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emro
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Joined: 8/02/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
 Posted: 10/05/05 at 8:52pm |
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I second Mamet-- Orleanna is my favorite. Very affecting/infuriating. Somone also suggested Caryl Churchill. My favorite is Top Girls-- Her
overlapping dialogue is so interesting and wonderful. I was in a
production and it was great fun. Also, if I may sugggest a
read (it isn't available for productions yet), The Pillowman
by Martin McDonagh is stupendously "edgy". Nominated for beaucoup
awards for good reason. If it doesn't leave you with chills, you
should check your pulse beacuse you're probably dead.
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Cucumber sandwiches? Watercress sandwiches? The whole scene would stand or fall on his ultimate decision. -- Instant Lives & More: Oscar Wilde
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lsiabates
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Joined: 10/13/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:15pm |
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The theater company I work with has a charter with the intention of being an innovative theater group. Some if not all of the work we do is edgy. We don't produce musicals so this list are all plays.
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tristanrobin
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Joined: 4/25/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 704 |
Posted: 10/13/05 at 4:00pm |
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What depressing?
Being old enough to remember when some of those plays WERE edgy! 
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Meggie
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Posted: 10/13/05 at 10:25pm |
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Our theater group did "Veronica's Room" last season and it did not go over well at all with our audiences. But, it was not directed very well, and the staging was poorly handled, so that was part of it. But mostly it's just an ok play.
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Posted: 10/14/05 at 2:33pm |
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Try Stop Kiss by Diana Son. Also, how about Closer? I know they made it into a movie recently, so maybe in a couple of years. The Balcony by Jean Genet. Queen Christina by Pam Gems.
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closetdiva
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Joined: 2/24/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 10/18/05 at 2:23pm |
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Would you like a really "edgy" piece? Try Wit by Margaret Edson. Our production just wrapped on Sunday. The lead is a "tour de force" (to quote our director) for any actress. It deals with a tough English professor in her last months of battling ovarian cancer, and how during the course of her treatments and hospitalization she comes in touch with her own humanity. We had some success in terms of pulling people in - the main thing would be to get the publicity out as soon as you can. (And it's unfortunate that we only ran for 2 weekends, with the review being printed after the first weekend was over). If done well, again, as our director said, it is an ensemble piece that tells the lead's story, rather than being a play about her. Best of luck! |
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Duct tape can fix anything - except a dropped line! ;-)
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dougb
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Posted: 10/19/05 at 11:21am |
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Look at The Vagina Monologues. We did it a year ago and averaged
100 people a night in a 60 seat theater. We turned so many people
away we added another performance and restaged it two months
later. The newspaper editor told me it was the first time "that
word" had ever been in the newspaper.
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acmeactor
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Posted: 10/19/05 at 12:41pm |
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Where was your production of Wit? In Massachusetts? I just saw one in Arlington.
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teridtiger
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Joined: 10/24/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 69 |
Posted: 10/24/05 at 11:57am |
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For edgy and modern, try these Rebecca Gilman's plays: "Spinning into Butter", "Blue Surge", "Boy Gets Girl", and "Glory of Living". If you like "Closer", read "The Shape of Things" by Neil LaBute (twisted). He also wrote "bash" (awesome!), and "The Distance from Here" (disturbing). For something completely outrageous look at Tracy Letts' "Killer Joe". |
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jtonner
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Posted: 10/26/05 at 5:49pm |
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Look at The Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone. Excellent two person show ... and very edgy. John |
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