Telling Tales

New One-Act Plays

Edited by Eric Lane
Look inside
An exciting and varied collection of contemporary one-act plays from some of today's best playwrights.
Telling TalesMigdalia Cruz Telling Tales
Christopher Durang The Actor's Nightmare
Maria Irene Fornes The Conduct of Life
Athol Fugard Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act
Percy Granger Vivien
Richard Greenberg The Author's Voice
Zora Neale Hurston, Adapted by George C.Wolfe, Story in Harlem Slang (from Spunk)
David Henry Hwang The Sound of a Voice
David Ives Sure Thing
Howard Korder Fun
Eric Lane Dancing on Checkers' Grave
Shirley Lauro The Coal Diamond
Adam Lefevre Americansaint
Craig Lucas Throwing Your Voice
Terrence McNally Andre's Mother
Arthur Miller I Can't Remember Anything
Richard Nelson Flyer (from Roots in Water)
Harold Pinter Mountain Language
Keith Reddin Throwing Smoke
José Rivera Slaughter in the Lake
David E. Rodriguez I'm not Stupid
Samuel Schwartz Vito on the Beach
John Patrick Shanley The Red Coat
Nina Shengold Finger Food
Jonathan Marc Sherman Women and Wallace
Katherine Snodgrass Haiku
Ara Watson Final Placement
Barbara Wiechmann Feeding the Moonfish

Contributors
Index

About

An exciting and varied collection of contemporary one-act plays from some of today's best playwrights.

Table of Contents

Telling TalesMigdalia Cruz Telling Tales
Christopher Durang The Actor's Nightmare
Maria Irene Fornes The Conduct of Life
Athol Fugard Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act
Percy Granger Vivien
Richard Greenberg The Author's Voice
Zora Neale Hurston, Adapted by George C.Wolfe, Story in Harlem Slang (from Spunk)
David Henry Hwang The Sound of a Voice
David Ives Sure Thing
Howard Korder Fun
Eric Lane Dancing on Checkers' Grave
Shirley Lauro The Coal Diamond
Adam Lefevre Americansaint
Craig Lucas Throwing Your Voice
Terrence McNally Andre's Mother
Arthur Miller I Can't Remember Anything
Richard Nelson Flyer (from Roots in Water)
Harold Pinter Mountain Language
Keith Reddin Throwing Smoke
José Rivera Slaughter in the Lake
David E. Rodriguez I'm not Stupid
Samuel Schwartz Vito on the Beach
John Patrick Shanley The Red Coat
Nina Shengold Finger Food
Jonathan Marc Sherman Women and Wallace
Katherine Snodgrass Haiku
Ara Watson Final Placement
Barbara Wiechmann Feeding the Moonfish

Contributors
Index

Three Penguin Random House Authors Win Pulitzer Prizes

On Monday, May 5, three Penguin Random House authors were honored with a Pulitzer Prize. Established in 1917, the Pulitzer Prizes are the most prestigious awards in American letters. To date, PRH has 143 Pulitzer Prize winners, including William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Josh Steinbeck, Ron Chernow, Anne Applebaum, Colson Whitehead, and many more. Take a look at our 2025 Pulitzer Prize

Read more

Books for LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

In June we celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual + (LGBTQIA+) Pride Month, which honors the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. Pride Month is a time to both celebrate the accomplishments of those in the LGBTQ+ community and recognize the ongoing struggles faced by many across the world who wish to live

Read more