From playwright Jim Doyle are two short plays, both of which will have your sides splitting.  The first is "Medea-Life-Crisis". The action takes place in Medea Park, a trailer park in Corinth, Texas, on the steps of Medea's Winnebago. Simply put... this is Euripedes' classic play, a la white trash.  The second of Doyle's new releases is "Lettuce Spray". It is a hot summer's Sunday and Mrs. Primrose's son, David, has come from New York for a visit. Against his better judgement, he joins her for Mass at his mother's parish. Through clenched teeth, the two bicker back and forth until the two see eye to eye... at least to each other, anyway.  Like the sound of these two selections?  Don't forget Doyle's other short selections "Love Me or Leash Me" and "Kiss Me Nate" - also available thru JAC.

 

Next is "The Taste of Medicine," a short/one-act play from David B. Tick, playwright of "New England Home Grown". "The Taste of Medicine" is a story of sexism, power, revenge and dishonesty in a modern day office environment.
 
And most recently released is a new one-act from West Coast playwright Robert Joseph Ahola.  Ahola is well known at JAC for his full-length plays "Pavlov's Cats," "Year of the Tiger," "Dr. Max Love" and "High Tea/With His Excellency," as well as his semi-biographical "The Ghost & Josh Gibson".  In 1943, when Paul Robeson led an all-star cast of "Othello" (including Uta Hagen and Jose Ferrer), to conclude the longest running Shakespeare ever to grace the Broadway stage, one reviewer from Variety wrote: "No white man will ever be able to play Othello again." In a way it was both prophecy and condemnation.   How must the pressure have been for Robeson to be the quintessential 'Othello' after whom no one could reign?  "The Last Othello" is a touching and emotional glimpse into the heart, soul and passion of a legendary actor.

For more information about these or any of JAC's play selections, visit us at www.jacneed.com or drop us an email!