Take Ten II: More Ten-Minute Plays

by Eric Lane (Editor), Nina Shengold (Editor), Craig Pospisil

A dazzlingly diverse anthology of thirty-five short plays spanning the theatrical spectrum.

A 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 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.

Actors, 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 harrowing, hilarious, and breathtakingly vital.

Playwrights

Taylor Mac Bowyer
Laura Shaine Cunningham
Anthony David
Steven Dietz
Christopher Durang
Linda Eisenstein
Simon Fill
Craig Fols
Sigrid Heath
David Ives
Caleen Sinnette Jennings
Honour Kane
Eric Lane
Edward Bok Lee
Warren Leight
Romulus Linney
Donald Margulies
Susan Miller
Chiori Miyagawa
Itamar Moses
Sean O'Connor
Mark O'Donnell
Dael Orlandersmith
Rich Orloff
Joe Pintauro
Craig Pospisil
Toni Press-Coffman
Claire Reeve
Elaine Romero
Susan Sandler
Nina Shengold
Diana Son
Alison Weiss
Mary Louise Wilson
Garth Wingfield
Alexander Woo

Genres: Plays, Theatre, Writing, Drama

432 pages, Paperback

First published November 11, 2003

Reviews

[Bekah Sprouse · Rating 3 out of 5]

best day in playwriting class was when we read DEER PLAY and everyone was just yelling about the fact that she fucked a deer.

[behsforensics]

Cutting is for My Red Hand, My Black Hand
By Dael Orlandersmith

Another cutting is for Faith
By Eric Lane

Yet another cutting is for Playwriting 101: The Rooftop Lesson
By Rich Orloff

Still another cutting is for Daniel on a Thursday
By Garth Wingfield

Wow, another cutting is for Emotional Baggage
By Nina Shengold

[Craig Pospisil]

This anthology includes my play IT'S NOT YOU.