About This Show
Prop Thtr’s selection of ten plays to workshop in the New Play 2000 Festival:
Goods and Services by Eric Bagan. There’s a deal here somewhere, where’s the power?
Not What I Am by Aaron Carter. A modern day ad agency Iago, Desdemona and Othello.
The Back Ache by Mary Ruth Clarke. A journey to Medical Enlightenment.
Going After Cacciato by Sean Cooper from the novel by Tim O’Brien. This soldier’s tale is a cross between Catch 22 and Platoon.
18 U.S. Code 871 by Joseph Fedorko. A political cyber-thriller. Showdown over the president.
Martin Furey’s Shot by Maureen Gallagher. What to do in the moment, the blinkof an eye…or of a camera.
Wake by Hillel Levin. A slightly altered but knowing portrait of recent Chicago mayoral politics.
Rosemary by Jim O’Connor. The first true Kennedy tragedy. Mental illness in a political family.
The Deep Abyss of Pauly Vegas by Paul Peditto. Imperialism, depravity and fecundity all in one evening.
Eight Day Week by Peter Sherman. A dark gritty black comedy with balls.
To kick off the workshop series each of the ten playwrights will read their own play aloud during the first weekend, May 18- 21.
