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Plays for Young Audiences Newsletter
March 2007
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In this issue
-- The Lost Boys of Sudan
-- Lonnie Carter
-- The Sorcerer's Apprentice
-- Huck Finn -- New Scripts in the PYA Script Catalog -- Get Your Free Script!
Spring is almost here! We're adding a lot of great new scripts to our catalog including, the Lost Boys of Sudan, Huck Finn and the Sorcerer's Apprentice. |
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The Lost Boys of Sudan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Lost Boys of Sudan by Lonnie Carter tells the
story of a modern
odyssey when thousands of young people fled for
their
lives, abandoned communities, and lost families
trying to
escape a civil war. Traveling
through the deserts of Sudan and Ethiopia, the
survivors endured famine, wild animals, brutal
attacks,
and harsh terrain before resettlement in various parts
of the United States. Carter’s play recounts the true
story of the determination of
youth in the face of horror. Three Dinka boys, T-Mac
Sam, K-Gar Ollie and A.I. Josh, are sent into the
bush to herd their
beloved cattle. Then men with guns come. Warring
factions pillage their homes, rape their mothers, and
fight to conscript the boys into battle. When the boys
decide to board the plane to America, they pass
through the first door any of them has ever seen. In
Fargo, North Dakota, the landscape and the climate
are foreign. Lutheran relief workers impart strange
lessons, and basketball, video games, school, and
new clothes seduce and promise redemption. The
story of the lost boys continues to make headlines
around the
world.
*Available April 2007* |
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Lonnie Carter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lonnie Carter grew up in Chicago's Jefferson Park at
the city's major bus-turn-around. His plays—The
Sovereign State of Boogedy Boogedy, Lemuel,
Gulliver, Concerto Chicago, The Romance Of Magno
Rubio and Wheatley—have been performed at the
Yale Repertory Theater; the American Place Theater;
La MaMa; E.T.C.; Victory Gardens Theater; the Laguna
Playhouse, the Long Wharf Theater, the Carlos
Bulosan Theatre and the Ma-Yi Theater Company.
He is a
Guggenheim Fellow, twice a Fellow of the National
Endowment for the Arts and twice a Fellow of the
Connecticut Commission on the Arts. He is a member
of the Playwrights’ Ensemble at Victory Gardens and a
resident playwright at New Dramatists. Lonnie is a
graduate of Marquette University and the Yale School
of Drama. He teaches playwriting in the Goldberg
Department of Dramatic Writing at New York University.
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New on the PYA website- video spotlight on The
Sorcerer's Apprentice by the Seattle Channel! See
footage of the original production, and interviews with
playwright OyamO and Seattle Children's Theatre
Artistic Director Linda Hartzell.
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Huck Finn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Huck's a terrific liar. A cunning thief. A born rebel. And
no one, but no one, can turn a raft and a river into an
adventure with a capital "A" like Huck. Push off with
him and his fugitive friend, Jim, a runaway slave, as
they confront scoundrels, feuding families, money-
making schemers, lumbering steamboats - and the
daunting Mississippi itself. Along the way, Huck
wrestles with plenty, including his conscience. But in
the end, his compassion and decency make him a
force to be reckoned with.
New! See the video interview with Huck Finn playwright Greg Banks on the Issue 12 in the Synopsis Newsletter. Ben Rogers (Ansa Akyea), Tom Sawyer (Terry Hempleman) and Huck Finn (Dean Holt) prepare to raid the riverbank in the world premiere of Greg Bank’s adaptation of Huck Finn on The Children's Theatre Company. Photo by Rob Levine. |
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New Scripts in the PYA Script Catalog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Coming soon to the PYA script catalog, classic
stories from the Summer Seasons of Seattle
Children's Theatre cut to under one hour. These titles
include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, As
You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest,
Dracula, The Odyssey, Gulliver's Travels. Two new full
length plays are also being added to the catalog: Rip
Van Winkle and Treasure Island.
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Get Your Free Script! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
During the month of March you may order a PDF of
one of the following scripts for FREE! Choose from:
One free script per customer. Offer good through March 31, 2007. Offer only good on PDF scripts; not vaild on hard copy scripts, scores or CDs. Enter FS0307 in the Discount Code box on the online order form.
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