)
♦ Capote, Truman: A Christmas Memory
(Adapted by Louise Latham)
♦ Catacutan, Alvin: Just Between Us!
(Six solo performances on American life.)
♦ Chekhov, Anton: The Boor
(Should a grieving widow pay her husband’s debts
or fall in love?)
♦ Coward, Noël: A Song At Twilight (Act 1)
(A world-famous author’s ex-wife suddenly appears –
with disturbing intentions.)
♦ Coward, Noël: A Song At Twilight (Act 2)
(What decision will Carlotta make?)
♦ Fink, Ida: The Table
(Poland, 1941. You are there.)
♦ Fletcher, Lucille: Sorry, Wrong Number
(An invalid woman overhears plans for a desperate
crime.)
♦ Gilroy, Frank: A Way With Words
(Little white lies change the lives of three people.)
♦ Glaspell, Susan: Trifles
(A strange death in an isolated midwest farmhouse.
What happened?)
♦ Havel, Vaclav: Protest
(In a country run by Big Brother, why would a big-shot
media exec seek out a once-imprisoned dissident?)
♦ Kelly, George: The Flattering Word
(What happens when a famous person visits his
home town and faces bigotry?)
♦ Kornbluth, Josh: Just Between Us!
(Six solo performances on American life.)
♦ “Martin, Jane”: Just Between Us!
(Six solo performances on American life.)
♦ Miller, Arthur: I Can’t Remember Anything
(A widow visits her deceased husband’s best friend daily.
There are consequences.)
♦ Miller, Jason: Lou Gehrig Did Not Die of Cancer
(Henrik Ibsen vs. the Little League)
♦ O. Henry: The Gift of the Magi
(The master of dramatic irony in Xmas mode.
Adapted by John Quimby)
♦ Parker, Dorothy: Here We Are
(When the wedding bells fade, the great adventure
begins!)
♦ Pinter, Harold: A Kind of Alaska
(A woman awakes to a world she does not know.)
♦ Pirandello, Luigi: The Man With the Flower in His Mouth
(A casual conversation between strangers turns dark.)
♦ Pirandello, Luigi: Chee-Chee
(Before Bernie Madoff there was Chee-Chee.)
♦ Schisgal, Murray: First Love
(An ex-husband living on the street suddenly appears
with great literary plans!)
♦ Shaw, George Bernard Shaw: Village Wooing
(Classic battle of the sexes. The winner is … ??)
♦ Smith, Roger Guenver: Just Between Us!
(Six solo performances on American life.)
♦ Steele, Donald: The Way to Miami
(A woman has a right to change her mind …
on moving day??!!)
♦ Trow, George W. S.: Just Between Us!
(Six solo performances on American life.)
♦ Williams, Tennessee: Lord Byron’s Love Letter
(Two spinsters eke out a living peddling a memory)