command of himself, leading theatergoers deeper into his playwright's snare. The cast and the director, Elizabeth Franzen, are his knowing accomplices in this tale of desire gone awry, with Shannon Malone as an artist attracted to both sexes; Gerard J. Schneider as a mechanic who finds himself the center of womanly attention, and, particularly, Ms. Greer. She creates a corrosive portrait of a wallflower turned black widow spider, playing upon male self-doubts and luxuriating in her own vanity. In this Soap Opera, all appearances are deceptive. Television In 1983, Say Goodnight, Gracie was adapted by the author for a 90-minute teleplay which was seen on Chicago's PBS affiliate WTTW with the original Steppenwolf cast of Joan Allen, Jeff Perry, Glenne Headly, Francis Guinan and John Malkovich. Awards Pape received a 1994 Emmy for his TV adaptation of Say Goodnight, Gracie. Girls We Have Known was a runner-up in Actors Theatre of Louisville's Great American Play Contest. As a result, the theatre commissioned Warm and Tender Love and Soap Opera. Hearts Beating Faster prompted New York's Berrilla Kerr Foundation to honor Pape with a five-figure award "to acknowledge the contribution made to the contemporary American theatre." In 2007, Pape was selected as one of America's top 50 playwrights to watch. This was featured in a cover story by The Dramatist, the bi-monthly magazine published by the Dramatists Guild of America. Books Scenes and monologues extracted from Pape's plays have been published in the following books: Great Scenes And Monologues For Actors (St. Martin's Press, 1998) Duo!: Best Scenes for the 90's (Applause Theatre Books, 1995) The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues (Penguin Books, 1987) The Actor's Scenebook (Bantam Books, 1984) Plays Say Goodnight Gracie (1979) Girls We Have Known (1984) Warm And Tender Love (1984) Soap Opera (1984) Beyond Your Command (1988) Hearts Beating Faster (1997) Death Mr. Ralph A. Pape died at the age of 69 on Sunday, March 27, 2016 at his New York home. See also List of playwrights References External links Steppenwolf Backstage History Obituary Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American dramatists and playwrights Living people