A Prelude to a Kiss and Other Plays

Craig Lucas

• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9781559361934
• eBook ISBN:
  9781559368100
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: American Drama
• Index: Literature

This collection brings back into print one of Craig Lucas’ best known and enduring works, A Prelude to a Kiss, which was both a hit on Broadway and a popular motion picture. Frank Rich in The New York Times wrote about Prelude, "It is rare to find a play so suffused with sorrow that sends one home so high." Also included are Missing Persons, "a truly intelligent play, one that is literary and heartfelt, beautifully written…a well-crafted, moving story, a dramatic rarity in these or any times "(New York Post), and Three Postcards, an offbeat and uniquely imaginative free form musical play.

Craig Lucas is also the author of Reckless and Blue Window and What I Mean Was. He lives in Putnam Valley, New York.

THREE POSTCARDS

A MUSICAL PLAY

WITH MUSIC AND LYRICS BY CRAIG CARNELIA

For Norman René

Three Postcards was originally produced at South Coast Repertory (David Emmes, Producing Artistic Director; Martin Benson, Artistic Director) in Costa Mesa, California, on January 6, 1987. It was directed by Norman René; the set design was by Loy Arcenas, the costume design was by Walker Hicklin, the lighting design was by Debra J. Kletter, the sound design was by Bruce D. Cameron, the choreography was by Linda Kostalik-Boussom, the dramaturg was John Glore and the stage manager was Julie Haber. The cast was as follows:

BILL	Craig Carnelia
WALTER	Brad O’Hare
BIG JANE	Jane Galloway
LITTLE JANE	Maureen Silliman
K.C.	Karen Trott

Three Postcards opened at Playwrights Horizons (André Bishop, Artistic Director; Paul S. Daniels, Executive Director; Ira Weitzman, Musical Theatre Program Director) in New York City, on May 14, 1987. It was directed by Norman René; the set design was by Loy Arcenas, the costume design was by Walker Hicklin, the lighting design was by Debra J. Kletter, the sound design was by Bruce D. Cameron, the choreography was by Linda Kostalik-Boussom and the stage manager was M. A. Howard. The cast was as follows:

BILL	Craig Carnelia
WALTER	Brad O’Hare
BIG JANE	Jane Galloway
LITTLE JANE	Maureen Silliman
K.C.	Karen Trott

The current version of Three Postcards (published here) received its premiere at Circle Repertory Company (Tanya Berezin, Artistic Director), in New York City on November 16, 1994. The direction and musical staging were by Tee Scatuorchio; the set design was by Derek McLane, the costume design was by Toni-Leslie James, the lighting design was by Tom Sturge, the music direction was by Steve Freeman, the dramaturg was Lynn M. Thomson and the stage manager was Denise Yaney. The cast was as follows:

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BILL	Steve Freeman
WALTER	David Pittu
BIG JANE	Johanna Day
LITTLE JANE	Amy Kowallis

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Prelude to a Kiss
• Missing Persons
• Three Postcards
• About the Author