Cover photo by Pete Byron

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Billy Aronson

This play is included in the collection:

Licensing Note

BPPI does not handle performance rights for this play. For performance rights, contact Playscripts, Inc.

Description

A cancer patient discovers that surgery will have no effect on her condition.

Production Info

Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Short Comedy (about 15 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Reviews

Press Quotes

“Aronson has demonstrated he has a keen sense of what makes a good one act. Madcap mayhem worthy of the Marx Brothers without censorship. Bravo.” —CurtainUp

“[NEWS is] touching and surreal. Depicts that strange period of time when one realizes the death of a loved one is inevitable and that knowledge makes time with the person change shape; even the cell phones take on a new, magical meaning.” —Variety

About the Author

Author

  • Billy Aronson

    Billy Aronson’s one-act plays have been produced in 8 Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathons and published in 6 volumes of BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS and Broadway Play Publishing’s FUNNY SHORTS. His full-length plays have premiered at Playwrights Horizons, the Woolly Mammoth, the SF Playhouse, and 1812 Productions. His writing for the musical theater includes the original concept and additional lyrics for the Broadway musical RENT, and the book for the Theatreworks musical CLICK CLACK MOO. With artist Jennifer Oxley he created PEG + CAT, an animated PBS show that won 3 Emmy Awards in its first season. With his wife Lisa Vogel he created Jake and Anna, their animated offspring. www.BillyAronson.com

About the Book

Book Information

Publisher BPPI
Publication Date 12/15/2014
Pages 296
ISBN 9780881456035