Classics
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Molière, translated and slightly abridged and adapted by Felicia LondréDescription
Molière's deliciously trifling comedy in a garden setting won the favor of the Sun King in 1661 and set his course to become the most-produced comic writer in the history of theatre... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 15 total (4 female, 11 male, 2 nonspeaking parts)
Full Length Comedy (about 85 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Jean Racine, translated by Julie RoseDescription
Racine's 1677 reworking of Euripides's HIPPOLYTUS, celebrated for its tragic construction and the richness of its language... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (5 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 160 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Euripides, adapted into English verse by Brian VineroDescription
The curse upon the House of Oedipus has brought ruin not only to his family, but to the people of Thebes, enduring across generations... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (3 female, 9 male, flexible casting, bit parts, a chorus)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Georges Feydeau, translated from the French by Laurence SenelickDescription
Inspired by Feydeau's wife's obsession with giving the children laxatives, especially his eldest son, Jacques, every character is despicable for their moral cowardice and egoism, providing a hopeless (but hilarious) environment for child-rearing.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male, 1 child)
Short Comedy (about 50 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Richard Brinsley Peake, edited by Jeffrey N Cox, based on the novel by Mary ShelleyDescription
This original adaptation for the stage of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was first performed at the English Opera House in London in 1823.
Production Info
Cast: 14 total (4 female, 10 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Jane Austen, adapted by Christopher BakerDescription
Jane Austen's mastery of manners and morals is on full display in Christopher Baker's acclaimed stage adaptation of her beloved masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 18 total (10 female, 8 male, 18 speaking roles or with doubling 14 actors)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
attributed to Aeschylus, translated from the Greek by Laurence SenelickDescription
PROMETHEUS BOUND recounts the tale of the titan Prometheus, who dared to defy Zeus, the king of the gods, by bestowing the gift of fire upon humanity.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (1 female, 6 male, plus a chorus)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Ludwig Tieck, translated from the German by Laurence SenelickDescription
PUSS IN BOOTS is a riotous, boundary-breaking satirical comedy that transforms the classic fairy tale into a chaotic play-within-a-play... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (6 female, 6 male, doubling, flexible casting, up to 50 roles and bit parts)
Full Length Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Neal Bell, adapted from the novel by Horatio AlgerDescription
Journalist Dick Hunter sets out to document the slums of 1890's New York where he discovers harrowing conditions of poverty and abuse.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
The famous long-nosed hero returns home to Italy a changed man after the experience of his success in Hollywood and America.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Euripides, adapted into English verse by Brian VineroDescription
Under the cover of darkness, the Trojan War shifts from the battlefield to the shadows as the legendary Thracian King Rhesus arrives to break the Greek siege... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (2 female, 9 male, plus a chorus)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
Richard Nelson uses the familiar tale of Rip Van Winkle as the basis for his epic study of American agrarian reform, the Industrial Revolution, and the labor movement.
Production Info
Cast: 22 total (7 female, 15 male)
Full Length Drama (about 210 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Spalding Gray, based on a short story by Anton ChekhovDescription
Famously astute observer of everyday life, Spalding Gray receives a Chekhov short story in the mail, leading him into a monologue that confronts the fears that beset us... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Comedy (about 25 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
William Shakespeare, adapted by Nina ShengoldDescription
The most famous love story of all time has been edited from Shakespeare's text for a cast of five, and with a running time of seventy-five minutes.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Henrik Ibsen, translated by Kenneth McLeishDescription
Considered one of Ibsen's masterpieces, ROSMERSHOLM is the story of Johannes Rosmer, a former clergyman and owner of the estate Rosmersholm... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 160 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes