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Judy's Scary Little Christmas
By David Church. 2010
Holiday Musical Comedy / 7m, 6f / Simple Set / Judy Garland is primed for her biggest comeback ever -…
the dazzling star of her own TV special, broadcast live on Christmas Eve, 1959. Judy's guests include Bing Crosby (making some holiday "grog"), Ethel Merman (plugging her Hawaiian album), and Liberace (with a handsome sailor in tow). However, mysterious snafus behind the scenes and cameo appearances by commie-baiting Vice President Richard Nixon (who performs a magic act) and blacklisted writer, Lillian Hellman, (who's forced to read "Children's Letter to Santa" with a puppet) throw Judy's program off course. The surprises climax when the arrival of Joan Crawford is interrupted by the spectral figure of...Death. The evening takes a detour into the twilight zone as the celebrities are forced to confront the lies behind their legends. Devastated and alone, Judy meets a special fan who ultimately proves that, despite her flaws, her shining legacy still endures. / "Magical! A side-splitting musical parody...wickedly funny!" - Los Angeles TimesIsrael Horovitz's New Shorts
By Israel Horovitz. 2009
Dramatic Comedy / Flexible casting: 2-5m, 2-5f This brilliant collection of Horovitz's newest one-act plays can be mixed and matched…
to form several "theme" evenings. For example, nine of these plays formed the highly-successful off-Broadway show "Israel Horovitz's New Shorts": The Bridal Dance, Affection In Time (The Prologue), The Fat Guy Gets The Girl, Beirut Rocks, The Audition Play, The Hotel Play, Cat-Lady, Inconsolable and The Race Play . Additionally, six of these plays were joined to create an evening called "6 Hotels": Fiddleheads and Lovers, Speaking of Tushy, Beirut Rocks, (intermission), The Audition Play, The Hotel Play, 2nd Violin. Recently, an off-Broadway show was created by Barefoot Theatre Company entitled "The Middle-East (in pieces)", comprised of A Mother's Love *, Security *, Beirut Rocks, and What Strong Fences Make*. (*also available from Samuel French, Inc.)Plays include:BRIDAL DANCEFIDDLEHEADS AND LOVERSAFFECTION IN TIMETHE FAT GUY GETS THE GIRLBEIRUT ROCKSTHE AUDITION PLAYTHE HOTEL PLAYCAT LADYINCONSOLABLESPEAKING OF TUSHY2ND VIOLINTHE RACE PLAYIn the Rest Room at Rosenblooms
By Ludmilla Bollow. 2008
4f and 9 extras (can be doubled) / Comedy / Interior / This contemporary comedy reveals the hopes, dreams and…
fears of three elderly ladies who spark their lonely lives by meeting daily in the rest room lounge of an outdated downtown department store, and the crazy/touching events that occur the day one of them is supposedly threatened. There's Myrah, with a fighting spirit that totters into the absurd; Violet, a leftover from the days of elegance; and Winifred, a wisp of a woman who wanders in and out of reality. A steady stream of bizarre events occur as the ladies seek to protect Winifred from being taken away by her sister Clare, leading to a blockade of the rest room and a final triumph over those who would threaten their fragile freedom. Winner of the Southeastern Theatre Conference New Play Award. / "The women are wonderful characters...[the play does] an excellent job of balancing humor against the basically pathetic lives of the three main characters." - Minneapolis TribuneEvil Dead: The Musical
By Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, George Reinblatt. 2010
Musical Comedy / 6m, 4f / Unit set / Based on Sam Raimi's 80s cult classic films, EVIL DEAD tells…
the tale of 5 college kids who travel to a cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force. And although it may sound like a horror, it's not! The songs are hilariously campy and the show is bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit. EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, "camp" takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers like "All the Men in my Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons," "Look Who's Evil Now" and "Do the Necronomicon." / Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding New Off-Broadway MusicalDog Park: The Musical
By Jahnna Beecham. 2010
Comedy / 3m, 1f / Simple set /Follow Daisy the sassy Westie through her dating adventures with Itchy, Champ and…
Bogie at the hippest, hottest place in town: Central Bark, where every dog has his day, and love conquers all. Daisy has promised her BFF (Best Friend Forever) she'd give the dating scene one more chance. She meets Champ the Collie, a charming but full of himself show dog; Itchy, a "humperactive" Jack Russell terrier; and Bogie, the darkly mysterious Lab/mutt who sticks his neck out for no one. This unusual quartet make their way through the day's scheduled events which include Singles With Friends, Agility Class, Speed Mating, Yappy Hour and Lovers with Leashes, which is when they pair up and leave the park. Daisy comes to the conclusion that Champ only has eyes for himself, Itchy can only be a friend, and Bogie is the dog for her. But when Daisy makes her desires known to Bogie, she gets a rude awakening; we learn that Bogie, a stray, has been living at the Dogpark for six months. Bogie confesses his love for Daisy just as Animal Control arrives to take him away. Will Bogie and Daisy ever be reunited? Fresh off its sold-out run at Milwaukee Rep comes Dogpark: The Musical, created by the team behind the hit Chaps! and Chaps! A Jingle Jangle Christmas!Dead City
By Shelia Callaghan. 2008
Full Length, Comic Drama / 3m, 4f / Unit Set / It's June 16, 2004. Samantha Blossom, a chipper woman…
in her 40s, wakes up one June morning in her Upper East Side apartment to find her life being narrated over the airwaves of public radio. She discovers in the mail an envelope addressed to her husband from his lover, which spins her raw and untethered into an odyssey through the city.... a day full of chance encounters, coincidences, a quick love affair, and a fixation on the mysterious Jewel Jupiter. Jewel, the young but damaged poet genius, eventually takes a shine to Samantha and brings her on a midnight tour of the meat-packing district which changes Samantha's life forever-or doesn't. This 90 minute comic drama is a modernized, gender-reversed, relocated, hyper-theatrical riff on the novel Ulysses, occurring exactly 100 years to the day after Joyce's jaunt through Dublin. "Wonderful... Sheila Callaghan's pleasingly witty and theatrical new drama that is a love letter to New York masquerading as hate mail...[Callaghan] writes with a world-weary tone and has a poet's gift for economical description. The entire dead city comes alive..." -New York Times. "DEAD CITY, Sheila Callaghan's riff on James Joyce's ULYSSES is stylish, lyrical, fascinating, occasionally irritating, and eminently worthwhile... the kind of work that is thoroughly invigorating." -Backstage.A Christmas Carol
By Michael Paller. 1980
Full Length / Characters: 5 male, 2 female, 3 children Scenery: Composite set. This fresh approach to the classic tale…
faithfully conveys the magic of Dickens. On Christmas Eve in 1843 friends and family gathered at Dickens' home ask him to tell a story, but he refuses to work on Christmas Eve. If there is going to be a story, each must take a part in its telling. And so the story unfolds with the cast of 10 playing over 40 parts. "Done with respect and ingenuity. Deserves to be seen." Cleveland Free Press. "A treat ... for the whole family to enjoy." Cleveland Sunday Press.The Cat's Meow
By Steven Peros. 2009
Full Length, Comic Drama / 6 m, 8 f, Doubling is possible / Based on the true story of a…
mysterious Hollywood death, The Cat's Meow offers a fascinating cross section of Jazz Era characters who intersect for one notorious weekend on board William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924. The play was adapted for film in 2002, with a screenplay by the author, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and starring Kirsten Dunst, Eddie Izzard, and Edward Herrmann. Weekend guests include: Charlie Chaplin, who has been carrying on with movie star Marion Davies, a secret known to Davies' paramour, the married - and much older -- Hearst; and movie mogul Thomas Ince, who is hoping to revive his flagging fortunes by forming a partnership with Hearst. Playing with fire, Ince tries to convince Hearst that he can handle both Marion's movie career... and her private life as well. During its 1997 Los Angeles premiere, audiences and critics were both entertained and moved by this darkly comic morality play, laced with clandestine romance, Hollywood excess, and steadily heating tensions, which erupt in a shocking act of violence. "Hearst Yacht Mystery is The Cat's Meow...A stylish and sardonically funny expose of corrupt Tinseltown values." -Los Angeles TimesEl Dinero que Hay en Ti!
By Julie Stav. 2006
En ¡El Dinero que Hay en Ti! la destacada experta Julie Stav te enseÑa a descubrir tu verdadera personalidad financiera,…
y te muestra cÓmo usar tus sentimientos, tus temores y tu autoestima para lograr una vida de riqueza monetaria y espiritual "ConÓcete a ti mismo", dijo SÓcrates. Y podrÍamos aÑadir, " . . . para que conozcas cÓmo emplear tu dinero". Cuando logramos entendernos a nosotros mismos y comprender cÓmo nos relacionamos con el dinero, vamos por buen camino hacia la tranquilidad econÓmica y la independencia financiera. El dinero no es la vida ni compra la felicidad . . . ¡pero nos acerca mÁs a ella! En ¡El Dinero Que Hay en Ti! Julie nos presenta cinco tipos de personalidades financieras, cada una con ventajas y desventajas en lo que se refiere a la manera en que manejan su dinero. Con su estilo divertido, informativo y fÁcil de comprender, Julie te ayudarÁ a descubrir quiÉn eres realmente y cÓmo poner a trabajar tu personalidad financiera especÍfica para que logres una vida sin preocupaciones econÓmicas. ¡El Dinero Que Hay en Ti! no sÓlo te enseÑarÁ a valerte de esas caracterÍsticas personales en tu beneficio, sino tambiÉn a establecer relaciones positivas con aquÉllos que se ven afectados por tus decisiones-hijos, cÓnyuge, padres y amigos-y que influyen en las tuyas. SÓlo entonces podrÁs alcanzar tus metas, y vivir la vida que siempre has soÑado.The Farm Show
By Ted Johns. 1973
'This is a record of our version of grassroots theatre. The idea was to take a group of actors out…
to a farming community and build a play of what we could see and learn. There is no story or "plot" as such ... Nevertheless, we hope that you can see many stories woven into the themes of this play and that out of it will emerge a picture of a complex and living community.' - Paul ThompsonThe Armchair Millionaire
By Lewis Schiff. 2001
Invest my money? Forget it. Who knows which way the stock market is headed? And I just plain don't know…
how to do it. I'll stick my paycheck in the bank, keep my credit card debt as low as I can, and worry about my financial future when I have some extra money. Besides, there's always Social Security, right? WRONG, according to the authors of The Armchair Millionaire (and the geniuses behind the Armchair Millionaire Web site), whose philosophy is simple: if your money isn't working for you, then you'll be working a lot longer than you want to. In plain English, Lewis Schiff and Douglas Gerlach, along with real-life cyber-Armchair Millionaires, show you how to save without budgeting the fun out of life, and invest wisely without losing sleep over your portfolio. "Five Steps to Financial Freedom" will make it easy for you to build an investment portfolio and help you to: PAY LOWER TAXES: Why and how to give to your IRA or 401(k) until it hurts. PAY YOURSELF FIRST: The secret to building a nest egg is to treat your savings like you treat any bill -- put your financial future at the top of the list of regular monthly payments. GET THE MOST FOR YOUR MONEY: "Dollar-cost averaging" has been the most successful investment timing method ever used by the pros. Find out how to make it work for you. BUILD YOUR PLAN: Forecast when you'll reach your million-dollar goal with a personalized financial action plan. DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND WHY YOU MUST START INVESTING FOR YOUR FUTURE TODAY: Find out why compounded interest is often called the key to successful wealth-building. Packed with practical advice, personalized tools such as user-friendly worksheets, and actual stories of ordinary people who have built extraordinary portfolios using these methods, The Armchair Millionaire will show you how to get on the road to financial independence at last.Plastic Money: Constructing Markets for Credit Cards in Eight Postcommunist Countries
By Alya Guseva, Akos Rona-Tas. 2014
In the United States, we now take our ability to pay with plastic for granted. In other parts of the…
world, however, the establishment of a "credit-card economy" has not been easy. In countries without a history of economic stability, how can banks decide who should be given a credit card? How do markets convince people to use cards, make their transactions visible to authorities, assume the potential risk of fraud, and pay to use their own money? Why should merchants agree to pay extra if customers use cards instead of cash? In Plastic Money, Akos Rona-Tas and Alya Guseva tell the story of how banks overcame these and other quandaries as they constructed markets for credit cards in eight postcommunist countries. We know how markets work once they are built, but this book develops a unique framework for understanding how markets are engineered from the ground up#151;by selecting key players, ensuring cooperation, and providing conditions for the valuation of a product. Drawing on extensive interviews and fieldwork, the authors chronicle how banks overcame these hurdles and generated a desire for their new product in the midst of a transition from communism to capitalism.The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
By Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, James Romm, Mary Lefkowitz. 2016
The great plays of Ancient Greece are among the most enduring and important legacies of the Western world. Not only…
is the influence of Greek drama palpable in everything from Shakespeare to modern television, the insights contained in Greek tragedy have shaped our perceptions of the nature of human life. Poets, philosophers, and politicians have long borrowed and adapted the ideas and language of Greek drama to help them make sense of their own times. This exciting curated anthology features a cross section of the most popular—and most widely taught—plays in the Greek canon. Fresh translations into contemporary English breathe new life into the texts while capturing, as faithfully as possible, their original meaning. This outstanding collection also offers short biographies of the playwrights, enlightening and clarifying introductions to the plays, and helpful annotations at the bottom of each page. Appendices by prominent classicists on such topics as “Greek Drama and Politics,” “The Theater of Dionysus,” and “Plato and Aristotle on Tragedy” give the reader a rich contextual background. A detailed time line of the dramas, as well as a list of adaptations of Greek drama to literature, stage, and film from the time of Seneca to the present, helps chart the history of Greek tragedy and illustrate its influence on our culture from the Roman Empire to the present day. With a veritable who’s who of today’s most renowned and distinguished classical translators, The Greek Plays is certain to be the definitive text for years to come.Bankruptcy for Small Business Owners
By Stephen Elias. 2010
Wipe out business debts and get a fresh start! Small businesses are failing at record rates, and business bankruptcies are…
on the rise; more than 43,000 were filed in 2008-up 53% over the previous year. Bankruptcy for Small Business Owners helps small businesses assess the financial condition of their business, determine whether they should declare bankruptcy, and offers step-by-step instructions for completing all of the bankruptcy forms and filing them in court. It covers: what business debt and assets (if any) would be impacted by bankruptcy bankruptcy options: Chapter 7, Chapter 13 and Chapter 11, and the eligibility factors and downsides of each "look back" requirements (periods of time during which personal or business actions have created impediments to filing for bankruptcy) automatic stays valuation of business assets (including good will & intellectual property) and shares exemptions what happens when there is personal liability for a house and more. For businesses that are under water and don't want to spend money on a lawyer they can't afford, this book provides all the information they need to handle their own bankruptcy filing.Sharing Solution, The
By Janelle Orsi Attorney. 2011
From cars and tools to housing and childcare, many people would like to share resources but don't know how-or where-to…
start. The Sharing Solution is a timely practical and legal guide that explains how to create and maintain successful sharing arrangements while addressing common concerns about liability, communication, and more. This book will help anyone share: Meals and food, through bulk buying clubs, meal-sharing arrangements, community gardens, neighborhood fruit harvests, and more Household goods, from tools and toys to appliances and exercise equipment Cars, by sharing a car with a neighbor, starting or joining a car-sharing group, carpooling, or ride-sharing Caregiving, whether for pets, children, older family members, or relatives with disabilities Business resources, such as office supplies, equipment, space, and even employees Housing, whether by sharing a house, retrofitting a home to accommodate two households, or joining a cohousing community The Sharing Solution speaks to Americans' growing desire to not only live more sustainably, but also save money and create stronger communities. Sharing is a simple step anyone - young or old, rich or poor - can take, right now, to make a difference. Who can benefit from sharing? Busy parents looking for help with meals or pet care Retirees who are looking to share needed services Anyone concerned about the environment and wants to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle. Anyone who wishes to purchase property but can't afford a single-family home Professionals who work in community development Low-income families or those who require - or desire - a purchase that they cannot single-handedly afford The authors, attorneys Janelle Orsi and Emily Doskow, bring a visionary spirit to developing practical, logistical, and legal frameworks for many types of sharing arrangements. In the book, you will find: Sample written agreements for many kinds of sharing arrangements Step by step instructions for creating a sharing plan and sorting out logistics Legal explanations that are clear and accessible Ideas and examples of the creative ways that groups around the country have formed successful sharing arrangements Tips for communicating with your sharing partners and handling disputes Resources to help you find sharing partners, join existing sharing groups, and learn about helpful groups and organizations Useful checklists, charts, tables, and much more The ultimate beauty of sharing is that it's a solution we create for ourselves. It's not a government program, nor is it the "latest and greatest" product marketed to us on billboards. It's a solution based on our own needs and lifestyles, in our own communities. It's a way for each of us to shape our own lives in positive ways and simultaneously benefit the world as a whole. In that respect, sharing is more than a simple trend: Some might even say our society is moving toward a sharing revolution. We hope you'll use The Sharing Solution to become part of it.The Lower Depths (Dover Thrift Editions)
By Maxim Gorky. 2000
The first of Russia's great proletarian writers, Alexey Maximovich Peshkov (1868-1936) adopted the pen name of Gorky, meaning "bitter." Drawing…
on his own experiences in the lowest social echelon, Gorky portrayed the wretched lives of down-and-outers, instilling his tales with heartfelt protest against a world that both tolerated and fostered the miseries of the underclass.In The Lower Depths, his dramatic masterpiece of 1902, Gorky presents a grimly realistic view of a desperate circle of lost souls. The play unfolds in a derelict boarding house, where a cast of despairing characters argue, play cards, tell stories, and debate the merits of two opposite worldviews: a self-reliant existence free of illusions, or a romanticized outlook that softens the pain of daily life. A revealing look at the atmosphere that led to the 1917 Russian Revolution, the drama abounds in shrewd observations, lifelike characters, and compelling dialog that make it a work of enduring vitality.Hamlet
By William Shakespeare, Burton Raffel. 2001
One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's Hamlet is unsurpassed in its complexity and…
richness. Now the first fully annotated version of Hamlet makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. It has been carefully assembled with students, teachers, and the general reader in mind.Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations provide readers with all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. This version of Hamlet is unparalleled for its thoroughness and adherence to sound linguistic principles.In his Introduction, Raffel offers important background on the origins and previous versions of the Hamlet story, along with an analysis of the characters Hamlet and Ophelia. And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom meditates on the originality of Shakespeare's achievement. The book also includes a careful selection of items for "Further Reading." [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 11-12 at http://www.corestandards.org.]Uma Vida depois da Dor
By Ana Paula Ruth Lima, Marcelo C Troche. 2018
"Eu acredito que a vida é a melhor oportunidade de ser você mesmo, ser leal e livre, mesmo vivendo em…
uma sociedade onde você deve seguir regras, onde você deve ter valores e onde, às vezes, você não pode se revelar e seguir seus ideais. A vida é a expressão e a liberdade de voar como um pássaro e de seguir sua própria luz, sua própria estrela. Eu acho que você tem a oportunidade de selecionar aqueles que oferecem amor e que também recebem. Lembre-se que você é único e que a pessoa que quer estar ao seu lado não deve ser ferida, não deve ser mudada, não deve quebrar suas asas, ou parar seu vôo e claro que você não deveria. Pelo contrário, os pássaros que voam juntos, aprendem a conviver, aprendem a se entender e a encontrar estratégias para chegar ao seu destino. Além disso, a solidão e a dor fazem parte desse processo que chamamos de viver, dão-lhe aprendizagens, elas mudam você, lembram-lhe o quanto você é forte para continuar lutando; Eles nos lembram de quão vulneráveis e fracos às vezes nos tornamos, mas quão invencíveis e perseverantes podemos nos tornar. Pinte uma imagem da sua vida, visualize onde você está e aonde você quer ir. Analise, se você está dando os passos certos, se você está no lugar certo e com as pessoas certas. Se não é assim e você precisa de uma mudança, faça agora porque a vida é hoje, e você pode ir com a passagem do tempo, ou no momento em que menos espera."Ten Plays
By Moses Hadas, Euripides, John Mclean. 1960
The first playwright of democracy, Euripides wrote with enduring insight and biting satire about social and political problems of Athenian…
life. In contrast to his contemporaries, he brought an exciting--and, to the Greeks, a stunning--realism to the "pure and noble form" of tragedy. For the first time in history, heroes and heroines on the stage were not idealized: as Sophocles himself said, Euripides shows people not as they ought to be, but as they actually are.The Tempest: Or, The Enchanted Island
By William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen. 2008
This joyous play, the last comedy of Shakespeare's career, sums up his stagecraft with a display of seemingly effortless skill.…
Prospero, exiled Duke of Milan, living on an enchanted island, has the opportunity to punish and forgive his enemies when he raises a tempest that drives them ashore--as well as to forestall a rebellion, to arrange the meeting of his daughter, Miranda, with an eminently suitable young prince, and, more important, to relinquish his magic powers in recognition of his advancing age. Richly filled with music and magic, romance and comedy, the play's theme of love and reconciliation offers a splendid feast for the senses and the heart.From the Paperback edition.