Productions in Print
A Show is a Moment In Time. A PIP is Forever!
What is a PIP?
Does your production end when the final curtain comes down? It doesn’t have to. Welcome to PIP, Productions In Print. A PIP is a perfect bound book. It contains the production script, essays from the creative team, cast and crew information, reviews and production photos.
Create PIPs for all of your productions and feature these beautiful books at your theatre and online, providing an afterlife for your productions and as an ongoing revenue stream. The PIP is also a marvelous outreach & fundraising tool, as well as a promotional vehicle for the playwright.
The idea of selling the script of the current play on stage in the lobby of the theater is not a new one. This is done frequently in theaters in London but why not here in America? Who says the Brits are more literary? Well, maybe. At any rate, Smith and Kraus, inspired by the London theater, decided to upgrade the script and give it an American twist…by adding photos, essays and any kind of ancillary material to the script to make the book more complete and interesting.
We launched our first PIP at the Washington DC Shakespeare theater with DAVID IVES’ lively, witty, very funny adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s THE LIAR. The PIP was a huge success and sold over 1200 copies in it’s 6 week run!
Pips are being sold at theaters across the country including, Center Theatre Group, Circle in the Square, Dorset Theater Festival, Company One Theatre, Goodman Theater, McCarter Theater, New Jersey Repertory Theater, Northern Stage, Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theater Co., Shakespeare Theatre Co., Studio Theater, University of Delaware Rep and many more!
Recent PIPs
"Picks from the year’s best theater”
- New York Times
The Smuggler, by Ronan Noone
Publication Date: December 2021
Irish immigrant Tim Finnegan wants to be a writer in America but struggles to find his path. That all changes when a stranger arrives with a plan to make people “disappear and reappear.” Spurred on by family pressure and his own loss of dignity, he discovers the price he’s willing to pay to get ahead. A mischievous, one-man, rhyming-verse comedy by a master weaver of tales, about the dark underside of the American Dream.
Contact Ronán Noone:
RonanNoone.com
Upcoming Productions for The Smuggler:
“… you might experience some of the dizzy exhilaration liberation and exhaustion known by the Parisiaris who took over their city in the heady spring of 1871”
- The New York Times
Paris Commune, by Steve Cosson and Michael Freidman
Publication Date: December 2021
Paris Commune is a boldly theatrical, musical staging of the first socialist revolution, a time when working-class Parisians attempted to reinvent every aspect of their society.
Contact Steve Cosson:
TheCivilans.org
“What's truly enticing in 'The Great Immensity' is hearing such sentiments expressed in the vivifying context of musical numbers.”
- The New York Times
The Great Immensity, by Steve Cosson
Publication Date: December 2021
The Great Immensity is a continent-hopping mystery following a woman, Phyllis, as she pursues her husband, Karl who disappeared from a tropical island while on an assignment for a nature show. Through her search, Phyllis uncovers a mysterious plot surrounding the upcoming international climate summit in Paris. As the days count down to the summit, Phyllis must decipher the plan and possibly stop it in time.
Contact Steve Cosson:
TheCivilans.org
How to Order
Please order from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or The Drama Book Shop. Or, if you prefer, you can call our warehouse at 877-668-8680 and get free shipping.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact marisaproductionsinprint@gmail.com.
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