Description
In this anthology of diverse monologues and scenes mature actors will find material by a wide-range of playwrights and their best work. Marriage sex work the changes in a maturing body memories and loss of memory among other themes that reflect the life experiences of middle age and aging are presented for the benefit of actors who are over fifty as well as younger actors seeking to expand their range. Never before compiled in a single volume these moving and unusual pieces will serve as a valuable reference and ever-inspiring source of material.
About the Author
DIANA AMSTERDAM (Brooklyn, New York) is a New York State Council on the Arts grant recipient and was selected for HBO s Stage to Screen series. She won the BBC American Radio Play Contest, leading to three radio play commissions from BBC Radio 4. Her screenplay won first Prize in NYWIFT s 25th Anniversary Screenplay Contest. She has optioned screenplays to Working Title and producers Jodie Burke, Dan Lupovitz, Jon Finn. She is currently in contract with director/producer Miguel Ferrer. Her plays include The Dodger, Fast Girls, Sex and Death, and Carnival Round the Central Figure. Her plays have been produced in New York, London, Berlin, Montreal, Los Angeles, and many American cities, and have been reviewed by the New York Times, the LA Times, and the Washington Post.
Book Information
ISBN 9781495072475
Author Diana Amsterdam
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Applause Theatre Book Publishers
Publisher Hal Leonard Corporation
Weight(grams) 240g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 135mm * 12mm
About the Author
DIANA AMSTERDAM (Brooklyn, New York) is a New York State Council on the Arts grant recipient and was selected for HBO s Stage to Screen series. She won the BBC American Radio Play Contest, leading to three radio play commissions from BBC Radio 4. Her screenplay won first Prize in NYWIFT s 25th Anniversary Screenplay Contest. She has optioned screenplays to Working Title and producers Jodie Burke, Dan Lupovitz, Jon Finn. She is currently in contract with director/producer Miguel Ferrer. Her plays include The Dodger, Fast Girls, Sex and Death, and Carnival Round the Central Figure. Her plays have been produced in New York, London, Berlin, Montreal, Los Angeles, and many American cities, and have been reviewed by the New York Times, the LA Times, and the Washington Post.
Book Information
ISBN 9781495072475
Author Diana Amsterdam
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Applause Theatre Book Publishers
Publisher Hal Leonard Corporation
Weight(grams) 240g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 135mm * 12mm
