20 must-read plays books like Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) by Dael Orlandersmith

Cover of Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) by Dael Orlandersmith

Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

By: Dael Orlandersmith

3.98

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

These two raucously acclaimed new plays by Dael Orlandersmith, whom The New York Times has called "…

If you liked the plays plot in Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) by Dael Orlandersmith , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

3.91

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the controversies s… read more

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"Liberty! -- Electric word!"

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"Some jokes are less agreeable than others"

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me."

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

"What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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2. The Language Archive

By: Julia Cho

4.05

Format: 59 pages, Paperback

George is a man consumed with preserving and documenting the dying languages of far-flung cultures.… read more

Similar categories in Julia Cho's The Language Archive book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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3. Bethany

By: Laura Marks

3.44

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

At the height of the foreclosure crisis, single mother Crystal loses more than her house. She strug… read more

Similar categories in Laura Marks's Bethany book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Three Plays by Mae West: Sex / The Drag / The Pleasure Man by Lillian Schlissel, Mae West

4. Three Plays by Mae West: Sex / The Drag / The Pleasure Man

By: Lillian Schlissel , Mae West

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Mae West was, without question, one of the most famous and controversial figures of her era. She wa… read more

Similar categories in Lillian Schlissel's Three Plays by Mae West: Sex / The Drag / The Pleasure Man book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Happy Ending and A Day of Absence. (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) by None, Douglas Turner Ward

5. Happy Ending and A Day of Absence. (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

By: None , Douglas Turner Ward

3.84

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A double-volume of two one-act comedies from a leading figure in late 20th century Black theatre. B… read more

Similar categories in None's Happy Ending and A Day of Absence. (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Company: A Musical Comedy by Stephen Sondheim, George Furth

6. Company: A Musical Comedy

By: Stephen Sondheim , George Furth

2.86

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

Sondheim's breakthrough play. read more

Similar categories in Stephen Sondheim's Company: A Musical Comedy book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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7. Our Lady of 121st Street

By: Stephen Adly Guirgis

4.53

Format: 122 pages, Unknown Binding

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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8. The Invisible Man

By: H.G. Wells , Дмитро Паламарчук

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a … read more

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"But giving drugs to a cat is no joke, Kemp!"

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion."

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently."

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"And there it was, on a shabby bed in a tawdry, ill-lighted bedroom, surrounded by a crowd of ignorant and excited people, broken and wounded, betrayed and unpitied, that Griffin, the first of all men…"

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

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9. The Colored Museum

By: George C. Wolfe

4.67

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

The Colored Museum has electrified, discomforted, and delighted audiences of all colors, redefining… read more

Similar categories in George C. Wolfe's The Colored Museum book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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10. Betrayal

By: Harold Pinter

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

Betrayalis Pinter's latest full-length play since the enormous success of No Man's Land. The play b… read more

Similar categories in Harold Pinter's Betrayal book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) by Aeschylus, Patricia E. Easterling, John Harrison, Judith Affleck, None

11. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None

3.83

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more

Similar categories in Aeschylus's Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • plays
"Every medicine is vain."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"A curse burns bright on crime."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"There is no avoidance in delay."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"In war, the first casualty is truth."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

12. Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief

By: Paula Vogel

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

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13. Juicy and Delicious: The Play That Inspired the Motion Picture "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

By: None

3.99

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

The Play That Inspired the Movie Beasts of the Southern Wild. Juicy and Delicious is an epic chroni… read more

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14. Photograph 51

By: Anna Ziegler , Matthew Arkin , Maxwell Caulfield

4.40

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Rosalind Franklin was a gifted research scientist who was part of the race to uncover the secrets o… read more

Similar categories in Anna Ziegler's Photograph 51 book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

15. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

By: Tony Kushner

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama, 1993. The first part of Tony Kushner's epic drama of America in th… read more

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16. Molly Sweeney

By: Brian Friel

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Three points of view about a poignant drama are related by three characters addressing the audience… read more

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17. Seven Guitars

By: August Wilson

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

It is the spring of 1948. In the still cool evenings of Pittsburgh's Hill district, familiar sounds… read more

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18. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

By: Lynn Nottage

4.34

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

"Nottage is one of our finest playwrights, a smart, empathetic, and daring storyteller who tells a … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Nottage's By the Way, Meet Vera Stark book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

19. Venus - Acting Edition

By: Suzan-Lori Parks

3.86

Format: 157 pages, Paperback

Parks' latest and most controversial work. read more

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20. Fairview

By: Jackie Sibblies Drury

4.27

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Grandma's birthday approaches. Beverly is organizing the perfect dinner, but everything seems doome… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • theatre
  • race
  • plays
  • drama
"Once... Well, not once, not at all once. Many many many many times, there was a person who worked hard, a person who tried to work hard, and tried to do their best, and tried to do well by their fami…"

-Jackie Sibblies Drury, Fairview

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21. Fat Ham

By: James Ijames

4.06

Format: None pages, None

No publication details yet read more

Similar categories in James Ijames's Fat Ham book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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22. The Book of Will

By: Lauren Gunderson

4.30

Format: 132 pages, None

Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have literary masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. But with… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Gunderson's The Book of Will book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Fabulation, or, the Re-Education of Undine by Lynn Nottage

23. Fabulation, or, the Re-Education of Undine

By: Lynn Nottage

3.86

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Knocked-up and seriously broke, a successful publicist is plunged into a topsy-turvy world of welfa… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Nottage's Fabulation, or, the Re-Education of Undine book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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24. Ultimate Beauty Bible

By: Caroline V. McGraw

3.36

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

Danielle, Lee, and Tiffany have scaled the masthead of Crimp magazine, gaining access to the best t… read more

Similar categories in Caroline V. McGraw's Ultimate Beauty Bible book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

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25. Eureka Day

By: Jonathan Spector

4.19

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

The Eureka Day School in Berkeley, California, is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Spector's Eureka Day book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • plays

26. Bright Half Life

By: Tanya Barfield

4.08

Format: 112 pages, None

A moving love story that spans decades in an instant—from marriage, children, skydiving, and the in… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Barfield's Bright Half Life book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • plays
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27. Evening at The Talk House

By: Wallace Shawn

3.19

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

At Ted's instigation, the old gang gather once more at the almost legendary club The Talk House. Te… read more

Similar categories in Wallace Shawn's Evening at The Talk House book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Misery: The Shooting Script by William Goldman

28. Misery: The Shooting Script

By: William Goldman

4.08

Format: None pages, None

Screenplay / Drama / Anthology read more

Similar categories in William Goldman's Misery: The Shooting Script book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) by Dael Orlandersmith

29. Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

By: Dael Orlandersmith

3.98

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

These two raucously acclaimed new plays by Dael Orlandersmith, whom The New York Times has called "… read more

Similar categories in Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • theatre
  • race
  • plays
  • drama

30. June July August

By: Sinead Daly

3.93

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

THE At an all-girls’ summer camp in the Middle of Nowhere, Upstate New York, a group of teenage ju… read more

Similar categories in Sinead Daly's June July August book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • plays

31. Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

By: Pearl Cleage

3.94

Format: 61 pages, None

THE A lifetime ago, actress Anna Campbell and manager Betty Samson ignited a major theatrical cont… read more

Similar categories in Pearl Cleage's Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous book and Dael Orlandersmith's Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

  • plays

15 Best drama books like Yellowman (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) by Dael Orlandersmith

Transform Your Habits

The Language Archive

Julia Cho

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Bethany

Laura Marks

3.44

Transform Your Habits

Three Plays by Mae West: Sex / The Drag / The Pleasure Man

Lillian Schlissel , Mae West

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Happy Ending and A Day of Absence. (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

None , Douglas Turner Ward

3.84

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21 Top plays books like Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector

Transform Your Habits

The Language Archive

Julia Cho

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Constellations

Nick Payne

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Ironbound

Martyna Majok

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Linda

Penelope Skinner

4.02

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