The Best New Ten-Minute Plays, 2020

by Lawrence Harbison (Editor)

Overview

A collection of thirty new ten-minute plays.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493053278
Publisher:	Applause
Publication date:	10/15/2020
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Lawrence Harbison was in charge of new play acquisitions for Samuel French, Inc., for over thirty years. He edits annual anthologies of best plays by new playwrights and women playwrights, best ten-minute plays, and monologues for men and for women. His column, “On the Aisle with Larry,” is a regular feature at www.applausebooks.com. Harbison was a member of the Drama Desk Nominating Committee for the 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 seasons. He works with individual playwrights to help them develop their plays (see his website: www.playfixer.com). Harbison is the editor of Best Contemporary Monologues for Women, Best Contemporary Monologues for Men, and Best Contemporary Monologues for Kids, also from Applause, who published his book How I Did It: Establishing a Playwriting Career in 2015.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Alfred and Lilly and Their Marvelous Tank in the Forest Tara Meddaugh 1

Amicable Paige Steadman 11

Beta Testing Jenny Lyn Bader 19

Better Angels Rachel Murray 29

Choices James McLindon 39

Continents Apart Matthew Weaver 47

Date With Death Steven Hayet 53

Four New Years in Japan Steven Haworth 61

The 14th Annual Foot Puppet Festival Holly Hepp-Galván 71

Frozen Foods Ian August 81

Glasstown Don Nigro 89

The Grave, the Fan, the Wife Dorian Palumbo 95

The Hanson Kid Avery Bufkin 103

Head Space Cynthia Faith Arsenault 111

Hot Love in the Moonlight Patrick Gabridge 119

I Saw This in Paducah! Rich Espey 127

Incident on the Golden Gate Bridge David MacGregor 135

Oxycontin Follies Steve Gold 145

Putt-Putt George Sapio 153

Run. Hide. Fight Adrienne Dawes 163

Sally Mars' Repair Shop Sarah Elisabeth Brown 171

Sardines Mona Deutsch Miller 179

The Scottish Loo J. Thalia Cunningham 187

Slipped Meghan Gambling 199

Speed Dating Nedra Pezold Roberts 209

Summer Break Cary Gitter 217

Telephones and Bad Weather Steve Yockey 225

Two Artists Trying to Pay Their Bill Lucy Wang 235

Whoa Means No Erik C. Hanson 245

Zoo Theory Jacob T. Zack 251

Ten-Minute Play Producers 261