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Plays for Young Audiences E-News
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October 2007
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In This Issue
-- PYA 2007-2008 Script Catalog
-- Average Family
-- Fashion 47
Greetings! The Plays for Young Audiences 2007-2008 Script Catalog brochure is hot off the press and will hit mailboxes soon. Featured in this newsletter are two plays that recently world-premiered at The Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis: Average Family and Fashion 47. |
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PYA 2007-2008 Script Catalog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 2007-2008 Script Catalog includes over 100
titles from award winning playwrights, 30 of which are
new. We've also
added category information such as cast size,
audience age recommendations, short plays,
multicultural plays, musicals and plays (non-musical)
to better assist you with finding the right play for your
theater or school.
You should be receiving your catalog in the mail soon, but if you don't or if you'd like additional copies please contact us at info@playsforyoungaudiences.org or (612) 872-5108. Know someone who would like a catalog? Tell them to join our Mailing List! |
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Average Family ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"[Larissa FastHorse] smartly uproots many of the
stereotypes surrounding American Indians...The
playwright is breaking new ground here, and, in the
process, establishing new life in theater." - Twin
Cities StarTribune
Two families. One reality TV show. Who will survive three months as an 1840's frontier family on the Minnesota prairie? Will it be the urbane Roubidouxs from Minneapolis? Or the no-nonsense, live-off-the- land Monroes, from the North Shore? Soon enough, both families find they've more to overcome than just the elements. It's an adventure (all caught on confession cam!) fraught with laughable predicaments and harrowing incidents. And when one family reconnects with their Dakota culture, it leads to startling revelations for all, inspiring the true spirit of generosity. Photo: Elaine Patterson and Raven Bellefleur. Photo by Rob Levine. |
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Fashion 47 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"[Fashion 47] amplifies one of the cardinal
yearnings of teenage rebels -- to be original, not to be
a clone." - Twin Cities StarTribune
47 designers have already competed, and it's down to two. This is the season's final episode of Fashion 47, where week after week designers compete to win top honors and national recognition for their clothing lines. The grand prize is a solo victory fashion show to be held at the hottest spot in town. The show begins with a video recap of winners and losers excerpted from the season and setting the scene for the final faceoff - the ultimate challenge! This is a super-show that vibrates with splash and glamour, until the losing team hijacks the runway, sabotages the clothes and destroys the winning designer by exposing his devious ways. It's a take-over, a fashion coup d'Čtat! Fashion 47 is a highly original, savvy, contemporary play for teens written by Diane Paulus, critically acclaimed creator of innovative performance art and theater. Photo: Robert Verhoye and Traci M. Allen. Photo by Rob Levine. |
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