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The Twin Stars
"The Lucasfilm-esque milieu, blending magic with exobiology, astrophysics, and a painless layering of multiculturalism, is a tantalizing one. Portman adds a layer of emotion via Olive's struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety... A superhero creator's angst-y perils make this tale a strong start to a space saga." -- Kirkus Reviews A teen at war with her mind. A planet at war with its suns. Can Olive become the hero of her own story? Olive Joshi is an imaginative sixteen-year-old with OCD. She checks and double-checks that the stove burners are off, avoids driving for fear of causing an accident, and constantly worries about hurting the people she loves. Olive finds refuge from...
The Silver Sail
A looming supernova. A long-lost starship. A hero turned evil. "[R]eaders should be sufficiently hooked to follow the vivid, ominous threads into the next volume. An engaging installment of a complicated SF/fantasy series about a besieged writer." -- Kirkus Reviews "[A] gorgeously penned emotional journey ... The Silver Sail is a must-read for fans of the first novel, and the series, in general, would be a fantastic recommendation for young adult readers seeking an emotive and relatable protagonist." -- Readers' Favorite (5-star review) Olive Joshi never meant to fall through a portal into her own abandoned novel, much less kill her protagonist and resurrect her as a villain. Now she’s on ...
Ageless
Synopsis: Ninety is the new thirty at the turn of the 22nd century. When Marin refuses to take the anti-aging drug celebrated by the rest of society, she invokes her mother’s ire and risks becoming marginalized in a culture that worships youth, denies death, and treats old age as a malady. As Marin’s choice begins to affect not only her but the people she loves, will she find the strength to hold out, or succumb to social pressure? Cast Size: 4 Females, 2 Males, 4 Various
The Twin Stars
A troubled teen. A magic journal. A portal to another world. "Lucasfilm-esque...[A] strong start to a space saga." -- Kirkus Reviews Olive Joshi is an imaginative sixteen-year-old with OCD. She checks and double-checks that the stove burners are off, avoids driving for fear of causing an accident, and constantly worries about hurting the people she loves. Olive finds refuge from her anxiety in writing stories about Coseema, a magical princess on the distant planet Lyria. Coseema is fearless, confident, powerful, and perfect -- everything Olive thinks she’ll never be. When she falls through a portal into her own abandoned story, Olive finds herself in a world in peril: double suns scorch th...
An Outopia for Pigeons
Author: Justin Maxwell Synopsis: The last passenger pigeon on earth, named Martha Washington, is desperately trying to save her species by building a Foucault-inspired outopia (a non-place.) Assisting Martha is a sperm whale named Charles Bronson, a whale so tough they named the toughest actor of all time after him. Their work is complicated by the arrival of Cotton Mather, a 300 hundred year old Puritan minister and witch burner extraordinaire, who has problems of his own. Cast Size: 2 Females, 2 Males
Burning
Synopsis: It’s 2008, at the height of the second Gulf War, and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell still bans LGBTQ service members from revealing their truth. Cy Burns, discharged from the Army for coming out, now takes on the world with her words, blogging from her rural country store where she and her employee, Sammy, elicit a mix of admiration and homophobia. When local infantryman Cole begs for Cy's help in wooing east coast transplant Rose, she volunteers to ghost write his courtship and keep her own admiration for Rose silent. Meanwhile, the return of her former commander revives old grudges and forces Cy to confront the darkest days of her military past. When Cole is deployed, Cy not only keeps the love letters coming but charts a dangerous course to expose Dulac’s complicity in unspeakable crimes. In love and war, words unspoken are the words that burn. Cast Size: 2 Females, 3 Males
Book Two: Sky (The Dragon Prince #2)
This second canon novel expands on the events of Season 2 of the epic, Emmy ® Award-winning Netflix fantasy TV show, The Dragon Prince. XADIA IS CALLING... The Dragon Prince has hatched! Now the princes of Katolis, Callum and Ezran, along with Moonshadow elf Rayla, have one goal: deliver the defenseless dragon to his mother in the magical land of Xadia. Things get complicated when the High Mage’s children, Claudia and Soren, track down the questing princes. Should Callum and Ezran trust two humans they’ve known forever, or the elf they’ve just met? In Katolis, High Mage Lord Viren schemes to gain the support of the other human kingdoms, and that of a much more mysterious ally... The tensions of war between Xadia and the Human Kingdoms are ready to explode. As fiery battles erupt and hidden truths come to light, friendships will be tested, plans will be set into motion, and everyone will face their most difficult choices yet. Written by Aaron Ehasz (co-creator of The Dragon Prince and head writer of Avatar: The Last Airbender) and Melanie McGanney Ehasz, this second canon novel based on the Netflix original series finally gives fans the full story.
Into Darkness
"Foon's boy, Clark, is kidnapped by an evil monster bent on revenge and Foon must enter the Darkness in order to save him"--
Poona the Fuckdog
Synopsis: Once upon a time there was a Fuck Dog. Named Poona. Poona was a very lonely Fuck Dog until one day she was visited by her Fairy God Phallus and taught how to play a fun game in her big pink box. Poona suddenly becomes a very popular Fuck Dog! Poona's adventures take her to the Kingdom of Do (where nobody did) ruled by a powerful television set. She meets, among others, Suzy-Suzy Cyber Assassin, a thespian shrub, lost space aliens, and she even talks to God! Poona finally grows old and must tell her fabulous story to all you little kiddies. Cast Size: cast of 8-17, depending on doubling
Red Bull Shorts Volume 5
Red Bull Theater - New York City's "most exciting classical theater" - offers the 5th volume of collected plays from its popular annual Short New Play Festival. It features sixteen 10-minute plays of heightened language and classical themes by today's hottest writers, from commissions by established playwrights Kia Corthron, Marcus Gardley, and Theresa Rebeck, to winning entries by writers such as Leah Maddrie, Matthew Park, Bridgette Dutta Portman, and Matthew Wells, chosen from a competition that receives nearly 300 submissions each year. In the hands of great playwrights, the 10-minute play is a highly entertaining dramatic form. These delightfully compact works - some downright silly, and others powerfully moving - are from the ninth and tenth years of Red Bull Theater's Short New Play Festival. Dive in and enjoy! Authors include: Kate Abbruzzese, Ben Beckley, Kia Corthron, Avery Deutsch, Marcus Gardley, Terry Glaser, Leah Maddrie, Talene Monahan, Matthew Park, Eric Pfeffinger, Bridgette Dutta Portman, Theresa Rebeck, David Lerner Schwartz, Matthew Wells, Mallory Jane Weiss, Sofya Levitsky Weitz.
