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A CAUTIONARY TAIL AND OTHER PLAYS

New from NoPassport Press
 
A CAUTIONARY TAIL AND OTHER PLAYS
by christopher oscar peña
 
collects for the first time full-length and short works by this acclaimed playwright. with a foreword by Naomi Iizuka and essays by Stephanie Ybarra and Steve Stout. A roaringly wild collection of plays by a dynamic new voice in US theatre.
 
ISBN: 978-1-304-63736-9
List price: $20.00
355 pages.
 
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NoPassport
Dreaming the Americas Series
 
 
New from Santa Catalina Editions:
 
OUTLAW PLAYS
by Caridad Svich
 
OUTLAW PLAYS by US playwright Caridad Svich focus on characters living outside boundaries imagined and real. The two plays in this volume- KILL TO EAT (a patriot song) and PENSACOLA - are driven by a punk energy in their use of language and the staging of action. Poetic, raw and strange, they traffic and play with genre tropes from pulp fiction, “noir” cinema, and steam-punk literature and are influenced by murder ballads and electric blues.
 
 
ISBN: 978-1-304-13118-8
6 X 9 paperback
US retail: $15.00
 
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Santa Catalina Editions
A NoPassport imprint.
 

New from NoPassport: THE BREATH OF THEATRE

New March-April 2013 from NoPassport Press:

THE BREATH OF THEATRE
Conversations & Reflections, 2003-2013.
by Caridad Svich

This volume collects ten years of conversations and critical reflections by OBIE-winning playwright and arts journalist Caridad Svich. Leading artists profiled in this book include Tim Crouch, Ariel Dorfman, Marguerite Feitlowitz, Philip Kan Gotanda, Charles Mee, Jr., Jose Rivera, Andrei Serban,and Heather Woodbury. A vital volume on the art-making process and its power for transformation.

ISBN: 978-1-300-88963-2
Suggested Retail: $25.00
6 X 9 paperback.
435 pages. 

Direct purchase link:http://www.lulu.com/shop/caridad-svich/the-breath-of-theatre/paperback/product-20949171.html

WAR PLAYS by Christine Evans

New March 2013 title from NoPassport Press:
 
 
 
WAR PLAYS by Christine Evans
 
 
 
collects for the first time three of this US-based, UK-Australian playwright's remarkable plays about war and aftermath: Trojan Barbie, Mothergun and Slow Falling Bird. With an introduction by esteemed filmmaker Peter Davis, this collection is a terrific introduction to Evans' astute theatrical voice.
 
 
 
ISBN: 978-1-300-83167-9
paperback (soft) 6X9
 
Suggested retail: $15.00
 
 

New from NOPE PRESS: 24 GUN CONTROL PLAYS

New from NoPassport Press
Released February 22nd: National Day of Service for Gun Control
 
 
24 GUN CONTROL PLAYS
ed. by Caridad Svich and Zac Kline
 
brings together new work in support of gun control from playwrights Neil LaBute, Elaine Avila, Kyle Bostian, Neil Blackadder, Alex Broun, Gab Cody, Tameka Cage Conley, Cecilia Copeland, Yvette Heyliger, Amina Henry, Zac Kline, Jennifer Maisel, Lynn Manning, Oliver Mayer, Chiori Miyagawa, Matthew Paul Olmos, Ian Rowlands, Tammy Ryan, August Schulenberg, Saviana Stanescu, Caridad Svich, Chris Weikel, Winter Miller, Gary Winter, and Laura Zam.
 
The volume features an essay by Tammy Ryan and a reflection and interview by DW Gregory.
 
Selected works in this volume were presented in collaboration with NoPassport, Theater J and force/collision in Washington D.C. on January 26, 2013, and with Pittsburgh PACT to coincide with the March on Washington for Gun Control led by Molly Smith and Suzanne Blue Star Boy. These dynamic works for theatre are a rousing call to action.
 
A % of the sales of this volume will go toward Amnesty International's Arms Control and Human Rights Campaign: No Arms for Atrocities.
 
ISBN: 978-1-300-76771-8
print on demand paperback 6 X 9 (ebook forthcoming)
.78 lbs.
US Retail: $15.00.
 
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2013 Limited Edition Publication from Santa Catalina Editions/NoPassport:
 
AMERICAN QUARTET
by Caridad Svich
 
Four plays by OBIE-award-winning dramatist Caridad Svich that center on stories of the US' working poor. A tough-minded, lyrical quartet of dramas set in small towns in Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina and the Florida Panhandle - this collection paints a stark, tender portrait of citizens looking for some kind of healing on this here earth. The plays in this limited edition volume are GUAPA, THE WAY OF WATER, SPARK and HIDE SKY. With an introduction by Zac Kline, and essays by Henry Godinez, Heather Helinsky and Caridad Svich.
 
paperback, print on demand: $18.00
6 X 9
 
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new NoPassport title by Todd London

New 2013 Title from NoPassport Press:
 
THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING EARNEST:
WRITINGS FROM INSIDE THE AMERICAN THEATRE, 1988-2013
by Todd London
 
This is an astonishing, indispensable retrospective collection of essays, articles, reviews and reflections on artists by distinguished theatre critic and scholar Todd London, artistic director of New Dramatists. The volume spans writings from 1988-2013 and is collected for the first time. A vital, important anthology for practitioners, scholars, students, and theatre-lovers everywhere.
 
"No one writes about the beauty, import and frustration of theater with the eloquence, warmth and depth of Todd London. In his collection of essays that span a quarter century, he audaciously interrogates and celebrates the medium in equal measure, unafraid to undress our notions about the art and business of theater. This is a collection long in the making, and reflects the wisdom and possessiveness of someone who has dedicated his career to safeguarding the legacy of theatre artists. " -- Lynn Nottage
 
ISBN: 978-1-300-65504-6
6 X 9 paperback, print on demand
285 pages.
Retail: $20.00
 
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NoPassport Press
Dreaming the Americas Series
www.nopassport.org

The Female Heart and Other Plays

New Title for NOPE PRESS
 
THE FEMALE HEART AND OTHER PLAYS
By
Linda Faigao Hall
 
 
THE FEMALE HEART AND OTHER PLAYS collects for the first time a range of work by pioneering Filipino-American dramatist Linda Faigao-Hall. The plays in this volume are funny, sexy, tragic and resonant as they deal with identity, longing and transculturation. Edited by Randy Gener with preface by scholar Luis Francia and afterword by Ian Morgan.
 
ISBN: 978-1-300-66055-2
paperback
Suggested US Retail: $20.00
 
NoPassport Press
Dreaming the Americas Series

New NOPE title: ASHES OF LIGHT

New December 2012 title from NoPassport Press
 
ASHES OF LIGHT
(la luz de un cigarrillo)
 
by Marco Antonio Rodriguez
 
ASHES OF LIGHT (a luz de un cigarrillo) is a dynamic, engaging play by Marco Antonio Rodríguez about the struggles and aspirations of a Dominican family in New York City. Written with compassion, humor and honesty, the play is a welcome addition to the vast body of theatre from a new generation of US Latino dramatists.
 
ISBN: 978-1-300-51058-1
paperback, print on demand
$10.00
 
 
 
NoPassport Press Dreaming the Americas Series

 

New November 2012 title from Santa Catalina Editions, an imprint of NoPassport:
 
PLAYS OF LOVE & ENCHANTMENT
by Caridad Svich
 
Astral Yearning,
Bliss,
Elysium at 3 AM,
Slow Fast Walking on the Red Eye,
Transmission 0500/To the Blue Peninsula,
Turn the Dark Up, Bow Down, This is a Hymn
 
The six plays in this collection are a series of meditations on love, time, virtuality, and transience in the modern world. They focus mainly on young characters drifting through their lives, and in and out of relationships. These theatre pieces are written as little spells of love. They bristle with both poison and enchantment, as they send their characters into orbit. What they ask, in sometimes ardently pure text, is for a new kind of theatre language to be born- out of and through aspects of love.
 
paperback
ISBN: 978-1-300-42880-0
retail: $20.00
 

 

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