Scenes for Women by Women

by Haring-Smith, Tori

• ISBN13: 9780325000671
• ISBN10: 0325000670
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-06
• Publisher: Heinemann

Summary

Here is a book of more than fifty previously performed scenes for women only. Most of these scenes have never been published before, providing actresses with fresh material to let their work shine. The scenes will make you weep and laugh out loud--sometimes in quick succession.

Author Biography

TORI HARING-SMITH is chair of the Performing and Visual Arts Department at the American University in Cairo, where she is also artistic director of the Wallace Theatre. Before going to Cairo, she was on the faculty of Brown University for sixteen years and served as the dramaturg of Trinity Repertory Company for seven years. Her collections of monologues, Monologues for Women, by Women (1994) and More Monologues for Women, by Women (1996), are also published by Heinemann.

Table of Contents

Subject Index	ix	(4)
Preface: "Women Don't Say Things Like That..."	xiii	(5)
Introduction: Tips on Preparing a Scene	xviii
Perfect Light	1	(12)
Dale Elizabeth Attias
Boulder Rock	13	(4)
Jill Iris Bacharach
In the Presence	17	(7)
Sallie Bingham
Shamanism in New Jersey	24	(4)
Rose Caruso
Stargazing	28	(5)
Nancy S. Chu
Composing T chaikovsky	33	(8)
Laura Edmondson
Marla's Devotion	41	(11)
Linda Eisenstein
Flappers	52	(8)
Annie Evans
Time Zoned	60	(3)
Michelle A. Gabow
Nymphs of the Vernal Palette	63	(3)
Mary Fengar Gail
Mercy	66	(2)
Laura Harrington
Skin	68	(3)
Naomi Lizuka
The Parting of the Ways	71	(9)
Corinne Jacker
Things That Break	80	(7)
Sherry Kramer
Little Rhonda	87	(4)
Arden Teresa Lewis
Reincarnation	91	(7)
Jessica Litwak
The Waiting Room	98	(6)
Lisa Loomer
The Soprano's Dinner from Dream of a Common Language	104	(8)
Heather McDonald
Mothers	112	(5)
Kathleen Mc-Ghee-Anderson
Tripping Through the Car House	117	(3)
Regina Porter
Designed for Sacrifice	120	(7)
Patricia S. Smith
Strains of Papa's Violin	127	(4)
Arlene Sterne
The Moebius Band	131	(4)
Jean Sterrett
After the Wake from Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man's Blues	135	(8)
Caridad Svich
A Smoke and a Line from Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man's Blues	143	(7)
Caridad Svich
Winnie and G	150	(8)
Anastasia Traina
Organic Form from Ikebana	158	(5)
Alice Tuan
Southern Belle	163	(5)
Alana Valentine
A Tragedy: San Francisco	168	(5)
Erin Cressida Wilson
A Knief in the Heart	173	(4)
Susan Yankowitz
Thirteen Rites	177	(6)
Wendy Yondorf
Appendix: Additional Scenes for Women, by Women Readily Available in the United States and Britain	183	(5)
Biographies	188	(8)
Performance Rights	196