Friday, January 21, 2011

Project #1:Genres

City: Houston

University: University of Houston

1. Up by Bridget Carpenter (Produced 2010)

"Dramatic Comedy"
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/7210

"Bridget Carpenter's darkly comic family drama"
http://www.curioustheatre.org/index.php?s=71

2. Richard III by William Shakespeare (Produced 2010)

"Drama"
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=829

"Shakespearean Drama"
http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=2373

3. Boston Marriage by David Mamet (Produced 2010)

"Comedy"
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3198

"Victorian-period comedy"
http://mamet.eserver.org/review/1999/brucher.html

4. Wild Oats by James McLure (Produced 2011)

"Comedy"
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1190

"A comedy that has the earmarks of an old-fashion melodrama"
http://www.uni.illinois.edu/og/arts-entertainment/2010/04/spring-play-10-preview-

5. Big Love by Charles L. Mee (Produced 2009)

"Explosively theatrical hybrid, the vaudevillian tragicomedy"
http://www.curtainup.com/biglove.html

"Drama"
http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/plays/view/262

6. The Rocky Horror Picture Show by Richard O'Brien (Produced 2009)

"Rock Musical"
http://www.rockyshows.net/

"Musical"
http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsO/o-brien-richard.html#62582

7. At Home At The Zoo by Edward Albee (Produced 2009)

"Drama"
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3998

"Comedic Drama"
http://www.act-sf.org/089/athomeatzoo/index.html

8. True West by Sam Shepard (Produced 2008)

"Comedy"
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/389

"Dark Comedy"
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/truewest.html

9. Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin (Produced 2008)

"Full Length, Comedy"
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1506

"Sophisticated Comedy"
http://www.centerplayers.org/picasso.shtml

10. Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (Produced 2007)

"Comedy"
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1949

"Drama"
http://booksunderthecovers.blogspot.com/2009/05/arcadia-by-tom-stoppard.html




Professional Theatre: Alley Theatre

1. A Behanding in Spokane by Martin McDonagh (Produced 2010)

"Volatile, outrageous comedy"
http://www.alleytheatre.org/Alley/A_Behanding_in_Spokane_EN.asp?SnID=1873193205

"Black comedy"
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=4216

2. A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens (Produced 2010)

"Drama"
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3991

"Comedy/Drama"
http://www.theatreindc.com/playdetail.php?playID=274

3. The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris (Produced 2010)

"Irreverent Holiday Comedy"
http://www.alleytheatre.org/Alley/The_Santaland_Diaries_EN.asp?SnID=1873193205

"Dark Comedy"
http://eventful.com/asheville/events/santaland-diaries-act-/E0-001-035133333-5

4. God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza (Produced 2011)

"A Savage Comedy"
http://www.alleytheatre.org/Alley/God_of_Carnage_EN.asp?SnID=1873193205

"Full Length, Comedy"
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/8352

5. August: Osage County by Tracy Letts

"Drama"
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3969

"Turbo-Charged Tragicomedy"
http://theater.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/theater/reviews/05august.html

6. Amadeus by Peter Shaffer (Produced 2011)

"A drama of jealousy and revenge"
http://www.enotes.com/drama-criticism/shaffer-peter

"Tragedy"
http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsS/shaffer-peter.html

7. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (Produced 2011)

"Dazzling Romantic Comedy"
http://www.alleytheatre.org/Alley/Pygmalion_EN.asp?SnID=1873193205

"Full Length, Comedy"
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/2032

8. Our Town by Thornton Wilder (Produced 2009)

"Drama"
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/6485

"Classical, Drama"
http://www.theateronline.com/pb.xzc?PK=24485

9. The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl (Produced 2007)

"Comedy-Drama"
http://www.alleytheatre.org/Alley/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=161&SnID=1064416801

"Comedy"
http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsR/ruhl-sarah.html#30359

10. The Man Who Came To Dinner by by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman (Produced 2009)

"Comedy"
http://www.alleytheatre.org/Alley/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=237&SnID=1064416801

"Comedy, Full Length"
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1848