"Playwrights for Tomorrow " was first published in 1975.
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This twelfth volume in the series of collections of plays by
writers who have worked under the auspices of the Office for
Advanced Drama Research (O.A.D.R.) at the University of Minnesota
contains four plays and an introduction by Arthur H. Ballet. The
O.A.D.R., of which Professor Ballet is the director, is an
experimental project which provides promising playwrights with the
opportunity to work with cooperating theatres in the production of
their plays.
The plays which make up this collection are "The Root " by
McCarthy Coyle, "Wilson " by George Greanias, "A Lean and Hungry
Priest "by Warren Kliewer, and "A Bunch of the Gods Were Sitting
Around One Day " by James Spencer. The plays by Mr. Coyle and by
Mr. Spencer were produced at the American Conservatory Theatre of
San Francisco. Mr. Greanias's play was staged at the Alley Theatre
in Houston, and Mr. Kliewer's was given, in an earlier version, at
the Scorpio Rising Theatre, Los Angeles.
In his introduction Professor Ballet points out that works by
playwrights in the O.A.D.R. program have been produced not only in
cooperating theatres in the United States but in Australia, New
Zealand, Scotland, and Canada as well. It grows increasingly
difficult, he writes, to find playhouses willing to risk an
"imperfect" new play and playwright or to challenge their audiences
to dare explore unknown dramatic and theatrical territory. "More
dangerous still," he comments, "has been the tendency for some
directors to make theatre their own, highly personal art. Many
important, and many more unimportant, theatres have become
showcases for artistic directors who impose their will on all work,
old or new."
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