Take Ten II: More Ten-Minute Plays - Eric Lane

A dazzlingly diverse anthology of thirty-five short plays spanning the theatrical spectrum. nA ten-minute play is a blaze of theatrical energy. In this follow-up to their groundbreaking collection Take Ten, editors Eric Lane and Nina Shengold have put together a veritable bonfire of talent.

Take Ten

• II: More 10-Minute Plays provides a fast-track tour of the current theatrical landscape, from the slapstick ingenuity of David Ives' Arabian Nights to the searing tension of Diana Son's 9/11 drama The Moon, Please, to Susan Miller's luminous fable The Grand Design. This remarkably diverse anthology includes thirty-five short plays by such major American playwrights as Christopher Durang, Warren Leight, Romulus Linney and Donald Margulies, alongside a host of exciting new voices. n nActors, directors, producers and teachers will find Take Ten II an invaluable source of meaty roles for people of every age, ethnicity and gender; lovers of theatre will find it a richly satisfying read. These deceptively short plays throb with life in all its variety: harrowing, hilarious, and breathtakingly vital. n nPlaywrights included: n nTaylor Mac Bowyer nLaura Shaine Cunningham nAnthony David nSteven Dietz nChristopher Durang nLinda Eisenstein nSimon Fill nCraig Fols nSigrid Heath nDavid Ives nCaleen Sinnette Jennings nHonour Kane nEric Lane nEdward Bok Lee nWarren Leight nRomulus Linney nDonald Margulies nSusan Miller nChiori Miyagawa nItamar Moses nSean O'Connor nMark O'Donnell nDael Orlandersmith nRich Orloff nJoe Pintauro nCraig Pospisil nToni Press-Coffman nClaire Reeve nElaine Romero nSusan Sandler nNina Shengold nDiana Son nAlison Weiss nMary Louise Wilson nGarth Wingfield nAlexander Woon