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Ontological Theatre, 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003 >>>

20 May 2010

The Debate Society

Samuel French, Inc - New York (2011) >>>

978-0-573-60104-0

If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise
(below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

dark comedy

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written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen; developed by Oliver Butler

Two cops...in the kind of quiet little town where a kid dreams of growing up to be a fireman. Or a racecar driver. Where the only question you ask yourself at the end of the day is if you're gonna knock back your cold one at Swanky's, Spanky's, or Zingers. A town where neighbors pitch in to help neighbors in need, and where if you wake up in the middle of the night...you should keep your eyes closed. Because the man in red is there in the corner. Watching you. Smiling at you with his yellow eyes and black teeth. Best to pretend you're still asleep. In this comedic action/mystery of holiday nostalgia and athletic rigor, when a flood destroys the police station, the local cops set up shop in the nearby community center. Mysteries emerge. Criminals are chased. Racquetball is played. In this town, nothing is what it seems...or is it?

2008

The Debate Society

in PLAY A JOURNAL OF PLAYS, available for purchase at: http://www.papertheatre.org/ It's listed on the site as "With a special portfolio of ensemble work from THE DEBATE SOCIETY" but it IS actually the entirety of the script

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written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen

A decaying drive-in comes to life with stories of lighthouses, naughty little girls, and places you imagine remembering. So please sit back, relax, refrain from loud talking and rough-housing, turn off your headlights, enjoy some tasty popcorn, put litter in its place, keep an eye on your children, think about how happy we could be, and remember that this country is full of dark, dark places along dark, dark roadways where dark, dark things can happen. The Debate Society's fourth full-length play transforms the upstairs space at P.S. 122 into their own version of a drive-in theater to present an intimate and absurd perspective of classic Americana. The Brooklyn-based play-makers invite audiences to experience the Feature Presentation from the comfort of their own private 4-seater, equipped with a cooler, speaker box, and a close-up view of the action. Like an evening at the drive-in, Cape Disappointment starts with a 'cartoon' and proceeds to the feature: a road-trip epic populated by characters racing across the crumbling landscapes of bygone hey-days. There's even an intermission tossed in just long enough to grab some popcorn."
- press release

2007

The Debate Society

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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written and performed by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen

It is inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th century work, The Decameron, and is the second in The Debate Society's trilogy of new plays based on stories originating from the Black Plague. The following description is from the show's press release: "On a hot summer evening the characters of The Eaten Heart escape the monotony of their own lives by visting the strange world of a remote motel. Entering into a lucid dream of hilarious, erotic, and occasionally gory twists, they engage in steamy roadside intrigue before disppearing back onto the lonely highways."
nytheatre.com

Charlie Pineapple Theatre

2006

The Debate Society

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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written by Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen

based on a 14th century Norwegian folk tale (Jostedal Grouse) inspired by the Black Death. In the play, the populations of the world have been decimated in a global plague. A little girl has survived, and she is growing feathers. In her seaside Norwegian cottage, she fishes for remnants of civilization that float in with the tide. Her lonely existence is brokedn by a haunted wanderer who suddenly crashes into her world. The play draws inspiration from Norwegian culture, '50s-era home movies, and investigations into memory and perception.

Red Room, NY, USA >>>

Mar 2004

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen

A Thought About Raya brings to the stage the violent and darkly comedic spirit of Leningrad artist Daniil Kharms, whose idiosyncratic visions and nonlinear theatrical performances led to his arrest, imprisonment, and eventual death during Stalin's purges. In a series of colliding scenes, vibrant images and absurd turns frame this performance that is part fable, part dance, and part experience. The themes of love, sex, violence, and death pepper this story of the search for a voice in the midst of chaos
- press release

Brick Theater, 575 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 >>>

04 Feb 2010

The Debate Society

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

short plays

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written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen

You're Welcome is a collection of five small plays about creation and failure; a unified theatrical myth that tells the story of an invented band of performers and their catastrophic attempts at connection. The plays are also about love, death, desire, tragedy, comedy, drunk driving, sexiness, beauty, loss, the battle between good and evil, a baby born wearing a hat. And theater.
- nytheatre.com