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Laugh Lines

Short Comic Plays

Edited by Eric Lane and Nina Shengold

Edited by Eric Lane and Nina Shengold

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Category: Performing Arts

Paperback $19.95

Apr 10, 2007 | ISBN 9780307277138

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About Laugh Lines

This one-of-a-kind anthology features thirty-six hilarious short plays by major American playwrights and emerging new voices, all guaranteed to send readers and audiences into peals of laughter. From the surrealistic wit of Steve Martin’s "The Zig-Zag Woman" to the biting political satire of Steven Dietz’s "The Spot," from Christopher Durang’s wonderfully loopy "Wanda’s Visit" to Shel Silverstein’s supremely twisted "The Best Daddy," there’s something in here to make everyone laugh. There are plays for casts of all sizes, from monologues to large ensembles, with diverse and challenging roles for actors of every age and type. Even the titles are funny: Mark O’Donnell’s "There Shall Be No Bottom (a bad play for worse actors)," Elaine May’s "The Way of All Fish," and Alan Ball’s "Your Mother’s Butt." A bonanza for theatergoers, performers, and comedy fans, Laugh Lines will bring down the house.

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About Eric Lane

Eric Lane has edited 14 contemporary play anthologies for Viking Penguin and Vintage Books with his longtime collaborator, Nina Shengold, earning… More about Eric Lane

About Nina Shengold

Nina Shengold’s plays include Finger Foods, War at Home, Homesteaders, and Romeo/Juliet, and have been produced around the world. Her one-act No Shoulder was… More about Nina Shengold

Product Details

Category: Performing Arts

Paperback | $19.95
Published by Vintage
Apr 10, 2007 | 528 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307277138

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Table Of Contents

Introduction
Acknowledgments

David Auburn: MISS YOU

Alan Ball: YOUR MOTHER’S BUTT

Gina Barnett: ALONE AT LAST!

Glen Berger: THE GALLOWS MONOLOGUE
—FROM SIDNEY RYAN’S
—GUNPOWDER AND BLOOD

David Cale: POODLES

Eric Coble: TIES THAT BIND

Sharon E. Cooper: MISTAKEN IDENTITY

Laura Shaine Cunningham: OUTSOURCED

Adrienne Dawes: HERITAGE, HER-I-TAGE, & HAIR-I-TAGE

Steven Dietz: THE SPOT

Paul Dooley & Winne Holzman: POST-ITS (Notes on a Marriage)

Christopher Durang: WANDA’S VISIT

Peter Hedges: THE VALERIE OF NOW

Mikhail Horowitz: WE CANNOT KNOW
—THE MIND OF GOD

Seth Kramer: THE TARANTINO VARIATION

Eric Lane: THE STATUE OF BOLÍVAR

Warrent Light: MARS HAS NEVER BEEN THIS CLOSE

Mark Harvey Levine: SURPRISE

David Lindsay-Abaire: HOW WE TALK IN SOUTH BOSTON

Steve Martin: THE ZIG-ZAG WOMAN

Elaine May: THE WAY OF ALL FISH

Mark O’Donnell: THERE SHALL BE NO BOTTOM (a bad play for worse actors)

Jonathan Rand: CHECK, PLEASE

Wayne Rawley: CONTROLLING INTEREST

Jacquelyn Reingold: 2B (OR NOT 2B)

Edwin Sánchez: POPS

Nina Shengold: FORTY TO LIFE

Shel Silverstein: THE BEST DADDY

David Smilow: THE FLYING WOLIMSKIES RETURN

Tommy Smith: STREAK

Richard Strand: ROSA’S EULOGY

Frederick Stroppel: CHOCOLATE

Joyce Van Dyke: THE EARRING

Daryl Watson: THE BLUEBERRY HILL ACCORD

Lauren Wilson: WEDDING DUET

Garth Wingfield: PLEASE HAVE A SEAT AND SOMEONE WILL BE WITH YOU SHORTLY

Contributors
About the Editors
Index
Permissions and Acknowledgments

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