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Applause Acting Series. While contemporary American culture may be fixated on youthful sex appeal, the truth is that the most complex and interesting characters in dramatic literature have been and still are those over 40 years old. Whether its Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or Halie in Buried Child or Eve in The Good Body , the richest characters are those over 40, whose wealth of experience often helps little when it comes to making the difficult decisions. This volume will mine the deep and fertile vein of world drama with an emphasis on lesser-known contemporary work as it relates to monologues for mature actors. The result is certain to be a surprising and enriching one for both the dedicated professional and the inquisitive amateur.,
About the Author
Cune Press has published Fife's memoirs The 13th Boy (featured in People Magazine and The Huffington Post) and Best Revenge: How the Theatre Saved My Life and Has Been Killing Me Ever Since, as well as his two books of Poetry, Dreaming in the Maze of Love-Grief-Madness and Twisted Hipster. He is the recipient of a Federal Writing Grant.Fife's plays Savage World, Break Of Day, and This Is Not What I Ordered have been published by Samuel French, Inc. He has also adapted his memoir The 13th Boy for the stage. Other plays include Sizzle Sizzle, Blue Kiss, The Kitchen Girl, Fun with Freud, Sacred Blossoms, New Day, The Blessing, and The American Wife (with Ralph Pezzullo) . His adaptation of Sholem Asch's God of Vengeance was produced Off-Broadway by the Jewish Repertory Theatre, where it received 17 rave reviews and has been performed all over the world. The American Wife had its World Premiere at the Park Theatre in London in September 2016.A graduate of Horace Mann HS, Sarah Lawrence College, and Columbia University's School of the Arts (MFA) , Steve has written feature pieces for The New York Times, Village Voice, New Republic, New York Newsday and many others. He has also written screenplay adaptations of his plays Blue Kiss and Sizzle Sizzle, and of his memoir The 13th Boy. He has written the screenplays The Falling Man, Sympathy for the Devil (with David Hunt) , and The American Wife and The Big Dog Rules (both with Ralph Pezzullo) . He's currently based in the Los Angeles area.
