Eight plays for children : the new generation play project / edited by Coleman A. Jennings ; foreword by Suzan L. Zeder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jennings, Coleman A., 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's plays, American.

Plays.

Physical Description:

ix, 479 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Austin, Tex : University of Texas Press, 1999.

Summary:

The New Generation Play Project was a daring experiment in American children's theatre. Begun in 1989 by a consortium that included the Seattle Children's Theatre, The Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, Stage One: The Louisville Children's Theatre, and the Honolulu Theatre for Youth, the NGPP raised half a million dollars to commission major American dramatists to create new works for young people and to produce these plays over a several-year period.

This book provides the full text of the plays produced through the NGPP: -- Constance Congdon, Beauty and the Beast-- Velina Hasu Houston, Hula Heart-- Tina Howe, East of the Sun and West of the Moon-- Len Jenkin, The Invisible Man-- Mark Medoff, Kringle's Window-- Eric Overmyer, Duke Kahanamoku vs. The Surfnappers-- Michael Weller, Dogbrain-- Y York, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

In his introduction, Coleman Jennings describes the work of the NGPP, some of the controversies surrounding its selection of playwrights who do not ordinarily write for young audiences, as well as the playwrights' reactions to the project, and the critical reception of the plays. Suzan Zeder, one of the nation's leading playwrights for family audiences, supplies the foreword.

Contents:

Beauty and the beast / Constance Congdon

Hula heart / Velina Hasu Houston

East of the sun and west of the moon / Tina Howe

The invisible man / Len Jenkin

Kringle's widow / Mark Medoff

Duke Kahanamoku vs. the surfnappers / Eric Overmyer

Dogbrain / Michael Weller

The witch of Blackbird Pond / Y. York.

ISBN:

0292740565

0292740573

OCLC:

40142963