The International Theater Institute observes March 27th as World Theater Day. Why not celebrate the performing arts from the comfort of your reading chair, with one of these novels for adults and teens set in the world of the theater?
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All's well
by Mona Awad A college professor with chronic back pain, painkiller dependence and a failed marriage meets three strange benefactors who know her past and offer her a tantalizing future in this new novel from the critically-acclaimed author of Bunny. |
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The appeal : a novel
by Janice Hallett When the cast of a local theater group raises money for an experimental treatment for the director's granddaughter, who has a rare form of cancer, one member raises her concerns, creating tensions within the community, which leads to murder. |
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A bright ray of darkness
by Ethan Hawke The four-time Academy Award-nominated actor and director shares the blistering story of a young man making a Broadway debut in Henry IV at the same time his marriage implodes. By the author of Rules for a Knight. |
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The chance to fly
by Ali Stroker A Tony Award-winning actress and the author of the Camp Rolling Hills series follows the experiences of a theater-loving girl who uses her wheelchair to defy expectations, and gravity, when she is cast in a kids' production of a favorite Broadway musical. |
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Cyclorama : a novel
by Adam Langer Thirty years after their high school production of The Diary of Anne Frank, a former cast member comes forward with an allegation from that time that has far-reaching and complex consequences for them all. |
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Enter the body
by Joy McCullough Giving voice to the young women who die in Shakespeare's most iconic plays, including Juliet, Ophelia and Cordelia, this brilliant novel leads to a larger story about how young women can support each other in the aftermath of trauma. |
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Fearless
by Mandy Gonzalez A series debut by the acclaimed Broadway and television star follows the experiences of a 12-year-old stage actress who joins her fellow young thespians to investigate rumors about their cursed theater. |
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Here for the drama
by Kate Bromley Working as an assistant for a celebrated, feminist playwright, an aspiring author, Winnie, is invited to London to help stage a play and finds herself falling for Liam, her boss's nephew. |
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Long story short
by Serena Kaylor Attending a theater camp to prove to her parents that she can be a normal teen, mathematical genius Beatrice Quinn learns about friendship, love and being herself as she navigates a world outside of her comfort zone. |
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Midnight duet : a novel
by Jen Comfort Retreating to Paris, Nevada, after an on-stage accident destroys her career, Erika Greene, to save the opera house she inherited from falling into the hands of a greedy developer, leases the space to glam rock god Christof Daae with whom she makes beautiful music until reality sets in. |
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Nothing ever happens here
by Sarah Hagger-Holt Seventh-grader Izzy, a shy girl who surprisingly loves acting and being onstage, wonders if her family will ever be normal again after her father announces that he is transgender. |
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A play for the end of the world
by Jai Chakrabarti A Warsaw Ghetto survivor in 1970s New York leaves a blossoming romance to travel to India and collect the ashes of his oldest friend who died there in a small Eastern village under mysterious circumstances. |
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Playhouse
by Richard Bausch As renovations begin at the Shakespeare Theater of Memphis, a colorful cast of characters gather together for the fall production of King Lear, but soon tensions mount onstage and off, building toward breaking point that places the very fate of the theater itself on the line. |
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The roof over our heads
by Nicole Kronzer To save their historical Victorian home from being sold off by a new artistic director, Finn and his family of actors put on an immersive 1890s experience unlike anything else out there. |
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Two truths and a lie
by April Henry When a snowstorm strands her acting troupe in a creepy motel, Nell and her friends meet a group of strangers from another high school who insist they play the game Two Truths and a Lie, which turns into a matter of life and death. |