Take Ten: New 10-Minute Plays

A ten-minute play is a streak of theatrical lightning. It doesn't last long, but its power can stand your hair on end. This splendid anthology contains enough wattage to light up a small city. For in its pages, thirty-two of our finest playwrights hone their skills on a form that has been called the haiku of the American stage. The plays that Nina Shengold and Eric Lane have collected in this volume range from monologues to an eight-character farce. Eminently producible, ideally suited for the classroom and audition, Take Ten is a marvelous resource for teachers and students of drama, as well as a stimulating read for lovers of the theatre. Contributors include: John Augustine, Cathy Celesia, Laura Cunningham, Joe Pintauro, Mary Sue Price, Megan Terry, Jose Rivera, Romulus Linney, David Mamet, Jane Martin, David Ives, and many others.

• Take Ten II: More Ten-Minute Plays
• Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays
• The Art and Craft of Playwriting
• Ten-Minute Plays: The Comedy Collection
• Flash Fiction: 72 Very Short Stories
• In Brief: Short Takes on the Personal
• A More Perfect Ten: Writing and Producing the Ten-Minute Play
• The Playwright's Guidebook: An Insightful Primer on the Art of Dramatic Writing
• The Playwright's Process: Learning the Craft from Today's Leading Dramatists
• Plays in One Act