In the first anthology of this series, Chicago and Baltimore playwrights share short plays written for the stage. Performance-ready new ideas, contained within insightful dialogue and monologues span, the pages of this anthology.
Since America earned its title as "the melting pot" by most historians, Future Publishing House combines with playwrights and theatre artistry to create this unequivocally dynamic collection of work. As artists living with the freedom to create meaningful new work, the plays in this first volume inform the beginning of a millennia of performance art.
Plays comment on universal themes:
Emma Rund
's
characters in
To Fix a Dinosaur
deal with conditional forgiveness.
The struggle of political power to overcome scientific knowledge comes through in
John Joseph Enright
Starry Night
.
Women's liberation ideas are featured in
Easy as Pie
by
Melania Coffey
Gentrification is discussed in poetic verse in
Alexander Scally
Chalked.
Jealousy, envy, and the future of humanity are addressed in
Dylan Kinnett
Party Planet
A scene from a play by
Cameron Sheppard
is dramatic and biographic
Some pieces in this anthology fall into symbolism, surrealism, and absurdism, such as
Barbara Bryan
Leaving the Universe
. Other plays are written as melodramas, such as
Love, Lust, Lyrics & Stamps
Matt Brown
and
Andre Thespies
With an introduction by editor
Shaun Vain