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| PART I: SCRIPTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
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| SCRIPTS FOR TWO ACTORS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2 |
| LABOR DAY by Milian Stitt (1-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
| I WANNA BE A COWBOY by Jon Tuttle (1-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 |
| SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE by Madeleine Martin (2-W) . . . . . . . . | 23 |
| LEDGE by William Borden (1-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 30 |
| GQ by Sharon Whitney (2-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 38 |
| THE SHADOW by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller (1-M, 1-W) . . . | 44 |
| THE LEMONADE STAND by Bryan P. Harnetiaux (1-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . | 53 |
| BREAKFAST by Norman A. Bert (1-M, 1-W or any) . . . . . . . . . . | 61 |
| RATTLE/RATTLE by Wendy MacLaughlin (1-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . . | 69 |
| MOTHER FOR HIRE by Linda Lee Bower (1-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . . | 78 |
| FIRST DAY OF WINTER by Sam Smiley (1-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . | 85 |
| HANGMAN by William Borden (2-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 93 |
| WHEELCHAIR BLUES by James I. Schempp (1-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . | 101 |
| TWISTED SISTER by Sisters in Partnership (1-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . | 110 |
| HE/SHE/IT? by Jan Baross (1-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 117 |
| ABSOLUTION by William Reynolds (2-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 124 |
| THE SOCIETY by J. Omar Hansen (2-M, or any) . . . . . . . . . . . | 132 |
| TO THE AIRPORT by Julianne Bernstein (1-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . | 139 |
| A NO PLAY by Sarah Provost (1-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 148 |
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| SCRIPTS FOR THREE OR FOUR ACTORS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 157 |
| A RINGING IN MY EARS by Debra Bruch (three any) . . . . . . . . . | 158 |
| THE TORTILLA CURTAIN by Patrick Baliani (2-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . | 172 |
| BIRTHDAY PARTY by Madeleine Martin and Norman A. Bert (2-W, 1-M) . | 183 |
| BLACKBERRY PICKING by Sam Smiley (2-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . . . | 193 |
| A PLAY ABOUT COLOR by Norman A. Bert (2-W, 2-M) . . . . . . . . . | 203 |
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| MONOLOGS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 219 |
| HELP ME, I'M BECOMING MY MOTHER! by Deanna Riley (1-W) . . . . . . | 221 |
| BOOKWORM by John O'Brien (1-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 225 |
| MARLA, YOU'RE ON by Julianne Bernstein (1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . | 230 |
| HOMER by Robert L. Lippman (1-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 236 |
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| PART II: SECURING YOUR RIGHTS FOR YOUR PRODUCTION . . . . . . . . | 241 |
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| PART III: REHEARSING THE PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 251 |
| Scheduling the Rehearsals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 253 |
| Approaching Rehearsals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 259 |
| Rehearsing for Specific Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 261 |
| Rehearsal Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 277 |
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| PART IV: BOOK LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 291 |
| Rehearsal Helps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 293 |
| Other Scripts by Writers in This Anthology . . . . . . . . . . . . | 295 |
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| ABOUT THE EDITORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 303 |