THE STORY: In December 1940, an east-bound cross-country train carries the bodies of the great American writers Nathanael West and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also on board is May, who shares her seat with a charming young flyer, Raleigh. Religious and bo

The Nibroc Trilogy comprises three plays ("Last Train to Nibroc," "See Rock City," "Gulf View Drive") by award-winning playwright Arlene Hutton. All three scripts follow a Kentucky couple through stages of the life they share. Hutton's plays have been performed widely in the U.S. and abroad to great acclaim. Major media outlets have praised Hutton's trilogy: "Hutton's writing is luminous" (Los Angeles Times); ..".reminiscent of Thornton Wilder" (Associated Press); "Language itself plays a central role" (Boston Globe); "It's easily one of the finest intimate productions staged anywhere in metro Atlanta in more than a decade" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution); ..".too funny and hardheaded to be merely sentimental" (Dallas Morning News); "The most perfect show on the Edinburgh Fringe" (Financial Times of London); "90 minutes of romance" (Variety); "Let your guard down for even a few seconds and they've got you ... you could easily enjoy a few hours of this" (New York Times). The collection also includes a Preface by actor/playwright Ellen McLaughlin, an Introduction by editor/theatre professor Shan R. Ayers, and an Afterword by director Eric Nightengale. Plus a bonus recipe for squash pickles! This literary anthology of Hutton's Nibroc scripts is published by MotesBooks (www.MotesBooks.com)

Presenting a play is a rare thing for me since I am a director and rarely a producer. This play is one I am proud to present. --Mike Nichols. In a theater culture more likely to produce a play set in a well-heeled living room than on a factory floor, Jo

Alexi Kaye Campbell's THE PRIDE marks the debut of a fledgling writer whose voice on this evidence is already astonishingly fully formed. --International Herald Tribune. This is a searching, moving, thoroughly grown-up play, and a remarkable debut from

THE STORY: A religious community is changed when a non-believer has an ecstatic experience. The 1830's Shaker society of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, is set in ordered ways. Their once dramatic form of worship has by now developed into routine. The arr

THE STORY: Adapted from the book Sala's Gift by Ann Kirschner and based on a true account, LETTERS TO SALA is a remarkable story of a young girl's survival during wartime Germany. Five years. Seven Nazi labor camps. Over 350 hidden letters. Sala Garncarz

This book is written for the beginning or seasoned playwright, as well as for actors (or anyone) wishing to attempt their first ten-minute play. Every aspect of writing a ten-minute play is covered, from perking with an idea, to starting the play, to developing it, to effective rewriting, to completing it, even to how to get the most out of readings of your play once you've finished it. Writing the 10-Minute Play also reveals the best ways to market your play and includes an extensive listing of ten-minute play contests. The guide contains many in-depth interviews with international playwrights who have had substantial success with their ten-minute plays, as well as publishers of ten-minute plays and producers of ten-minute play festivals. Included as well are several award-winning ten-minute plays, followed by a discussion by the respective playwrights on how they went about creating their play, from start to finish. The final chapter offers tips and suggestions from artistic directors of ten-minute play festivals and from well-known playwrights whose ten-minute plays have received awards and publishing deals.