Apocalyptic Butterflies


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THE STORY: Cooped up in their cramped cottage in a remote part of Maine, Hank and Muriel Tater are beginning to get on each others nerves. They have still not agreed on a name for their seven-week-old daughter, Muriel refuses to accept motherhood a




Duo!


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Offers a wide range of age, genre, and character choices for each duo scene.




Feminist Stages


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This volume is a collection of interviews that spans feminist views from 1968 to the 1990s. Including over eight years of research. Part of the Comtemporary Theatre Studies series, it will be of special interest to everyone involved in theatre and useful to students and those who oare interested in women's theatre.




Cave Life


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THE STORY: Charleston is a young woman living in Manhattan who has a history of mental illness. She hallucinates visions of a Neanderthal caveman named Enki who seems to be more accepting and loving of her than her husband, Frank. The household is




Continental Divide


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THE STORY: Lucille and Cullum are wealthy New Yorkers living as virtual prisoners in their lavish Fifth Avenue apartment, the entire block being held in a state of siege by rebelling domestic servants. They are, however, allowed a visit by their ne




Bargains


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THE STORY: At the beginning of BARGAINS, the female clerks in the local discount store are preparing for a mid-summer sale and gossiping over marked-down goods that nobody wants. Sally, prim and conservative, still lives with her tyrannical mother.




The Pushcart Peddlers


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THE STORIES: In the first play, THE PUSHCART PEDDLERS, the greenhorn, Shimmel, fresh from the old country, meets the older, wiser Cornelius and is inveigled into buying his pushcart business. Complications arise when Cornelius returns with another




Southern Cross


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THE STORY: SOUTHERN CROSS is an epic play that navigates the river of history in the Southern United States, uncovering cycles of retribution and deliverance. The paths of many historical figures cross, from the Civil War to the era of Civil Righ




The Widow Claire


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THE STORY: After returning to Harrison, Texas, from his disastrous visit with his mother and sister (and his new stepfather) in Houston, Horace Robedaux has moved into a local boarding house prior to returning to Houston to take a six week business




A Barrel Full of Pennies


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THE STORY: In the household of Adonis Samaritan, cab driver and lover of mankind, all homeless creatures, dogs, lame ducks and people--are welcome, much to the distress of daughter Alicia, who wishes she didn't have to be embarrassed at the thought