Duo Pieces
PAST DUO STATE WINNING/FINALIST TITLES (Results were taken from Illinois’ State Finals since the 2000-2001 season. As the results list just titles, some links/authors could not be located.)
2000-2001
(Dramatic)
Shakespeare's R&J by Joe Calarco
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=2802
Test Tube Lives (Unable to locate)
Scooter Thomas Makes It to the Top of the World by Peter Parnell
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=352
Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Blue-Novel-Anna-Quindlen/dp/0812980492/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280291882&sr=1-1
Hunter by Andrew MacDonald
http://www.amazon.com/Hunter-Andrew-MacDonald/dp/0937944092/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280291991&sr=1-1
Echoes by N. Richard Nash
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/343
(Humorous)
Let's Go Already! by Joshua John McKay
http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=16
Single White Female (Unable to locate)
Jerry Finnegan's Sister by Jack Neary
http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p745/Jerry-Finnegan%27s-Sister/product_info.html
Moose Mating by David Grae
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1936
God (from Parallel Lives) by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=896
The Complete History of America (Abridged) by Adam Long, Martin Reed, and Austin Tichenor
http://www.broadwayplaypubl.com/cha.htm
The Marriage Counselor by Joey Ouellette
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1077
Inconceivable (Unable to locate)
2001-2002
(Dramatic)
The Choice (multiple works of this title exist; this one by Claire Luckham seems most appropriate):
http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p257/The-Choice/product_info.html
The Best Medicine (Unable to locate)
Love and Sex (Unable to locate)
Defying Gravity by Jane Anderson
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1024
Death of a Miner by Paula Cizmar
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1752
Proof by David Auburn
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=2961
(Humorous)
The Murder Room by Jack Sharkey
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/949
Three Step Method (Unable to locate)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/2303
8 Simple Rules ... by W. Bruce Cameron
http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Rules-Dating-Teenage-Daughter/dp/0761126333/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280295349&sr=1-2
Gump (might refer to the film/book Forrest Gump)
Script: http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Forrest-Gump.html
Book: by Winston Groom http://www.amazon.com/Forrest-Gump-Winston-Groom/dp/0743453255/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280295489&sr=1-2
2002-2003
(Dramatic)
Astro 69 by Grant Matthews
http://www.dramatree.com/order.html (scroll down)
Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks
http://www.tcg.org/ecommerce/showbookdetails.cfm?ID=TCG976
The Guys by Anne Nelson
http://www.amazon.com/Guys-Play-Anne-Nelson/dp/0812967291
How To Say Goodbye by Mary Gallagher
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1073
Feeding The Moonfish by Barbara Wiechmann
http://www.amazon.com/Barbara-Wiechmanns-Feeding-Moonfish-Students/dp/B0009JJ846/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280302358&sr=1-1
(Humorous)
Rules of Engagement (Unable to locate)
Private Lives by Noel Coward
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/577
Italian American Reconciliation by John Patrick Shanley
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=991
Variations on the Death of Trotsky by David Ives
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=36
Play It Again, Sam by Woody Allen
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1869
2003-2004
(Dramatic)
With A Secret (Unable to locate)
Birdy by William Wharton
http://www.amazon.com/Birdy-William-Wharton/dp/0679734120/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280303830&sr=1-1
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines
http://www.amazon.com/Lesson-Before-Dying-Oprahs-Book/dp/0375702709/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280303883&sr=1-1
A Star Ain't Nothing But a Whole In Heaven by Judi Ann Mason
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1120
The Twilight of the Golds by Jonathan Tolins
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/587
(Humorous)
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
http://www.amazon.com/Authoritative-Calvin-Hobbes-Treasury/dp/0836218221/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280304036&sr=1-1
Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/6469
Date With a Stranger by Cherie Vogelstein
http://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Short-Plays-1993-1994/dp/1557831998
How To Eat Like A Child by Delia Ephron
http://www.amazon.com/How-Eat-Like-Child-Grown-up/dp/0060936754/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280304726&sr=1-1
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/
2004-2005
(Dramatic)
King Hedley II by August Wilson
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/764
The Old Settler by John Henry Redwood
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=2746
Split by Swati Avasthi
http://www.amazon.com/Split-Swati-Avasthi/dp/0375863400/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280305039&sr=1-1
The Invention of Love by Tom Stoppard
http://www.amazon.com/Invention-Love-Tom-Stoppard/dp/0802135811/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280305081&sr=1-1
Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Faustus-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199537062/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280305655&sr=1-7
(Humorous)
Laughing Wild by Christopher Durang
http://www.amazon.com/Laughing-Wild-Christopher-Durang/dp/0822215284/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280306030&sr=1-1
The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) by Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Borgeson
http://www.amazon.com/Reduced-Shakespeare-presentsThe-Compleat-abridged/dp/1557831572/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280306090&sr=1-1
History of White People in America by Martin Mull and Allen Rucker
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=0399511938
Wish Fulfillment (Unable to locate)
2005-2006
(Dramatic)
Because I Love You by Max Max Lucado
http://www.amazon.com/Because-Love-You-Max-Lucado/dp/0891079920/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280369372&sr=1-1
Last Lists of my Mad Mother by Julie Jensen
http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p804/Last-Lists-of-My-Mad-Mother/product_info.html
Therac 25 by Adam Pettle
http://www.amazon.com/Therac-25-Adam-Pettle/dp/1896239706/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280369600&sr=1-1
Lost In Yonkers by Neil Simon
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1040
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little by Paul Zindel
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1504
Picture This by Drew Carnwath
http://www.playdatabase.com/play.asp?play={E51D581E-0C34-4319-BE97-98FEEC1F3044}
Scorned (Unable to locate)
(Humorous)
Open to Interpretation by Ken Bradbury
http://www.creativeideas.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=220
Romantic Fools by Rich Orloff
http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=686
I'm With Stupid by Elaine Szewczyk
http://www.amazon.com/Im-Stupid-Elaine-Szewczyk/dp/0446582476/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280370533&sr=1-1
Barbra's Wedding by Daniel Stern
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/132
The Universal Language by David Ives
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=33
Private Wars by James McLure
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=962
2006-2007
(Dramatic)
Lonely Planet by Steven Dietz
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=820
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3682
Olive Juice by Eric Champnella (best guess)
http://www.amazon.com/Olive-Thoughts-Heartbreak-Moving-Forward/dp/0967975557/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280384115&sr=1-1
Riding The Bus With My Sister by Rachel Simon
http://www.amazon.com/Riding-Bus-My-Sister-Journey/dp/0452284554/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280384683&sr=1-1
(Humorous)
Basic Training by David Rabe
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/2526
All The Great Books: Abridged by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor
http://www.broadwayplaypubl.com/BOOKS.htm
Find Me A Primitive Man by Rich Orloff
http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=687
Ah, Eurydice by Stanley Taikeff
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=440
Money Talks by Jason Milligan
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/3522
2007-2008
(Dramatic)
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1281
Jitney by August Wilson
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1497
Holding Hope (Unable to locate)
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3757
Wrong for Each Other by Norm Foster
http://www.playwrightscanada.com/second_scene_editions/wrong_for_each_other.html
A Very Clean Place (Unable to locate)
Going to St. Ives by Lee Blessing
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3179
(Humorous)
Pillow Talk by Peter Tolan
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=143
The Right Time (Unable to locate)
White Chocolate by Elizabeth Atkins Bowman
http://www.amazon.com/White-Chocolate-Elizabeth-Atkins-Bowman/dp/0812571819/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280386383&sr=1-1
Will You Please Shut Up? by Dan O'Brien
http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=367
2008-2009
(Dramatic)
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3754
The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1578
The Birthday Wish (Unable to locate)
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Room-Simon-Mawer/dp/1590513967/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280387225&sr=1-1
Assassins by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Book and Lyrics: http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/7875
Vocal Selections: http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/5841
Prelude to Thirty-Five by Seth Kramer
http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=375
(Humorous)
Louis and Dave by Norm Foster
http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/pgc/main.asp
Saving the Greeks: One Tragedy at a Time by Jason Pizzarello
http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=707
One Tennis Shoe by Shel Silverstein
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3238
A Tiny Miracle with a Fiberoptic Unicorn by Don Zolidis
http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=1426
The Stepford Guy by Rich Orloff
http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=692
2009-2010
(Dramatic)
Ruined by Lynn Nottage
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=4104
Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3010
Sweet Nothing In My Ear by Stephen Sachs
http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p1483/Sweet-Nothing-in-My-Ear/product_info.html
BFF by Anna Ziegler
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3901
Fly Away (Unable to locate)
(Humorous)
Spies (Unable to locate)
Anna and August by Don Zolidis
http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=1485
Your Mother's Butt by Alan Ball
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=85
The Messiah (Unable to locate)
FURTHER SUGGESTIONS
Titanic Abridged
“After sitting through three hours of the movie, two fed up film students decide that a much shortened version is in order. An extremely high paced, humrous duet for two performers. Award Winning Play!”
http://www.dramatree.com/order.html (scroll down to the very bottom)
The Duck Variations by David Mamet
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/3192
Jack and Jill by Jane Martin (there are extras written in the script, but these roles can be cut)
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/137
AUTHOR COLLECTIONS
(Abridged) works--such as The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), All the Great Books (Abridged), and so--by various authors
http://www.broadwayplaypubl.com/abridged%20authors.htm
William Shakespeare
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière
http://www.online-literature.com/moliere/
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/search.asp (enter in the author’s name in the proper search bar to be directed to the full listing)
http://www.online-literature.com/anton_chekhov/
Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire
http://www.online-literature.com/voltaire/
Tennessee Williams
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Tennesse+Williams&osCsid=e2c00b088cb3473f74a0c5f297f789d8&x=0&y=0
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/search.asp (enter in the author’s name in the proper search bar to be directed to the full listing)
Christopher Marlowe
http://www.online-literature.com/marlowe/
Henrik Ibsen
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/search.asp (enter in the author’s name in the proper search bar to be directed to the full listing)
http://www.online-literature.com/ibsen/
Christopher Durang
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/search.asp (enter in the author’s name in the proper search bar to be directed to the full listing)
Arthur Miller
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/search.asp (enter in the author’s name in the proper search bar to be directed to the full listing)
Eugene O’Neill
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/search.asp (enter in the author’s name in the proper search bar to be directed to the full listing)
David Ives
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/search.asp (enter in the author’s name in the proper search bar to be directed to the full listing)
BOOK COLLECTIONS
Scenes for Young Actors by Lorraine Cohen and Stephen P. Cohen
ISBN-10: 0380009978
Cost: $7.99
http://www.amazon.com/Scenes-Young-Actors-Lorraine-Cohen/dp/0380009978/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284182791&sr=1-8
50 Acting Scenes For Teens: Cool New Scenes For The Young Actor in America (Volume 1) by Bo Kane
ISBN-10: 0984195009
Cost: $14.99
http://www.amazon.com/50-Acting-Scenes-Teens-America/dp/0984195009/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284182791&sr=1-3
Spare Scenes: 60 Skeletal Scenes for Acting and Directing by Diane Timmerman
ISBN-10: 0325007071
Cost: $13.63
http://www.amazon.com/Spare-Scenes-Skeletal-Acting-Directing/dp/0325007071/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284182791&sr=1-7
The Actor's Book of Scenes from New Plays: 70 Scenes for Two Actors, from Today's Hottest Playwrights by Eric Lane
ISBN-10: 0140104879
Cost: $11.56
http://www.amazon.com/Actors-Book-Scenes-New-Plays/dp/0140104879/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1284182674&sr=1-1-fkmr0
Caffeine, Nicotine and Valor: Scenes and Poetry by S.L. Depner by S. L. Depner
ISBN-10: 1607253399
Cost: $10.16
http://www.amazon.com/Caffeine-Nicotine-Valor-Scenes-Poetry/dp/1607253399/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284182674&sr=1-5
30 Ten-Minute Plays from the Actors Theatre of Louisville for 2 Actors
ISBN-10: 1575252775
Cost: $17.78
http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Minute-Plays-Actors-Theatre-Louisville/dp/1575252775/ref=pd_sim_b_7
Take Ten: New 10-Minute Plays
ISBN-10: 0679772820
Cost: $10.85
http://www.amazon.com/Take-Ten-New-10-Minute-Plays/dp/0679772820/ref=pd_sim_b_2
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