I haven't updated this in forever...here's hoping I remember...
50 Plays and Books for 2008:
1.) Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (reread)
2.) A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (reread)
3.) Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger (reread)
4.) Blindness by Jose Saramago (reread)
5.) Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson
6.) Suddenly, Last Summer by Tennessee Williams
7.) Lovers: Winners and Losers by Brian Friel
8.) The Childrens Hour by Lillian Hellman
9.) Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge
10.) Gypsy by Arthur Laurents
11.) Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Fellin' So Sad by Arthur Kopit
12.) August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
13.) The House of Bernarda Alba by Frederico Garcia Lorca
14.) Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley
15.) The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told by Paul Rudnick(cute and funny)
16.) Mr. Charles, Currently of Palm Beach by Paul Rudnick(read above)
17.)Fat Pig by Neil Labute (actually read this way in the beginning of the semester and I forgot)
18.) The Shadowbox by Michael Cristofer
19.) 'Night Mother by Marsha Norman (reread)
20.) A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kusner
21.) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (reread)
22.) Attack of the Theatre People by Marc Acito
23.) Piano Lesson by August Wilson
24.) Lysistrata by Aristophanes (reread)
25.) Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford
26.) Hipolytus by Euriides
27.) Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks
28.) Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks
29.) Phormio by Terrence
30.) Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams
31.) Homebody/Kabul by Tony Kushner
32.) The Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neil
33.) Oleanna by David Mammet (reread I forgot that I reread this for my scene study)
34.) Proof by David Auburn (forgot that I read this for scene study too)
35.) The Shape of Things by Neil Labute (wow I didn't put any of the plays I read for scene study)
36.) The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (reread)
37.) Castle of Perseverance by...some person from the Middle Ages
38.) Quake by Melanie Marchant (this is such a weirdo play...like really weird...it has nothing to do with earthquakes)
I've read some really good plays lately. Tony Kushner is still my favorite playwright. Followed by some order of August Wilson, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Edward Albee.
1.) Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (reread)
2.) A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (reread)
3.) Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger (reread)
4.) Blindness by Jose Saramago (reread)
5.) Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson
6.) Suddenly, Last Summer by Tennessee Williams
7.) Lovers: Winners and Losers by Brian Friel
8.) The Childrens Hour by Lillian Hellman
9.) Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge
10.) Gypsy by Arthur Laurents
11.) Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Fellin' So Sad by Arthur Kopit
12.) August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
13.) The House of Bernarda Alba by Frederico Garcia Lorca
14.) Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley
15.) The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told by Paul Rudnick(cute and funny)
16.) Mr. Charles, Currently of Palm Beach by Paul Rudnick(read above)
17.)Fat Pig by Neil Labute (actually read this way in the beginning of the semester and I forgot)
18.) The Shadowbox by Michael Cristofer
19.) 'Night Mother by Marsha Norman (reread)
20.) A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kusner
21.) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (reread)
22.) Attack of the Theatre People by Marc Acito
23.) Piano Lesson by August Wilson
24.) Lysistrata by Aristophanes (reread)
25.) Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford
26.) Hipolytus by Euriides
27.) Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks
28.) Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks
29.) Phormio by Terrence
30.) Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams
31.) Homebody/Kabul by Tony Kushner
32.) The Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neil
33.) Oleanna by David Mammet (reread I forgot that I reread this for my scene study)
34.) Proof by David Auburn (forgot that I read this for scene study too)
35.) The Shape of Things by Neil Labute (wow I didn't put any of the plays I read for scene study)
36.) The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (reread)
37.) Castle of Perseverance by...some person from the Middle Ages
38.) Quake by Melanie Marchant (this is such a weirdo play...like really weird...it has nothing to do with earthquakes)
I've read some really good plays lately. Tony Kushner is still my favorite playwright. Followed by some order of August Wilson, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Edward Albee.