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SHORT PLAYS

By Paulanne Simmons
The Brooklyn Paper

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For the final production of its inaugural season, the Outside Art festival at BAM Park will present three 15-minute plays by the Suitcase Players, also in its inaugural season.

"We wanted something we could do around the city, have some fun and not have to use a theater," says Kathleen Grace, founder and director of the company.

That "something" turned out to be 15-minute renditions of Arthur Miller’s "Death of a Salesman," Thornton Wilder’s "Our Town" and Tennessee Williams’ "The Glass Menagerie."

Grace says she picked these works because they’re "interesting plays with great characters, and when they’re adapted down to 15 minutes, they’re extremely funny."

"It takes the tragedy to a melodramatic level that points out what’s ridiculous about the characters," she notes.

Nevertheless, Grace claims to have a profound respect for the American classics.

"I really love classic American plays," she says. "People see Shakespeare all the time. So many people haven’t seen ’Death of a Salesman’ and don’t even know about it. This won’t be the same as doing the full-length plays, but it might make people want to read the plays or go see them."

"15-Minute Versions of Classic American Plays" will be presented Aug. 5-7, at 7 pm, in BAM Park (Lafayette Avenue at Fulton Street in Fort Greene). All performances are free and open to the public. For more information, call (212) 889-0808.

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