Take Ten II

A dazzlingly diverse anthology of thirty-five short plays spanning the theatrical spectrum. A ten-minute play is a blaze of theatrical energy. In this follow-up to their groundbreaking collection Take Ten, editors Eric Lane and Nina Shengold have put together a veritable bonfire of talent. Take Ten II: More 10-Minute Plays provides a fast-track tour of the current theatrical landscape, from the slapstick ingenuity of David Ives' Arabian Nights to the searing tension of Diana Son's 9/11 drama The Moon, Please, to Susan Miller's luminous fable The Grand Design. This remarkably diverse anthology includes thirty-five short plays by such major American playwrights as Christopher Durang, Warren Leight, Romulus Linney and Donald Margulies, alongside a host of exciting new voices. Actors, directors, producers and teachers will find Take Ten II an invaluable source of meaty roles for people of every age, ethnicity and gender; lovers of theatre will find it a richly satisfying read. These deceptively short plays throb with life in all its variety: harrowing, hilarious, and breathtakingly vital. Playwrights included: Taylor Mac Bowyer

Laura Shaine Cunningham

Anthony David

Steven Dietz

Christopher Durang

Linda Eisenstein

Simon Fill

Craig Fols

Sigrid Heath

David Ives

Caleen Sinnette Jennings

Honour Kane

Eric Lane

Edward Bok Lee

Warren Leight

Romulus Linney

Donald Margulies

Susan Miller

Chiori Miyagawa

Itamar Moses

Sean O'Connor

Mark O'Donnell

Dael Orlandersmith

Rich Orloff

Joe Pintauro

Craig Pospisil

Toni Press-Coffman

Claire Reeve

Elaine Romero

Susan Sandler

Nina Shengold

Diana Son

Alison Weiss

Mary Louise Wilson

Garth Wingfield

Alexander Woo