The 24 Hour Plays viral monologues : new monologues created during the coronavirus pandemic / edited by Howard Sherman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sherman, Howard E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monologues.

Genre:

Monologues (Drama)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, [2020]

Summary:

Since 1995 The 24 Hour Plays have been responding to theater in the moment. As the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic brought an end to live theater in the USA and Europe, the company sprang to work to keep the arts alive. Bringing together some of America's most prolific writers for the stage and screen, this unique and contemporary book of monologues collates the responses in dramatic fashion, making for an anthology of work that is timely, moving, irreverent and at its best, transcendent. Featuring original monologues by writers such as David Lindsay-Abaire, Clare Barron, Hansol Jung, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Christoper Oscar Peña, Jesse Eisenberg and Monique Moses this is a rich collection that can be enjoyed by actors, writers and those looking for creative responses to the global COVID-19 crisis. -- From Bloomsbury website.

Contents:

Preface: So help me God, I have an idea / Howard Sherman

Introduction: I made what I could with what I had / Mark Armstrong

1 Flimsy machine / Will Arbery

2 Chain / Rachel Axler

3 A man and his dog / Clare Barron

4 Welcome to Hillthorpe Jesuit Preparatory Boys Academy / Serena Berman

5 Day one / Hilary Bettis

6 Invincible / Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen

7 Injustice / Eric Bogosian

8 Grandma taught me how to kiss / Bekah Brunstetter

9 Higher order configurations / Sam Chanse

10 Might as well get back together / Mario Correa

11 Day / David Cross

12 Audition for an indie movie / Sarah DeLappe

13 Face timing / Lydia R. Diamond

14 I got the hat / Kristoffer Diaz

15 Favorite episode / Joseph Dougherty

16 An immodest proposal / Jesse Eisenberg

17 Secret agent Amy Hargreaves' application for the super-secret society of secret agents!!! (as filmed by Amy's assistant agent Fred) / Shara Feit

18 Toilet paper kayak / Sarah Gancher

19 Entertaining / Gracie Gardner

20 This fucking guy / Craig muMs Gran

21 A kick / Ken Greller

22 Elizabeth in the barn / Jason Grote

23 L.A. yoga motherfuckers / Stephen Adly Guirgis

24 A little about me / Kathleen Hale

25 Introduction / J. Holtham

26 Aladdin sane / Jess Honovich

27 The dragon / Lily Houghton

28 Making lemons / Elizabeth Irwin

29 Cocktail class / Hansol Jung

30 In case of emergency / Nora Kirkpatrick

31 Tips to get fit / Sofya Levistsky-Weitz

32 Punch card blues / Aaron W. Levy

33 Digging to China / David Lindsay-Abaire

34 The time machine / Tim J. Lord

35 Wow / Donald Margulies

36 State / Gabe McKinley

37 Slip slidin' away / Cat Miller

38 Simon: a real estate guy / Monique Moses

39 Unknown caller / Dan O'Brien

40 This trip / Carlie O'Leary

41 Run me over / Ife Olujobi

42 The woods are a good place to pick me up / Liliana Padilla

43 We were dazzling once / Christopher Oscar Pẽna

44 Happy / Maz Posner

45 Possession / Simon Rich

46 Mr Davy's second period advanced theater now on Zoom / Anya Richkind

47 I'm just saying / Harrison David Rivers

48 The hardest part / Howard Sherman

49 The Conversationalist / Jonathan Marc Sherman

50 Ready for battle / Charly Evon Simpson

51 Okay hi everyone / Alena Smith

52 Live, laugh, life / Jenny Rachel Weiner

53 I just wanted to say / Tracey Scott Wilson

54 Thank you for visiting me / Zhu Yi.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-350-18755-0