December 2011
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Girl Crush
© 2005 Desiree Burch
Desiree & Marta sit on opposite ends of a table, back to back. Marta holds a hand mirror to her face and looks at herself. She adjusts hair, she rubs her lips together, She looks at the difference sides of her face. She looks at her other hand. She makes a gesture with it. She makes a funny face gesture, etc. The actions are random but they should be deliberate and...
“The Bes(s)t Theatre of 2011”
– Bess Rowen names The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill: Vol 1 Early Plays/Lost Plays as one of the best pieces of theater in 2011.
Bess Rowen: The Bes(s)t Theatre of 2011
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I’m not saying… I’m just saying
© 2006 Connor Kalista JL, DB, LH, & RN stand SR, CK is on SL, seated perhaps. JL faces front and speaks her line while holding DB at arms length. When she is done, DB will take her place and hold LH (next speaker) at arms length. And so on. The folks being held at arms length reach for the speaker, to no avail. SL: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that...
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You know who we love? Warren Buffett. Listen...
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Eevin Hartsough’s “The Sage of...
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Twitter plays, part CXLIV
It’s Twitter Plays CXLIV! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that features a FAIRY or SPRITE.
Here are your plays starting with @BananaHamBone and the ADHD savior.
@BananaHamBone: Jesus busted into mass and he started yelling “Fairies” at us. With Holy Swag I replied “Chill, JC… your Ritalin?” JC. “Whoa” @NickCasalini: BLACK...
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Rob Neill’s Clink III: of bottles n love n...
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Neonesco
©2005 Christopher Dippel
Go
Note: Anything contained in brackets should be substituted with the truth of the moment.
A bell rings several times.
Chris: There. It’s time for this play. The audience has called for it, we have pulled it down, and now we are performing it. That’s because we live in New York City and because we are Neo-Futurists.
Yolanda clicks her tongue.
Chris: My name is...
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Marta Rainer’s “Five Chords,...
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Twitter plays, part CXLIII
It’s Twitter Plays CXLIII! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that has a TATTOO.
Here are your plays starting with @ogiovetti. Spellcheck doesn’t catch everything, you know.
@ogiovetti: MAN: [DROPS TROU AND PRESENTS BUTTOCKS TO WOMAN.] WOMAN: That’s not how you spell my name. @trumpetcake: Lights up on TJ eating a peach. Kip enters. Kip: Whoa! Look at that...
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Where are my twitter plays? #tp143
Or rather, YOUR twitter plays? Listen, I must tell you that I’m close to closing on an apartment today (because I am old!) and I wish I could balance both. But as it is, I can’t. BUT… BUT! I promise to have them all up tomorrow by 11am EST.
I love you.
jeffrey
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Best of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind...
This week and next Too Much Light goes into Best Of 2011 mode where we perform our favorite plays from the year. This weekend, you’ll get a whopping 16 New York Neo-Futurists (that’s about $1 per Neo-Futurist, depending on how you roll). We have had an incredible year with amazing new ensemble members, 2 critically acclaimed Prime Time shows, and Too Much Light continuing to put...
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Cheap and Creative Alternative to Therapy No. 41
© 2010, Chisa Hutchinson
NEO 1 comes out onto the stage holding a big piece of bubble wrap. S/he invites and audience member up on stage to pop some.
They pop some.
NEO 1 smiles and sighs.
Curtain.
OWN the book!
We put together 225 of our favorite plays from our ever-growing archive of work from Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.
Get 225 Plays from Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go...
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Too Much To Do This Weekend (makes you busy busy)
Here are your weekend plans.
Friday Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind Friends, it is the final [regular] weekend for Ms. Lauren Sharpe, New York Neo-Futurist. Go. Support her. Shout her name instead of numbers.
Saturday Our dearest of granny friends, FANTASY GRANDMA, are finding themselves at Catch 48 at the Bushwick Starr at 8pm with some equally amazing artists. They’ll rap about...
