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By The Neo-Futurists
The third book collection of scripts from The-Neo-Futurists' cult theatre phenomenon Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind features 200 short plays written by the 27 different Neo-Futurist authors who were members of the ensemble from 1993-2002.
This collection emphasizes plays with parts for multiple performers, both male and female - from dialogue plays for two voices to active group pieces involving a dozen or more performers. Some pieces even allow the entire audience to get in on the act!
Authors included: Greg Allen, Rachelle Anthes, Dave Awl, Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Rachel Claff, Bill Coelius, Marjorie Fitzsimmons, Genevra Gallo, Ayun Halliday, Scott Hermes, Chloë Johnston, Connor Kalista, Spencer Kayden, David Kodeski, Greg Kotis, Noelle Krimm, Anita Loomis, Steven Mosqueda, Rob Neill, John Pierson, Phil Ridarelli, Heather Riordan, Geryll Robinson, Stephanie Shaw, Diana Slickman, Lusia Strus
Contents include: Scripts to 200 short Neo-Futurist plays • Sheet music for five musical plays, including "Songs of Inanimate Objects," "Danger Can!! (The Musical)," "NEO-FU-TU-RIS-TA!," "Ashes to Ashes," and "Oh My God You Snotty Bastard" • Preface by editor Dave Awl • "A History of The Neo-Futurists" by Neo-Futurists founder Greg Allen • Neo-Futurist "Statement of Purpose" by Greg Allen • Too Much Light "Modus Operandi" (a description of how the show works) • "She Stands on the Lip: About Where We Work" by Diana Slickman • Complete list of Too Much Light ensemble members to date • Index by Author and Index of Plays Under One Minute
Other highlights include ... Greg Allen hearing voices in "The River Stynx" • Rachelle Anthes shooting the moon in "Bright Region of the Heavens" • Dave Awl's hard-hitting look at heterosexuals in the theater, "Theater Chat" • Andy Bayiates putting himself on the block in "Who Wants to Marry a Struggling Artist?" • Sean Benjamin rewriting Samuel Beckett in "Hollywood Endings: Part I" • Rachel Claff nightclubbing with Ignorance, Bliss, and Disaster in "Curiosity" • Bill Coelius revealing how to have fun with the lights off in "Fruits and Flashlights" • Marjorie Fitzsimmons dramatizing the challenges of foreign policy in "Intervenia" • Genevra Gallo unpacking the pros and cons of the pill in "But It'll Clear Up Your Skin" • Ayun Halliday celebrating female hygiene in "The Tampon Play" • Scott Hermes' hand-shadow parable "Thereby Hangs a Tale" • Chloë Johnston measuring memories with dental floss in "The Keys That Were Left on the Counter" • Connor Kalista erasing the boundaries between art and life in "TBA" • Spencer Kayden on the glamour of underwear models in "Neo-Futurist Illustrated Panty Edition" • David Kodeski on the year the Christmas tree didn't get taken down in "Christmas in June" • Greg Kotis's musical thriller "Danger Can!! (The Musical)"Noelle Krimm's condensed masterpiece, "The Painfully Abridged Jan Austen" • Anita Loomis's eulogy for a stranger in "Ashes to Ashes" • Steven Mosqueda firing musical dares at the audience in "NEO-FU-TU-RIS-TA!" • Rob Neill searching for meaning in "Metaphorically Speaking Juice Box" • John Pierson asking the audience hard questions in "A Neo-Futurist 12 1/2 Question Meta-Survey" • Phil Ridarelli tackling romance with a Perry Como song and a pocketful of stardust in "Catch a Falling Star" • Heather Riordan serving the audience a cold supper in "Vichyssoise with Crescendo" • Geryll Robinson dishing out discipline in "Violent Resistance: a Psycho-Session" • Stephanie Shaw's guilty remembrance of childhood pets in "Confessions of a Sea Monkey Slave Trader" • Diana Slickman's singing toasters and alarm clocks in "Songs of Inanimate Objects" • Lusia Strus's caffeinated tribute to the barista life, "In Search of a Sugar Daddy"...plus 173 more!