| CONTENTS | |
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| PART I: Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
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| Scripts for Two Actors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
| Anniversary by Conrad Bishop (1-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| Interview by Joanna A. Kraus and Greer Woodward (1-M, 1-W) . . . . | 13 |
| Watermelon Boats by Wendy MacLaughlin (2-W) . . . . . . . . . . . | 21 |
| Dalmation by Conrad Bishop (2-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 31 |
| Money by Matthew Calhoun (2-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 37 |
| Jumping by William Borden (1-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 45 |
| Checkers by Dale Doerman (1-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 55 |
| The Affidavit by Janet S. Tiger (1-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . | 63 |
| The Split Decision by William Moseley (1-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . | 73 |
| Coming for a Visit by Ben Josephson (1-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . . | 83 |
| Auld Lang Syne, or I'll Bet You Think This Play is About You | |
| by Beverly Creasey (1-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 91 |
| Widows by Stephen Crecco (2-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 99 |
| Bug Swatter by Joel Selmeier (1-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 107 |
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| Scripts for Three Actors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 117 |
| Fireworks by Megan Terry (2-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 119 |
| Property of the Dallas Cowboys by Sam Smiley (2-W, 1-M) . . . . . | 131 |
| Dog Eat Dog by Tim Kelly (3-M or 2-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . | 141 |
| Potato Girl by Christine Rusch (2-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . | 153 |
| Phonecall from Sunkist by Norman A. Bert (3-M) . . . . . . . . . . | 163 |
| Valley Forgery by Patricia Montley (3-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 173 |
| The American Way by Lavonne Mueller (2-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . . | 187 |
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| Monologs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 201 |
| Drowned Out by Robert Patrick (1-W, or 1-W and 1 non-speaking M) . | 203 |
| One Beer Too Many by Billy Houck (a monolog) . . . . . . . . . . . | 209 |
| Advice to a New Actor by Lavonne Mueller (a monolog) . . . . . . . | 215 |
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| PART II: Securing Rights for Your Production . . . . . . . . . . . | 221 |
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| PART III: Rehearsing the Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 233 |
| Scheduling the Rehearsals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 237 |
| Approaching Rehearsals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 243 |
| Rehearsing for Specific Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 245 |
| Rehearsal Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 259 |
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| PART IV: Book List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 273 |
| Rehearsal Helps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 275 |
| Other Scripts by Writers in this Anthology . . . . . . . . . . . . | 278 |