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The Cattleman's Suite
Located on the thirteenth floor of the Dallas Grand Hotel, the cattleman's suite is the chosen site of Julie Drithers' not-so-happy engagement party. Her father, a once wealthy but now almost bankrupt Texas oilman, has rented the old suite again to celebrate his daughter's engagement in the same place and manner that he had celebrated his own engagement thirty years earlier. Only this time, the engagement is the father's idea, not the bride's. Through the calculated wedding of his daughter to Matt Snooker, the son of his best friend and founder of the industry's leading pipe and rigging company, Mr. Drithers hopes to save his own ailing oil company and avoid disaster. However, he gets more disaster than he can handle when Bobby, Julie's true love, sets out to rescue his one-and-only. Drithers' problems seem small compared to Julie's wrath when she learns of the deception played upon her. Add an untimely pregnancy, two clumsy villains, a hotel staff from hell, and the recipe for comedy is complete!
The Best of 24 Hours
The thirteen ten-minute plays in this collection--comedies of various ilk--are the best of the scripts written for Gardner-Webb University's "24 HOURS," a bi-annual play festival in which the entire event is created in just twenty-four hours. "24 HOURS" is an initiative of the theater program at GWU dedicated to developing new plays and training undergraduates in the craft of play production. The plays in this collection were created by students for students and express the worldview of a generation coming of age. Rachel Jones . Jeremy Kerr . Pamela Darnell George Harrison Hendricks IV . Micheal S. Pardue Amber M. Jackson . Michael Mitteer . Stephanie Faile Noelle DeLozier . Donovan Craft . Wendy Shockley Carrie Cranford . Tiffany Stephens . Amanda Miller Aissa Williams . Brad Archer . Meg Elliot
New Plays Festival
The seven one-act plays in this collection were first performed in the New Plays Festival at Gardner-Webb University in 2004. The Festival is an initiative of the theater program at GWU dedicated to developing new plays and encouraging early-career playwrights. Different Dialects is a dance-inspired exploration of a married couple's journey into mid-life. Equal Opportunity Employer is an eccentric tale of mayhem and madness in the life of a talent agent. Good Help employs a film noir motif to spoof the end of the world. Around the Horn is a tale of second chances played out on the baseball diamond. Seaglass is an existential comedy about two bums on life's journey to find meaning. Doctors Like Boats is a riotous comedy of wit and dialogue set in a Doctor's office. The Translation explores the human aspects of privacy invasion in a new age of terror and electronic surveillance.
The Horton Foote Review, Volume One
The Horton Foote Review is the scholarly journal of the Horton Foote Society, which is dedicated to the study of the life and work of the great American dramatist. Having received two Academy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and the National Medal of Arts, Horton Foote is one of the most important living figures in the American Theater today. The six scholarly essays in this first volume of the journal are by scholars from diverse fields of learning and explore the importance of Mr. Foote's work (both stage and film) to the American literary tradition, with an eye for the importance of American drama during the twentieth century. The journal will appeal to anyone who believes in the power of drama as a sustaining influence in society. Contributors include: Richard A. Lusky, Robert Donahoo, Laurin Porter, Elizabeth Fifer, Meredith Sutton, and Gerald C. Wood.
A More Perfect Ten
A More Perfect Ten is a revision of Gary Garrison's pioneering book on writing and producing the 10-minute play, and it is now the most authoritative book on this emerging play form. The 10-minute play has become a regular feature of theatre companies and festivals from coast to coast, and Garrison has distilled the advice of many of those people who had been instrumental in promoting the ten minute play for the last few years. Replete with advice and tips on creating the successful 10-minute play, and cautions for avoiding the pitfalls, this new edition also includes addresses for the biggest and most important 10-minute festival opportunities, new sample 10-minute plays and questions for thought and discussion, and sample layout templates for laying out the play for submission. The savvy playwright at any level of skill can use this little book to great advantage. Plus Gary Garrison is warm, funny, irreverent, and essential.
New Plays Festival, Volume Three
The six one-act plays in this collection were first performed in the New Plays Festival at Gardner-Webb University in 2005. The Festival is an initiative of the theater program at GWU dedicated to developing new plays and encouraging early-career playwrights. Belt Play is a serious exploration of the aftermath of child abuse. The dark comedy Chess Club is an eccentric tale of survival and cannibalism. Brainstorm spoofs the world of corporate business and its excessive investment in stupidity. Small, Medium, Large is a riotous comedy exposing the folly behind coffee shop cup sizes. Curiosity Kills is a ridiculous comedy about friendship and the untimely death of a cat. The Old Man and His Will explores the meaninglessness of a man's life devoted to the pursuit of money.
