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Modern Theatre and its Playwrights

Current drama today is considered realism. Realism is a type of movement in art and culture that gives a selected view of real life. It's essentially a slice of life presented on stage or film or in art or literature. In theater, there were many playwrights that were considered realists, writers who chose to give its readers a realistic view of life with its characters and content. We are going to explore the world of realism through the minds of its creators, the playwrights who wrote and write plays that have given us famous characters and situations we can all identify with on a personal, emotional level. 

Play Festival

You will uncover and discover realism by learning about a playwright and his/her works. Their plays, experiences, history, perspective and style will reveal how realism has evolved. 

Throughout the ages, play festivals have been performed that extend over a period of days. These festivals showcased new or old playwrights and the new plays they were writing. You and any partner of your choosing will be asked the choose a playwright and their works. You must (first) choose the playwright and (second) determine what play you want to perform. You will select a small 1-2 page scene, memorize the text, gather all tech elements to help tell the story and perform the scene to a public audience. 

Choose your partner(s) and peruse the list below and decide what playwright most interests you. 

Playwrights & their Works

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Edward Albee
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Caryl Churchill
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Sam Shepard
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George Bernard Shaw
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Anne Deveare Smith
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Samuel Beckett (Absurdism)
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Arthur MIller
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Bertolt Brecht (Epic Theatre)
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Noel Coward
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Susan Glaspell
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Anton Chekhov
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Harold Pinter
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Suzan Lori-Parks
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August Strindberg
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Tom Stoppard
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Neil Simon
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Eugene O'Neill (Expressionism)
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Lorraine Hansberry
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August Wilson
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David Mamet (Mametspeak)
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Lillian Hellman
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William Inge
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Henrik Ibsen (Father of Realism)
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Tennessee Williams (Modified Realism)
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Beth Henley
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Paula Vogel
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Thornton Wilder

Playwright Research

Playwright Research
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Resources for Scenes


The Beggar's Opera
Modern Plays
​The Glass Menagerie
Lost in Yonkers (Jay Monologue)
Lost in Yonkers Sample
The Crucible
Skin of our Teeth
Waiting for Godot
Top Girls
Widower's Houses
Endgame
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