dramatists

It seems that aspiring playwright Natalie and musician Reid have been in competition all their young lives, but when they are forced to compete for scarce school budget dollars they embark on an all-out prank war which backfires; now they are forced to cooperate, pool their talents and ambitions to produce a school musical--and not only is cooperation an unfamiliar role, but they are suddenly starting to have feelings for each other.

It seems that aspiring playwright Natalie and musician Reid have been in competition all their young lives, but when they are forced to compete for scarce school budget dollars they embark on an all-out prank war which backfires; now they are forced to cooperate, pool their talents and ambitions to produce a school musical--and not only is cooperation an unfamiliar role, but they are suddenly starting to have feelings for each other.

David Mahooley, a teenage playwright suffering from writer's block, finds himself drawn into the passionate world of a flamboyant, alcoholic young actress with a talent for lying.

William Shakespeare has been haunted by the ghost of the late Christopher Marlowe and wants nothing to do with him, until William's son disappears and Willaim calls in some favors from his ghostly companion.

In 1597, the island of Britain has been under the rule of King Philip in the name of Spain for nearly a decade and William Shakespeare has no interest in politics, until he is asked to pen his greatest work yet, a play that may incite the people of Britain to rise against their persecutors and change the course of history.

A number of noted authors share some of the strategies they use in order to create dramatic narratives and stories, and includes interviews from Neil Simon, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, and others.

David Starkman learns of the murder of his father, Isser, a war hero, and returns to his native Israel in 1977 after self-imposed exile in Canada, and when he reads his father's will, which states that a controversial play he had written, "The Debba," be staged, David stays around to fulfill the request.

When Shakespeare's son Hamnet disappears into the forest where Quicksilver reigns, Shakespeare must face a being with dreadful powers to rescue his son and the whole realm of magic.

David Mahooley, a teenage playwright suffering from writer's block, finds himself drawn into the passionate world of a flamboyant, alcoholic young actress with a talent for lying.