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This book contains eight recent plays, one-act as well as full length, and all from Manhattan. Some were in major New York theatre festivals and thus selected from international competition; others were fully produced by private theatre companies in the city. Several of the theatres were in or adjacent to Times Square. Production was especially gratifying when locations such as The Theatre at St. Clements, one of the first major off-Broadway venues utilized by the truly greats, were available. One of the shorter plays, Thy Neighbor!, appeared almost simultaneously at two different Manhattan theatres. In all productions the actors were a delightful and effective mix of both aspiring professionals and seasoned members of Equity. Photographs as well as programs of performances are included in this volume. The plays themselves are poignant and funny-stories of all different kinds of people. Although of varied ethnicities and lifestyles, in the end they prove often to be very much the same, predictably human. The plays in this book are meant to be both preserved and shared. They are yours for the reading and producing.
To Buttzville and Beyond, "It's a delightful play." Van Dirk Fisher, founder and Artistic Director, The Riant Theatre, (Strawberry Festival Theatre and Strawberry Theatre Festival), New York
To Buttzville and Beyond, "...the writing is very good... this situation was wonderfully drawn..." Nichole Donjé, actor, director, producer, New York. Founder of The Artists' Playground Theatre, New York
Visiting Hours is " ...a superb play. I was really touched by the story....very beautifully written." Kelly Karavites, actor, New York (AEA, SAG-AFTRA)
"These plays are sensitive, insightful, and thoroughly entertaining!" Stanley Hart, writer for The Carol Burnett Show and winner of multiple Emmy Awards.
About the author
PROF. JEANNE CHENAULT PORTER, a native of Manhattan, received her B.A. from Barnard College (Columbia University) and her M.A. and Ph.D. in art history from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). In addition, she has attended the Universities of Florence, Rome, and Ghent and New York's Juilliard School of Music. At the University of Michigan she was awarded a Teaching Fellowship as well as membership in the national graduate Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Subsequently Dr. Porter taught at The University of Tennessee (Knoxville), Finch College (New York City), Hunter Cortege (City University of New York), and, since 1974, The Pennsylvania State University (University Park).In her field of specialization, Italian and Spanish painting of the seventeenth century, Professor Porter has received grants from the Ford Foundation, the Belgian Government, and the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies (Penn State). In 1969 she was awarded a Fulbright Grant to Rome where she did research at the Biblioteca Hertziana, the Accademia di San Luca and the Archivio Segreto of the Vatican. A member of The Italian Art Society, The American Society for Hispanic Art Historical Studies and the College Art Association of America, she is included in The Directory of American Scholars.In addition to her research in the area of Baroque painting Prof. Porter has published widely on modern American painting and is listed in Who's Who in American Art.
