#comedy plays

Shorter, Faster, Funnier: Comic Plays and Monologues

Edited By: Eric Lane and Nina Shengold

Call #: 812 SHORTER 2011

ISBN: 978-0-307-47664-7

This cornucopia of comedy showcases works by major playwrights and emerging young writers, with casts of all sizes and diverse and challenging roles for actors of every age and type. You’ll discover such colorful characters as a businessman free-falling from a plane, an embittered sword swallower, a punkish girl skateboarder, and retirees in post-apocalyptic Siberia, alongside plays that unleash the humor in high school reunions, alien invasions, office cubicle farms, and even post-Katrina New Orleans. Perfect for actors, students, theater lovers, and comedy fans, Shorter, Faster, Funnier covers the spectrum of humor, from slyly witty to over-the-top outrageous.

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DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN OPENS IN TORONTO TO NEAR-CAPACITY HOUSE!

Bravo, Andrew Chapman, who owned the stage last night when Defending the Cavemen opened at Toronto’s Alumnae Theatre. The Toronto-based TV host, comedian and actor shared comedic insights into how men’s and women’s brains work when it comes to communicating, negotiating and collaborating….oh what a tricky minefield we walk!Broadway’s longest running solo show has been brought to town by I Love It…

THE BABY DEBUTS TO FULL HOUSE….AND A STANDING OVATION!

Award-winning writer/director Dan Spurgeon‘s hilarious homage to 70’s grindhouse movies, THE BABY, debuted live on stage at the Storefront Theatre tonight and if the enthusiastic preview audience is any indication, the play’s gonna be a BIG HIT!The talented cast of local actors bring “high camp” to a whole new level, delivering lines in a manner Benny Hill would envy! New York actor Frank Blocker

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