Shorter, Faster, Funnier

Author: Eric Lane
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307743357
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 546

Book Description
This cornucopia of comedy showcases works by major playwrights and emerging young writers, with casts of all sizes and diverse and challenging roles for actors of every age and type. You’ll discover such colorful characters as a businessman free-falling from a plane, an embittered sword swallower, a punkish girl skateboarder, and retirees in post-apocalyptic Siberia, alongside plays that unleash the humor in high school reunions, alien invasions, office cubicle farms, and even post-Katrina New Orleans. Perfect for actors, students, theater lovers, and comedy fans, Shorter, Faster, Funnier covers the spectrum of humor, from slyly witty to over-the-top outrageous. Rob Ackerman ● Billy Aronson ● John Augustine ● Pete Barry ● Dan Berkowitz ● Adam Bock ● Eric Coble ● Philip Dawkins ● Anton Dudley ● Christopher Durang ● Liz Ellison ● Halley Feiffer ● Peter Handy ● Jeffrey Hatcher ● Amy Herzog ● Mikhail Horowitz ● David Ives ● Caleen Sinnette Jennings ● Ean Miles Kessler ● Dan Kois ● Eric Lane ● Drew Larimore ● Warren Leight ● Mark Harvey Levine ● Elizabeth Meriwether ● Michael Mitnick ● Megan Mostyn-Brown ● Mark O’Donnell ● Nicole Quinn ● Wayne Rawley ● Theresa Rebeck ● Jacqueline Reingold ● Laura Shaine ● Nina Shengold ● Jane Shepard ● Edwin Sanchez ● Samara Siskind ● Daryl Watson ● Barbara Wiechmann ● Mary Louise Wilson ● Garth Wingfield ● Gary Winter ● Elizabeth Wong ● Dana Yeaton

Fitter, Faster, Funnier Olympics

Author: Michael Cox
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408193191
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
From unbelievable tales of triumph (with all the shocking bits left in) to incredible facts about Olympic athletes, this is an aspirational, informative, interactive and hilarious guide to the Olympics - what they're all about and what made them what they are today. Packed with funny illustrations, inspirational ideas and amazing activities, this is a brilliant guide to the Olympics past and present.

Laugh Lines

Author: Eric Lane
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307487326
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 528

Book Description
This one-of-a-kind anthology features thirty-six hilarious short plays by major American playwrights and emerging new voices, all guaranteed to send readers and audiences into peals of laughter. From the surrealistic wit of Steve Martin's "The Zig-Zag Woman" to the biting political satire of Steven Dietz's "The Spot," from Christopher Durang's wonderfully loopy "Wanda's Visit" to Shel Silverstein's supremely twisted "The Best Daddy," there's something in here to make everyone laugh. There are plays for casts of all sizes, from monologues to large ensembles, with diverse and challenging roles for actors of every age and type. Even the titles are funny: Mark O'Donnell's "There Shall Be No Bottom (a bad play for worse actors)," Elaine May's "The Way of All Fish," and Alan Ball's "Your Mother's Butt." A bonanza for theatergoers, performers, and comedy fans, Laugh Lines will bring down the house. From the Trade Paperback edition.

I Thought You Would Be Funnier

Author: Shannon Wheeler
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
ISBN: 9781608860340
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The best-of-the-best of what's left on the cutting room floor from critically acclaimed Shannon Wheeler's cartoon submissions to The New Yorker Magazine. Never seen in print before anywhere else! A new cartoon collection from the mind of Eisner Award-winning, Harvey nominated and current NewYorker Magazine cartoonist, Shannon Wheeler! It's the best-of-the-best of what's left on the cutting room floor from Wheeler's cartoon submissions to The New Yorker Magazine. Never seen in print before anywhwere else!

Plays for Three

Author: Eric Lane
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101872306
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 770

Book Description
PLAYS FOR THREE is a unique anthology of 23 outstanding plays for three actors by an exciting mix of established and emerging playwrights. Everyone’s heard that “Two’s company, three’s a crowd.” That may be true on a date, but on stage, three is a magic number. Add a third character to any interaction and the dramatic possibilities increase exponentially: suddenly there’s competition, intrigue, shifting allegiances, comic misunderstandings, secrets and lies. Triangles make excellent drama, and three-handers offer the kind of substantial and challenging roles that actors love. Plays for Three offers six full-length and seventeen short plays featuring dramatic trios of every sort. Rob Ackerman Pete Barry Stephen Belber Cesi Davidson Adrienne Dawes Philip Dawkins Catherine Filloux Madeleine George Amlin Gray Frank Higgins Cory Hinkle Wendy Kesselman Eric Lane Kitt Lavoie Mark Harvey Levine Matthew Lopez Donald Margulies Anna Moench A. Rey Pamatmat David Riedy Nina Shengold Stephen Webb Craig Wright

Fast Funny Women

Author: Gina Barrraca
Publisher: Woodhall Press
ISBN: 9781949116205
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
FAST FUNNY WOMEN is a broad collection: 75 women writers, ages 20 to 89, were invited by editor Gina Barreca to make a party out of their life's most unnerving, challenging, illuminating, desperate, and hilarious moments. Political campaigners, devoted teachers, lousy daughters, good mothers, would-be nuns, admired sportswriters, grad-school-wanna-bes, revenge-driven sisters, frustrated roommates, body-fluid-sorting professionals, lace-loving fashion mavens, intrepid daters, hungry lovers, justice-seeking nasty-women, ACE wedding celebrants, trapped wives, and women with all kinds of ammunition tell their stories-- and their stories are all under 750 words. You know many of these brilliant women, but you've never heard them like this: with new works commissioned for the book from NYT Bestseller and member of the American Academy of Poets, Marge Piercy, Pulitzer-Prize winner Jane Smiley, NYT bestseller graphic artist Mimi Pond, New Yorker staff cartoonist Liza Donnelly, Commander of the British Empire Fay Weldon, bestselling author of "Love, Loss, and What I Wore" Ilene Beckerman, "Sylvia" creator Nicole Hollander, stand-up comics Lisa Landry and Leighann Lord, filmmakers Ferne Pear

The Funny Bone

Author: Henry Martyn Kieffer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description

Fast, Funny and Forty

Author: Chuck Meyer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780963114938
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description

50 Crazy Funny Short Novels for Adults

Author: Christian Stahl
Publisher: Midealuck Publishing
ISBN: 1739704606
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Have you been feeling overly stressed lately? Give yourself a break from your nuclear surroundings to have a read and crack a smile. With this book you can cheer up and discover: > That there is evidence and insight that certain sea creatures had sex with a human. > Why having dementia can be a good thing if you're up to no good. > How inherently stupid kids believe in fortunetellers. > Why it is useful to have an eccentric uncle in the Texas Panhandle. > Why you should avoid having adventures in a sauna. 50 Entertaining Funny Short Novels for Adults is a beautifully woven together collection of the funniest and at times true-to-life stories our mother Earth has to offer. People do the craziest things, mostly out of sheer natural stupidity, and this book shows stories born in madness, the craziest misadventures and hysterical anecdotes that will make your stomach clench with laughter; you also will be exposed to weird talking points and occasionally interesting insights. This book is best suited for everyone, but mainly for mature adults. A welcome relief for long lonely nights and situations that simply require distraction. Keep it at home to entertain friends and family, gift it to a friend, or package it up for a still suffering creature or a long lost lover. This book will help you in many ways. Get, or give, hours of entertainment, just scroll up and hit the buy button now!

100 Funny Short Stories for Seniors and the Elderly

Author: Christian Stahl
Publisher: Midealuck Publishing
ISBN: 173924916X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 251

Book Description
Some say laughter is the best medicine against ageism. Many elderlies tend to view nursing homes as a boring and stressful environment. Laughter has proven itself to be a natural form of medicine that is available to everyone. Humorous stories and anecdotes can help you relax and manage stress while boosting your immune system and releasing endorphins. How this book can help you. These 100 humorous tales, essays and anecdotes include a grand variety of feel-good subjects, like humorous short novels based on a true story, wedding anniversary humor, humorous anecdotes after decades in the bedroom, and a whole collection of essays and good-hearted jokes about the elderly. This collection of short stories, anecdotes and jokes aim to make you happy and laugh out loud. All 100 humorous stories and essays are told in a simple, humorous style, they are fun and engaging at the same time, making this book the perfect present for a beloved senior in your life.