| Contents | |
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| Thematic Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | v |
| Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ix |
| Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
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| Scenes for One Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
| ASHES TO ASHES by Harold Pinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| A CHEEVER EVENING by A.R. Gurney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9 |
| BLINK OF AN EYE by Jeremy Dobrish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 |
| THE HEART OF A CHILD by Eric Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13 |
| THE QUEEN'S KNIGHT by Frank Cossa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 15 |
| THE MOST MASSIVE WOMAN WINS by Madeleine George . . . . . . . . . | 17 |
| ALICIA MARIA GETS A JOB AT THE BAKERY by Joan Lipkin . . . . . . . | 19 |
| FRAGMENTS by John Jay Garrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 21 |
| DOWN BY THE OCEAN by P.J. Barry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 23 |
| GLASS STIRRING by Eric lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 27 |
| THE RIDE by Bridget Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 29 |
| THE SOUVENIR OF POMPEII by Sari Bodi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 31 |
| TELLING TALES by Migdalia Cruz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 35 |
| STILL BLOOMING by Jane Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 39 |
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| Scenes for One Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 45 |
| WICKED GAMES by Paul Boakye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 47 |
| INFRARED by Mac Wellman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 49 |
| BARKING SHARKS by Israel Horovitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 51 |
| DOUBLE OR NOTHING by Michael Ajakwe, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 53 |
| CHEAP SENTIMENT by Bruce Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 55 |
| BROTHERS by William Gadea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
| MOLLY SWEENY by Brian Friel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 59 |
| HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, PUNK! by Michael Ajakwe, Jr. . . . . . . . . . | 63 |
| THE SOUVENIR OF POMPEII by Sari Bodi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
| DEAD OR ALIVE by Karen Smith Vastola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 67 |
| ANGELS IN AMERICA by Tony Kushner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 69 |
| EVENT HORIZON by Christopher Kyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 |
| SHYLOCK by Mark Leiren-Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 73 |
| MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS by Kevin Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 77 |
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| Scenes for One Female and One Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 81 |
| ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 83 |
| TRUDY BLUE by Marsha Norman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 85 |
| NIGHTMARE by Steven H. Gale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 89 |
| UNANSWERED INVOCATION by Shannon Gale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 95 |
| IN SHAKESPEARE AND THE BIBLE by Thorton Wilder . . . . . . . . . . | 103 |
| PRIVATE EYES by Steven Dietz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 111 |
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| Scenes for Two Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 121 |
| CLOUD TECTONICS by Jose Rivera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 123 |
| MISREADINGS by Neena Beber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 125 |
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| Scenes for Two Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 133 |
| SLAVS! by Tony Kushner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 135 |
| BELOW THE BELT by Richard Dresser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 139 |
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| Scenes for One Female and Two Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 145 |
| PORNO by Mario Fratti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 147 |
| AND PALM-WINE WILL FLOW by Bole Butake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 161 |
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| Scenes for Two Females and Two Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 169 |
| THROWING YOUR VOICE by Craig Lucas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 171 |
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| Scenes for Four Females and Four Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 173 |
| FRAGMENTS by Edward Albee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 175 |
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| Scene for Any Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 181 |
| TAPE by Jose Rivera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 183 |
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| Permissions/Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 189 |
| About the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 195 |