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Outside Cover 06-07.qxd 6/27/2006 5:50 PM Page 1 Inside Cover 06-07.qxd 6/27/2006 5:48 PM Page 1 2006 – 2007 SUPPLEMENT of NEW PLAYS DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC. 440 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 U.S.A. Telephone: 212-683-8960 Fax: 212-213-1539 [email protected] www.dramatists.com Copyright © 2006, Dramatists Play Service, Inc. ay s Pl Se st rv i i t c a e , m Celebrating I a n A MEMO FROM THE PRESIDENT r c . D 70 years 1 9 6 To all of our valued Subscribers and Friends: 3 6 – 2 0 0 This Supplement features all of our new plays acquired since our last full Catalogue was issued in the Fall of 2005. It contains complete indexes of all of our titles and authors, with new acquisitions denoted by a ★. We will continue to publish a Supplement in even years and a full Catalogue in odd years. If you need last year’s Catalogue, it will be available as long as supplies last or you may down- load it from our web site in the popular PDF format. ● This year, as we celebrate our 70th Anniversary, we are pleased to add over 85 new works to our Catalogue. Among them, you will find an unusual diversity of voices and styles, from bright farces to black comedies to provocative dramas, all of the highest caliber. Our theatre has never appeared more vibrant. As a few examples, we have Martin McDonagh’s intense Broadway hit THE PILLOWMAN, about an author of terrifying children’s stories, who discovers that someone has been making his stories come true. David Mamet contributes his uproarious lampoon of a courtroom drama, ROMANCE, and his masterful version of the FAUSTUS legend. David Lindsay-Abaire’s RABBIT HOLE marks a departure from his irre- sistibly zany comedies to the heartrending story of the accidental death of a child. Meanwhile, Christopher Durang makes his inimitable presence felt with the hilariously put-upon MISS WITHERSPOON, whose adventures suggest that reincar- nation may be a lot less pleasant than advertised. David Grimm’s new comedy, THE LEARNED LADIES OF PARK AVENUE, cleverly updates Molière’s classic with contemporary twists; and Terrence McNally shares with us his marvelous love letter to the theatre in DEDICATION OR THE STUFF OF DREAMS. Finally, John Patrick Shanley puts his fierce intelligence on display with DEFIANCE, once again confirming his stature as one of our finest dramatists. ● The many talented newcomers to our Catalogue include Noah Haidle, whose MR. MARMALADE, a surreal comedy about a four-year-old and her imaginary friend, left New York audiences doubled over with laughter; and Heather Raffo, whose timely and critically acclaimed one-woman show, 9 PARTS OF DESIRE, powerfully evokes Iraqi womanhood and identity. John Cariani offers a sweetly enchanted romantic evening in the snowy far north with ALMOST, MAINE; while Rinne Groff gives us THE RUBY SUNRISE, her startlingly original hit from the Humana Festival of New American Plays about the invention of television. Stephen Temperley’s play with music, SOUVENIR, about the real-life Florence Foster Jenkins, a woman mistakenly convinced that she was a world-class coloratura soprano, has proven a real crowd pleaser. And speaking of music, our lively list of small-cast musicals has been substantially enhanced this year by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso’s homage to the doublewide, THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL, and by Stephen Dolginoff’s chilling musical tale of a famous murder, THRILL ME: THE LEOPOLD & LOEB STORY. Brothers Robert and Willie Reale’s lyrical lizards have been charming children and adults alike in THE DINOSAUR MUSICAL. And lastly, Gregg Coffin and Michael John LaChiusa, two of our most-gifted author/composers, serve up the delicious FIVE COURSE LOVE and the visionary SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE, respectively. As you browse through this year’s Supplement, you will find many more splendid plays by both our established and new authors. ● We encourage you to use our web site at www.dramatists.com. There you may search our more than 3,000 plays by title, author, cast size or keyword. You may also order every product the Play Service offers, including acting editions, manuscripts, perusal scores, complete sets of scores for production, cast recordings, incidental music CDs, sheet music and the 52nd Street Project books. Our online nonprofessional licensing continues to be an an enormous success, allowing you to submit an appli- cation and receive a license in just minutes via e-mail. It is even possible to submit applications and receive licenses for your entire season in as little as fifteen minutes. You can also pay for your licenses securely online by credit card. To further increase the ease of doing business with us, we will soon add online licensing for incidental and sheet music, fulfilling our goal of making all our licensing options available to you on our web site. We remain proud to be the only major play licensor to offer online licensing and continue to strive for ways to make doing business with the Play Service an even better experience. As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions. Sincerely, DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC. Stephen Sultan President TABLE OF CONTENTS Pulitzer Prize Plays .................................................................................................... iv Tony Award Plays ..................................................................................................... v Introduction ............................................................................................................. vi Obtaining Performance Rights, Ordering Scripts and Scores ........................... vii New Acquisitions ................................................................................................. viii Index of Plays ........................................................................................................... xi Index of Authors ................................................................................................... xxiii New Full Length Plays .............................................................................................. 1 New Musicals ......................................................................................................... 15 New Short Plays ......................................................................................................19 Collections ............................................................................................................. 23 Suggested High School Plays ............................................................................... 28 52nd Street Project ................................................................................................ 30 Newly Revised Editions .......................................................................................... 35 Last Minute Acquisitions ...................................................................................... 36 Performance Rights and Order Forms ................................................................. 37 iv PULITZER PRIZE PLAYS 2004 I AM MY OWN WIFE Doug Wright 2003 ANNA IN THE TROPICS Nilo Cruz 2002 TOPDOG/UNDERDOG Suzan-Lori Parks 2001 PROOF David Auburn 2000 DINNER WITH FRIENDS Donald Margulies 1999 WIT Margaret Edson 1998 HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE Paula Vogel 1995 THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA Horton Foote 1994 THREE TALL WOMEN Edward Albee 1992 THE KENTUCKY CYCLE Robert Schenkkan 1989 THE HEIDI CHRONICLES Wendy Wasserstein 1988 DRIVING MISS DAISY Alfred Uhry 1983 ’NIGHT, MOTHER Marsha Norman 1981 CRIMES OF THE HEART Beth Henley 1980 TALLEY’S FOLLY Lanford Wilson 1979 BURIED CHILD Sam Shepard 1975 SEASCAPE Edward Albee 1973 THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON Jason Miller 1971 THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS Paul Zindel 1957 LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Eugene O’Neill 1956 THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett 1955 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Tennessee Williams 1954 THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON John Patrick 1953 PICNIC William Inge 1952 THE SHRIKE Joseph Kramm 1949 DEATH OF A SALESMAN Arthur Miller 1948 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Tennessee Williams 1946 STATE OF THE UNION Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse 1945 HARVEY Mary Chase 1941 THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT Robert E. Sherwood 1939 ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS Robert E. Sherwood 1937 YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman 1936 IDIOT’S DELIGHT Robert E. Sherwood 1930 THE GREEN PASTURES Marc Connelly 1928 STRANGE INTERLUDE Eugene O’Neill 1922 ANNA CHRISTIE Eugene O’Neill 1920 BEYOND THE HORIZON Eugene O’Neill v TONY AWARD PLAYS 2004 I AM MY OWN WIFE Doug Wright 2003 TAKE ME OUT Richard Greenberg 2002 THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA? Edward Albee 2001 PROOF David Auburn 1999 SIDE MAN Warren Leight 1998 ‘ART’ Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton 1997 THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO Alfred Uhry 1996 MASTER CLASS Terrence McNally 1995 LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! Terrence McNally 1992 DANCING AT LUGHNASA Brian Friel 1990 THE GRAPES OF WRATH John Steinbeck, adapted by Frank Galati 1989 THE HEIDI CHRONICLES Wendy Wasserstein 1988 M. BUTTERFLY David Henry Hwang 1982 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY David Edgar, from Charles Dickens 1980 CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD Mark Medoff 1973 THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON Jason Miller 1963 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Edward Albee 1957 LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Eugene O’Neill 1956 THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett 1954 THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON John Patrick 1953 THE CRUCIBLE Arthur Milller 1951 THE ROSE TATTOO Tennessee Williams 1949 DEATH OF A SALESMAN Arthur