{"product_id":"the-actors-book-of-scenes-from-new-plays-70-scenes-for-two-actors-from-todays-hottest-playwrights-paperback","title":"The Actor's Book of Scenes from New Plays: 70 Scenes for Two Actors, from Today's Hottest Playwrights - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Lane\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNina Shengold\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday's most exciting work for the stage is emerging far from Broadway's \"mainstream,\" at Off and Off-off Broadway theaters, at regional companies around the country, and from abroad. Here is an up-to-the-minute collection of scenes--ideally suited for both classroom and audition use--from the best dramatists now being produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Lane\u003c\/b\u003e has edited 12 contemporary play anthologies for Viking Penguin and Vintage Books with his longtime collaborator, Nina Shengold, earning them a Lambda Literary Award nomination. Eric's plays have been performed in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, and China, and include \u003ci\u003eRide\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFloating\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeart of the City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes of War\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDancing on Checkers' Grave. \u003c\/i\u003eEric wrote and produced the short films \u003ci\u003eFirst Breath \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCater-Waiter\u003c\/i\u003e, which he also directed. For TV's \u003ci\u003eRyan's Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, he received a Writers Guild Award. His honors include the La MaMa Playwright Award, the Berilla Kerr Award, plus fellowships at Yaddo and St. James Cavalier in Malta. Eric is an honors graduate of Brown University, and is the artistic director of Orange Thoughts Productions, a not-for-profit theater and film company in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina Shengold\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eFinger Foods, War at Home, Homesteaders\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRomeo\/Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e, and have been produced around the world. Her one-act \u003ci\u003eNo Shoulder\u003c\/i\u003e was filmed by director Suzi Yoonessi, with Melissa Leo and Samantha Sloyan. Nina won a Writers Guild Award for her teleplay \u003ci\u003eLabor of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Marcia Gay Harden; other teleplays include \u003ci\u003eBlind Spot\u003c\/i\u003e, with Joanne Woodward and Laura Linney, and\u003ci\u003e Unwed Father\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books include the novels \u003ci\u003eClearcut, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRiver of Words: Portraits of Hudson Valley Writers\u003c\/i\u003e (with photographer Jennifer May), and a growing posse of pseudonymous books for young readers. A graduate of Wesleyan, she is currently teaching creative writing at Manhattanville College. Nina lives in New York's Hudson Valley, where she has been books editor of \u003ci\u003eChronogram\u003c\/i\u003e magazine since 2004.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777836744992,"sku":"9780140104875","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/32af33e93a1ce3485dec43b24c335b1c.webp?v=1780502243","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-actors-book-of-scenes-from-new-plays-70-scenes-for-two-actors-from-todays-hottest-playwrights-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}