http://www.adamkraar.com Playwright Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:07:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS 2002-03, just released, is available from Applause Books.  Originally produced at HB Playwrights Theatre.   http://www.adamkraar.com/wordpress/captain-abalone-to-be-included-in-best-short-plays.html My new play, GORGEOUS INTENTIONS, will be given a reading at LaMama Experimental Theatre Cafe on January 12th at 7:30 pm. The reading will be directed by Michael Pressman, and features Katie Atcheson, Frances Chewning, Sarah Garza, Bryant Mason, Ben Masur, Tuck Milligan and Janet Zarish.  LaMama ETC is located at ... http://www.adamkraar.com/wordpress/gorgeous-intentions-reading-at-lamama-on-january-12th.html A bill of four one-act comedies, BALD LIES, WILD CRIES AND OTHER ACTS OF LOVE begins performances October 31st at ALLIANCE REPERTORY COMPANY in North Hollywood.  The one-acts include Laundry and Lies (recently published in Applause Books Best American Short Plays), The Infant Society, Love on the B-Line and The Turnover.  The ... http://www.adamkraar.com/wordpress/alliance-repertory-presents-bald-lies-wild-cries-and-other-acts-of-love.html On October 14th at 7:30 pm and October 17th at 4 pm, ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE will present readings of EMPIRE OF THE TREES.  Cast includes:  Quincy Dunn-Baker, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Anne Purcell and David Sajadi; directed by Giovanna Sardelli. EST is at 549 West 52nd Street.  Click here for directions.  For reservations, call ... http://www.adamkraar.com/wordpress/empire-of-the-trees-designated-multistages-new-works-finalist.html Applause Books has published a scene from my play FREEDOM HIGH in their collection DUO! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century. http://www.adamkraar.com/wordpress/freedom-high-in-duo-the-best-scenes-for-two-for-the-21st-century.html The Inkwell Theatre will present 20-minute excerpts of "six of the most daring plays in The Inkwell's selection pool" - including EMPIRE OF THE TREES - at the Kennedy Center's Page to Stage Festival on Sept. 7th at 2 PM EMPIRE OF THE TREES is set in India, in the fall of 1963.  It ... http://www.adamkraar.com/wordpress/kennedy-center-page-to-stage-festival-includes-empire-of-the-trees.html Applause Books has published my one-act, Laundry and Lies, in BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS 2007-2008.  On Saturday, Sept. 12, there will be a reading from Laundry and Lies and other plays in the anthology at the Lincoln Center Barnes and Noble. The play has been produced by Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Rude ... http://www.adamkraar.com/wordpress/laundry-and-lies-published-in-best-american-short-plays.html Empire of the Trees was designated one of three finalists for the Stanley Drama Award.  The play is set in India, in the fall of 1963.  It explores the relationship between the wife of an American foreign correspondent and a traveling Indian bookseller.  Their journey through the worlds of literature, romance, ... http://www.adamkraar.com/wordpress/empire-of-the-trees-designated-stanley-award-finalist.html My one-act play, SHIPWRECKED, premieres this summer as part of BRIEF SHORTS, a collection of five danced plays produced by the Xoregos Performing Company.  The show will tour New York City libraries and parks.  NYTheatre.com writes: "...the deceptively light absurdity of SHIPWRECKED... literally takes off as the couple Tanara and Jeanne, played by ... http://www.adamkraar.com/wordpress/shipwrecked-debuts-in-june-and-july-2009.html FREEDOM HIGH is one of five finalists for SCRIPTFEST, Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre's new play competition, and will have a public reading there on October 26 at 2:30 pm. Inspired by actual events, FREEDOM HIGH takes place in June 1964, when black Civil Rights workers trained hundreds of white volunteers to ... http://www.adamkraar.com/wordpress/freedom-high-reading-at-southern-appalachian-rep.html