The three daring women of Eric Overmyer's women-centric, 1985 travel fantasy On the Verge; or The Geography of Yearning are never satisfied. They are constantly in pursuit of adventure that takes them far away from their homeland of Victorian America. Intelligent, intrepid, and inquisitive, they long for discovery of that which is greater than their own world while still maintaining some sense of gentlewoman decorum. But all good trips start with a purpose and end in a final destination.

On the Verge or the Geography of Yearning (Acting Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Overmyer, Eric

Dramas & Plays

Broadway Play Publishing

In a futuristic city, one man tells it like he sees it Hungry Mother! He's the DJ with a strong pulse but a weak signal. He riffs on the truth with verbal virtuosity, with primal passion, with ambidextrous dexterity, with a sexy scream ... but when his visions begin to manifest themselves in sinister ways, is he being played by darker forces? Or are his words creating a dangerous truth?

Native Speech

Eric Overmyer

this collection contains two full-length plays: DAME LORRAINE, HOUSE OF SHADOWS, a long one-act: ONE LAST LOOK and two short pieces: MIRAGE and TEA ON INAUGURATION DAY. DAME LORRAINE: Picton and Dorcas...ancient now...came to this country with an internal, eternal love that made them blind to the fact that the darker aspects of the elusive Dame Lorraine found homes in the hearts of their eight sons. Their first-born and only surviving male child comes home today after twenty-seven years in prison. Picton and Dorcas await him, thinking perhaps they should never have come here. Perhaps they never should have fallen in love. DAME LORRAINE was originally produced by the Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago. 2 M, 3 F. HOUSE OF SHADOWS: Two baby-faced, would-be criminals decide to rob the home of two women of advanced age who live in contention with their past, their present, their future, and each other. The brats get more than they've bargained for...including possible great futures behind bars in Joliet. HOUSE OF SHADOWS was originally produced by the Negro Ensemble, New York. 2 M, 2 F, plus 2 boys.

Plays By Steve Carter

Carter, Steve

this collection contains three full-length plays: LET'S PLAY TWO, THE LIVING, &amp; SHOW AND TELL

Plays By Anthony Clarvoe

Clarvoe, Anthony

this collection contains six one-acts: BONE THE SPEED, CARWASH, CONRAD ON THE VINE, ETHIOPIA, THE MAN WHO ATE EINSTEIN'S BRAIN, & PRECISION MACHINES. Louis Phillips is one the most inventive and imaginative playwrights in the United States: BONE THE SPEED. A spoof about the ultimate snake-pit: Hollywood. With a nod to David Mamet's SPEED-THE-PLOW, and any number of other works on that subject. 2 M, 1 F. CARWASH. A comic surrealistic nightmare when a man's car disappears at the carwash. 2 M, 1 F. CONRAD ON THE VINE. Imagine Joseph Conrad alive today and being interviewed on a television talk-show. 3 M, 1 F. ETHIOPIA. A totalitarian future where food is so scarce that people pay to watch others eat. Cast: 2 M, 1 F (nuclear family), plus a waiter. THE MAN WHO ATE EINSTEIN'S BRAIN. The title of this play says it all. 2 M, 1 F. PRECISION MACHINES. Inanimate objects take on a life of their own. 1 M, 1 F.

Plays by Louis Phillips

Phillips, Louis

Louis Phillips

Rural Central Texas, 1962. Dave, still lives in the old family home that his father built. The family is still the only Jewish family in this isolated country town. As his son Nathan faces the (to him) bizarre prospect of becoming Bar Mitzvah, his wife Rachel faces an even greater crisis of faith. As Dave encounters the remoteness of his community, and the even further distance from the faith of his father, his entire family faces the legacy left behind by their immigrant forebears: What do the Jews believe? This is a fictionalized account of the next generation of the family introduced in THE IMMIGRANT, and the second play in Mark Harelik's Texas saga of one Jewish-American family.

The Legacy

Harelik, Mark

Mark Harelik

this collection contains three full-length plays, collectively known as The Gulliver Trilogy: LEMUEL, GULLIVER, & GULLIVER REDUX

Plays By Lonnie Carter

Carter, Lonnie

Lonnie Carter

this collection contains three full-length plays: A DARING BRIDE, THE LADIES OF FISHER COVE, &amp; SAINTE SIMONE

Plays by Allan Havis, Vol. 2

Havis, Allan

his collection contains three full-length plays: BLINK OF AN EYE, THE HANDLESS MAIDEN, &amp; NOTIONS IN MOTION

Plays by Jeremy Dobrish

Jeremy Dobrish

Dobrish, Jeremy

this collection contains three full-length plays: THESE FLOWERS ARE FOR MY MOTHER, HOLD ME, & HELEN'S PLAY

Plays by Michael McGuire

McGuire, Michael

Michael McGuire

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