I am a huge fan of Tennessee Williams. He is my favorite playwright, having created some classics of American theatre such as A Streetcar Named …
Category: Plays for Players
Are you looking for new plays to read?
Do you have to write a report on a play for class? Are you in a play that you want to understand on a deeper level? Or, are you just interested in different plays and playwrights?
Look no further! We’ve got you covered!
This series was created by actor and co-founder of Words Between Coasts, Andrea Geones. She wanted to help spread her love of plays to other people who might discover a similar passion.
She takes you on a deep dive of the characters and themes explored in each play. She also gives some backstory about the playwrights. Since she grew up in theatre and has done countless plays, she has a wonderful insight through personal experience and script analysis.
This is an ever-growing list of plays and playwrights. Andrea takes requests, so if you have a play or playwright in mind that you’re interesting in learning more about, she’s more than willing to create a new post! Just leave a comment and she’ll get to work.
Let us know: what’s your favorite play? Who’s your favorite playwright? Let’s start a conversation!
Arthur Miller: a name synonymous with the term ‘Great American Theatre’. Arthur Miller wrote some of the most famous plays in history. Not only did …
You Can’t Take it With You. No, you can’t. What a wonderful play. What a heartwarming, sweet, tender, funny, whacky ride. About the Authors You …
I was pleased to discover that there is a big interest in Shakespeare among readers, so I decided that this article would be about one …
This play has become pretty legendary among actors. I had heard of it. I had seen scenes from it in acting class. It seemed like …
I LOVE THIS PLAY. Arsenic and Old Lace is now included in my list of favorite plays. It was entertaining from start to finish. I …
I have been trying to track down this play for years. My memory of the playwright having disappeared, I had to go by the title: …
Terrence McNally is a playwright to whom I am drawn. I think the reason for that is because he has an extraordinary talent for bringing …
Welcome to the first week of Plays for Players! I decided to start with more of an esoteric one (I’ll save the heavy-lifters like Arthur …
Some backstory for you, in case you don’t already know: I’m an actor. In September of 2017, I started reading one play a week. I …