First Folio

This striking anthology of one-act plays from CultureCult Press gathers twenty-six original dramas that traverse genres and geographies: from sharp satire to tender monologue, dark comedy to political drama, modern absurdism to classical verse. Each compact drama delivers a powerful punch, unfolding human complexity via a variety of voices: homeless dreamers, disgraced priests, suicidal robots, battling twins and dying war-horses. Whether set in barstools or battlefields, confessionals or computer code, these plays reflect a world constantly shifting, where identity, morality, memory and love are tested in a matter of minutes. FIRST FOLIO is both a showcase of contemporary dramatic writing and a tribute to theatre’s enduring power to provoke, disturb and console. PLAYWRIGHTS FEATURED IN THIS ANTHOLOGY: AE Reiff, Amanda Nicholson, Arvida Svenske, B Petti, Bob Alberti, Carole Kelly, Charles Stott, Daniel DiQuinzio, Davina Garcia, Dibyasree Nandy, Don Narkevic, Douglas Perenara Johnston, Ellen W. Kaplan, Jeff Seeman, Jill Baggett, Joshua Vise, Larry Kraft, Lisa Stratton, Miljan Ristić, Monica Cross, Robb T. White, Rollin Jewett, Ros Schwartz, Smith Likongwe, Steve Brock AND Thomas J. Hubschman