{"id":45739,"date":"2021-09-21T06:50:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T10:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=45739"},"modified":"2021-09-21T06:50:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T10:50:33","slug":"book-feature-regional-plays-now-available-in-published-editions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/book-feature-regional-plays-now-available-in-published-editions\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Feature: Regional Plays Now Available in Published Editions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45741\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Book-Feature-2_-Plays-none-needed-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"514\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Sublime Theater &amp; Press announces the publication of hardcover, paperback and e-book editions of three plays that were written by Asheville-based authors and had their world premiere productions here in Asheville. The three plays are <em>My Crazy My Love<\/em> by John Crutchfield, <em>Washington Place<\/em> by David Brendan Hopes and <em>American Arcade<\/em> by Steven Samuels.<\/p>\n<p>With the Press portion of The Sublime Theater, says founding artistic director and publisher Samuels, \u201cthe intention is to focus on local playwrights, just as my new-play development work has been dedicated to area artists.\u201d He will not limit himself, however, to plays from troupes\u2014The Magnetic Theatre and The Sublime Theater\u2014that he has worked with in the past. \u201cTitles I already have in mind for future publications include plays from those two troupes and one produced by the Montford Park Players,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd I hope that The Sublime Press can, in this way, support other local theaters as well as artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now that these plays by regional writers have been published in book form, Samuels hopes that they will appeal to other production companies. \u201cVery few plays of the many new ones produced get published at all,\u201d says Samuels, \u201cand those that do are usually in the form of playscripts, which are nowhere near as attractive as Sublime Press publications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Find the books online at Amazon and Barnes &amp; Noble. For those who wish to support indie bookstores, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/Bookshop.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bookshop.org<\/a>. Hardcovers retail at $24.95, paperbacks at $14.95 and eBooks at $9.99. To learn more and to keep up with upcoming plans and productions, find The Sublime Theater &amp; Press on Facebook.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sublime Theater &#038; Press announces the publication of hardcover, paperback and e-book editions of three plays that were written by Asheville-based authors and had their world premiere productions here in Asheville. 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