These terrific and richly varied collections of plays were either produced during the 2006 theatrical season or written expressly for these volumes.... Some are by well-known playwrights, but most are from new voices in the theater. Also, most of these plays feature characters who are 35 or younger, which we know will appeal to both acting students looking for plays to work on in class and young actors looking for plays to do in showcases.A partial list includes:BLUEBEARD (1M, 2W). George FreekA BOY A BAT A BALL (3M). Melanie MarnichBRIGHT, APPLE, CRUSH (2M, 1W). Steven Christopher YockeyCHARM (2M, 1W). Frederick StroppelTHE GREAT HELMSMAN (2M, 1W). David Henry HwangHEALING(3W). Guy Frederick GlassIS HOPE DEAD? (2M, 1W) Joe ApplegateTHE MAN WHO SHOT SANTA CLAUS (2M, 1W). Carl L. WilliamsONE NIGHT AT YOUR LOCAL SUPERSTORE (2M, 1W). Jenny Lyn BaderPAST LIVES (1M, 2W). Jenny Lyn BaderTHE PERFECT PROPOSAL (1 M., 2 W) Laura E. CottonPLAYTHINGS (2M, 1W) Mark SaundersSURPRISE (1M, 2F). Mark Harvey LevineTABLE FOR THREE (2M, 1W). Carl WilliamsTHIRD WHEEL (1 M., 2 W). Monica FloryWHO S ON FAUST (3M). Mark SaundersWORKS IN PROGRESS (3W). Sylvia ReedTHE GIRL S LAST BIG MISTAKE (2M, 2W). Diana AmsterdamKICKASS LIBRARIAN (2M, 2W) Jason WilkinsLAUNDROMAT(2M, 2W) Nora ChauTHE NAKED PEOPLE PLAY (2M, 2W. Stacey LaneRECOGNITION (2M, 2W). William BordenTHE THIRD FIRST BLIND DOUBLE DATE (2M, 2W). Jenny Lynn BaderEARLY DISMISSAL (5W or 1M, 4W). Vanessa DavidTHE CAKE WOMEN (1M, 4W). Kevin SixIF, WHEN, AND ONLY (2M, 3W). Maryann LesertTHE LONG ARM (4 M, 1W). Estep NagyMAGICIAN BEN vs. the WIZARD MERLIN (3M, 3F). Michael LewMODEL HOME (2M, 3W). Stephanie HutchinsonRAIN OF RUIN (3M, 3W). Elaine Romero

The hottest collection of 10-minute plays by American playwrights for 2009, The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2008 for 3 or More Actors is part of the... essential 2-book set for producers looking for high-quality plays and professors who need relevant and engaging material for their class work. Lawrence Harbison has assembled the most compelling comedies, dramas, fantasies, and mysteries of the year a chronicle of what this year's playwrights had to say about the world around them.Plays for Two Men and One WomanThe Adventures of . . . by Kathleen WarnockAntarctica by George FreekHow to Survive in Corporate America (A Manual in Eight Steps) by Ian AugustIn the Trap by Carl L. WilliamsMoon Man by Jami BrandliOctober People by Mark LambeckThe Other Shoe by Lisa SolandThe Perfect Red by Paola Soto HornbuckleSqualor by Gina GionfriddoThree Turkeys Waiting for Corncobs by Don NigroTo Darfur by Erik Christian HansonWhatever Happened to Finger Painting, Animal Crackers, andAfternoon Naps? by Nora ChauPlays for One Man and Two WomenThe Answer by Vanessa DavidDo-Overs by Larry HammGloom, Doom, and Soul-Crushing Misery by Robin Rice LichtigThe Growth by Chris Shaw SwansonMeasuring Matthew by Patrick GabridgeNight Terrors by Wendy MacLeodZachary Zwillinger Eats People by Lauren D. YeePlays for Three WomenThe Baby War by Laura CottonSexual Perversity in Connecticut by Mike FolieSister Snell by Mark TroyPlays for Three MenCurrent Season by Vanessa DavidThe Title Fight by Ian AugustPlays for Two Men and Two WomenIntervention by Mark LambeckPlays for Three Men and One WomanGuys, Only Guys! by Jerome ParissePlays for Two Men and Three WomenThe Birthday Knife by Jerome ParissePlays for Three Men and Three WomenCabfare for the Common Man by Mark Harvey LevinePlays for Four Men and One WomanA Case of Anxiety by Mark Harvey LevineFear of Spheres by Lisa Loomer

This edition has been reorganized for more logical flow and to enhance its use for training. Most of the 39 chapters have been extensively updated and... revised, including a new chapter (35), Sustainability, defining the concept for HVAC&R and describing the principles, design considerations, and detailed evaluations required; expanded climatic design data (increased from 4422 to 5564 stations); and updates from ASHRAE Standards 62.1 and 62.2-2007, and discussion of LEED (Trademark).ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing, and continuing education. The ASHRAE Handbooks are the design standard for control of built environments with volumes on Systems and Equipment, HVAC Applications, Refrigeration and Fundamentals. Each is updated every four years. In addition to publishing design guidance for engineers, architects, and facility managers, we also publish a series of texts for classroom use. Some of the areas we publish in include: -Energy Modeling and Auditing -High Performance Building Design -Psychrometrics -Indoor Air Quality and Environmental Quality -Data Center Energy Efficiency -Noise & Vibration Control -Humidity Control -HVAC for Healthcare Facilities

This Document Supplement reflects the latest changes in international agreements and statutory law. Among those included: are the contents and United... States implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements, the Trade Act of 1974, and the Tariff Act of 1930. The materials are edited to provide those portions of each document necessary to understand the nature of the organization or law, or which are applicable to resolving problems in the texts. Glossaries define trade acronyms, trade organizations, and terms.

SOFTCOVER VERSION: Featuring time-tested safety concepts and the very latest industry standards in material design, the 2009 International Building Code... offers up-to-date, comprehensive insight into the regulations surrounding the design and installation of building systems. It provides valuable structural, fire-, and life- safety provisions that cover means of egress, interior finish requirements, roofs, seismic engineering, innovative construction technology, and occupancy classifications. This content is developed in the context of the broad-based principles that facilitate the use of new materials and building designs, making this an indispensable reference guide for anyone seeking a strong working knowledge of building systems.

LOOSELEAF VERSION: Featuring time-tested safety concepts and the very latest industry standards in material design, the 2009 International Building Code... offers up-to-date, comprehensive insight into the regulations surrounding the design and installation of building systems. It provides valuable structural, fire-, and life- safety provisions that cover means of egress, interior finish requirements, roofs, seismic engineering, innovative construction technology, and occupancy classifications. This content is developed in the context of the broad-based principles that facilitate the use of new materials and building designs, making this an indispensable reference guide for anyone seeking a strong working knowledge of building systems.

This comprehensive code for homebuilding combines building, plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas, energy, and electrical provisions into a single resource.... The 2009 International Residential Code For One- and Two- Family Dwellings uses these provisions to provide detailed insight into the construction of one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses up to three stories high. Using foundational principles that facilitate the use of new materials and building designs to guide the content, this reference guide also establishes minimum regulations using prescriptive provisions.

This year, Smith and Kraus has combined its two annual 10-minute play books into this one volume, divided into three sections: Plays for Two Actors,... Plays for Three or Four Actors, and Plays for Five or Six Actors. Now, you can get the best ten-minute plays produced during the 2008 2009 theatrical season all in one book!In this volume you will find 51 ten-minute plays. All have been produced successfully. Some have even won awards. These plays are written in a wide variety of styles. Some are realistic, some are not. Some are comic (laughs); some are dramatic (no laughs).There are a few plays in this book by playwrights who are pretty well established (Don Nigro, Jacquelyn Reingold, and Eduardo Machado are three examples); but most are by terrific new writers you never heard of, playwrights destined without a doubt to become far better known when their full-length work gets produced by major theaters. And you read their work first here!Plays for Two ActorsPlays for One Man and One Woman All Good Cretins Go to Heaven, Kathleen Warnock The Can Can, Kelly Younger Dèjá Vu All Over Again, Robin Rice Lichtig Feeding Time at the Human House, David Wiener Life Coming Up, Sharyn Rothstein Novices, Monica Raymond The Pain in the Poetry, Glen Alterman Quarks, William Borden Road Kill, Edward Crosby Wells A Short History of Weather, Jonathan Yukich Super versus Bacara Resort and Spa, Stephanie Hutchinson The Transfiguration of Linda, S. W. Senek Valentine s Play, Jenny Lyn Bader A Very Very Short Play, Jacquelyn Reingold Whistling in the Dark, Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro Plays for Two Men Crossing the Border, Eduardo Machado Crows over Wheatfield (or The Nuance of the Leap), Gregory Hischak Fragment of a Paper Airplane, Carlos Murillo Marilyn Gets Ice Cream, Don Nigro Plays for Two Women Counting Rita, Patrick Gabridge Critical Care, Bara Swain The Grand Scheme, Jack Neary Plays for Any Combination of Men and Women A Figment, Ron Weaver Tech Support, Henry Meyerson What s the Meta?, Andrew Biss Plays for Three or Four ActorsPlays for One Man and Two Women The Chocolate Affair, Stephanie Allison Walker Life Is Just a Bowl of Cellos, Ann L. Gibbs More Precious Than Diamonds, Stephanie Hutchinson Stuffed Grape Leaves, Damon Chua Plays for Two Men and One Woman After Godot, George Freek Daddy Took My Debt Away, Bekah Brunstetter Enter the Naked Woman, Brendon Etter Poor Shem, Gregory Hischak Transpiration, Vincent Delaney Reverse Evolution, Brian Polak Plays for Two Men and Two Women Beautiful Noises, Scott C. Sickles Cate Blanchett Wants to Be My Friend on Facebook, Alex Broun Letters from Quebec to Providence in the Rain, Don Nigro Snow, Adam Szymkowicz Stick and Move, Greg Lam Theft, Jerrod Bogard Yin Yang, Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro Play for Three Men and One Woman A Gravedigger s Tale, Mark Borkowski Play for Four Women Parkersburg, Laura Jacqmin Plays for Five or Six Actors(Various Combinations) The Blues Street Jazz Club Rehearses, William Borden Cabman, William Orem An Epic Story of Love and Sex in Ten Minutes: Chapter One, Richard VetGood Girl, Julia BrownellOpen House, Michael J. GradyThe Real Story, Neil Olson

This year Smith and Kraus has decided to combine its annual best monologues and best scenes anthologies. The scenes included in this book are either for... two men or for one man and one woman. The latter are scenes in which the male role is predominant.Here you will find a rich and varied selection of monologues and scenes from plays that were produced and/or published in the 2008-2009 theatrical season. Most are for younger performers (teens through thirties), but there are also some excellent pieces for men in their forties and fifties, and even a few for older performers. Some are comic (laughs), some are dramatic (generally, no laughs). Some are rather short, some are rather long. All represent the best in contemporary playwriting.Several of the monologues are by playwrights whose work may be familiar to you, such as Don Nigro, A. R. Gurney, Sam Bobrick, Terrence McNally, Adam Rapp, Steven Dietz, Itamar Moses, Stephen Belber, Keith Reddin, Naomi Iizuka, Michael Weller, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Richard Vetere, Bruce Graham, Jacquelyn Reingold, Sam Shepard, and Nicky Silver; others are by exciting up-and-comers like Octavio Solis, Lydia Stryk, Michael Vukadinovich, Liz Flahive, John Kolvenbach, Sylvia Reed, Barton Bishop, Padraic Lillis, Michael Golamco, and Lucy Thurber.The scenes are by master playwrights, such as Itamar Moses, Noah Haidle, Aguirre-Sacasa, and Silver, and by exciting new writers, such as Saviana Stanescu, E. M. Lewis, Jonathan Rand, Kolvenbach, Golamco, Larry Kunofsky, and Susan Bernfield.

This year Smith and Kraus has decided to combine its annual best monologues and best scenes anthologies. The scenes included in this book are either for... two women or for one man and one woman. The latter are scenes in which the female role is predominant.Here you will find a rich and varied selection of monologues and scenes from plays that were produced and/or published in the 2008-2009 theatrical season. Most are for younger performers (teens through thirties), but there are also some excellent pieces for women in their forties and fifties, and even a few for older performers. Some are comic (laughs), some are dramatic (generally, no laughs). Some are rather short, some are rather long. All represent the best in contemporary playwriting.Several of the monologues are by playwrights whose work may be familiar to you, such as Don Nigro, Sam Bobrick, Adam Rapp, Bill Cain, Jose Rivera, Stephen Belber, Keith Reddin, Naomi Iizuka, Michael Weller, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Richard Vetere, and Nicky Silver; others are by exciting up-and-comers like Steven Leigh Morris, Saviana Stanescu, Liz Flahive, Stephanie Allison Walker, Cheri Magid, Jennifer Maisel, Andrew Grosso, David Caudle, Nina Raine, John Kolvenbach, Sylvia Reed, and Lucy Thurber.The scenes are by master playwrights, such as Rivera, Gina Gionfriddo, Jeffrey Hatcher, A. R. Gurney, and Aguirre-Sacasa, and by exciting new playwrights, such as Vincent Delaney, Stanescu, Lydia Stryk, Grosso, and Larry Kunofsky.

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