Pearl Cleage * David Dozer, Rich Orloff * Jacquelyn Reingold * Murray Schisgal * Nicky Silver * Shel Silverstein * Wendy Wasserstein * donald Steele * Billy Aronson.

This volume includes plays by Christopher Durang, Craig Fols, J.E. Franklin, David Mamet, Steve Martin, Elaine May, Max Mitchell, Rich Orlaff, Jacquelyn Reingold, Ronald Ribman, Murray Schisgal, Jules Tasca, Thornton Wilder and Doug Wright.

A collection of twelve short plays from 1995-1996. Includes: "Fitting Rooms" - Susan Cinoman; "Scribe's Paradox, or The Mechanical Rabbit" - Michael Feingold; "Home Section" - Janusz Glowacki; "Degas, C'est Moi" - David Ives; "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre" - Allan Knee; "Old Blues" - Jonathan Levy; "Dearborn Heights" - Cassandra Medley; "American Dreamers" - Lavonne Mueller; "When it Comes Early" - John Ford Noonan; "The Original Last Wish Baby" - William Seebring; "The Mystery School" - Paul Selig; "The Sandalwood Box" - Mac Wellman.

The story you're about to read, and see unfold is concerning a small box, made by a boy after a great storm, many centuries ago. It was given to his king. Over many millenniums precious rings were placed into the box. Each one with a precious story. Centuries later the box is given to a man to "keep safe." But things do go wrong... sit back, read on, and enjoy.

(Best American Short Plays). Scripts for 16 short plays complete with bios on each author. Titles include: Aryan Birth * Bondage * A Couple with a Cat * The Cowboy, the Indian and the Fervent Feminist * Dreamers * The Drowning of Manhattan * It's Our Town, Too * Jolly * Little Red Riding Hood * Night Baseball * Pitching to the Star * The Sausage Eaters * Show * The Tack Room * The Valentine Fairy * Watermelon Rinds.