Classics
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Molière, adapted by Constance Congdon from a literal prose translation by Virginia ScottDescription
Constance Congdon's witty verse adaptation of Molière's timeless classic, in which a religious conman infiltrates the household of a gullible man and his exasperated family, has lent itself to productions set in modern-day Texas, New Orleans, and even The Sopranos' New Jersey.
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (5 female, 7 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Neal Bell, adapted from the novel by Emile ZolaDescription
The story of a young woman forced into an unhappy marriage to her dull, sickly cousin and smothered by her overbearing aunt... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (3 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Anton Chekhov, adapted by Richard NelsonDescription
Chekhov's classic tale of three sisters stuck in a provincial town and longing for Moscow finds a surehanded adaptor in award-winning author Richard Nelson.
Production Info
Cast: 15 total (5 female, 10 male)
Full Length Drama (about 115 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Bertolt Brecht, from a scenario by Elisabeth Hauptmann, music by Kurt Weill, translated from the German by Laurence SenelickDescription
THE THREEPENNY OPERA reimagines John Gay's 18th-century ballad opera THE BEGGAR'S OPERA with a biting critique of capitalism and the bourgeoisie... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 20 total (7 female, 13 male, flexible casting, doubling, bit parts)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumesadapted from Euripides by Sara FarringtonDescription
In a flash of modern warfare (Ukraine? Afghanistan? Vietnam? Poland? Hiroshima? Israel? Gaza?), a mother loses her child... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 female)
Full Length Drama (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Alfred Jarry, translated by Kenneth McLeishDescription
The satirical farce acclaimed as the touchstone for the Dada and Surrealist movements, the Theatre of the Absurd, and much of the rest of experimental theatre in the twentieth century.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Anton Chekhov, translated by Stephen MulrineDescription
Vanya and his niece, Sonya, work relentlessly to keep their meagre estate going. Sonya finds relief in her undisclosed love for Astrov, the local doctor... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 160 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Anton Chekhov, translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa VolokhonskyDescription
An exhilarating new version of UNCLE VANYA that pairs one of the greatest plays ever written with the world's most celebrated translators of Russian literature... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (4 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Carl Sternheim, translated by Eric BentleyDescription
In THE UNDERPANTS, she is waiting in the crowd — Berlin, circa 1910 — craning her neck forward to see the Kaiser pass by... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
David Mamet, based on a short story by Anton ChekhovDescription
Mischievous bureaucrats play a card game (vint) using identity documents in their possession until they are caught redhanded... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (6 male)
Short Comedy (about 15 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Richard NelsonDescription
In celebrated playwright Richard Nelson's bold adaptation of Ibsen's classic, profound tragedy and surprising comedy combine to tell the story of the Ekdal family... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (3 female, 8 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Anthony ClarvoeDescription
Anthony Clarvoe's adaptation of THE WILD DUCK remains remarkably faithful to Ibsen's masterpiece.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Anton Chekhov, adapted by Richard NelsonDescription
"In the play I portray a disgusting, selfish, provincial fellow who for twenty years has been reading works on art but understanding nothing about the subject — a man who brings despondency and gloom to all those near him, who is not accessible to laughter and music — and who, despite all this, is undoubtedly happy... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Carl Sternheim, translated from the German by Laurence SenelickDescription
When the opportunity arises for lowly musician Paul Schippel to rise in the ranks of society, he takes it... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (2 female, 6 male, doubling possible)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Georg Büchner, English version by Kenneth TigarDescription
A groundbreaking masterpiece of the modern theatre. The play tells the tale of a poor soldier, a barber in the army, who is overwhelmed by the military and forced to become a human guinea pig for quasi-medical research... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 16 total (4 female, 12 male, doubling, bit parts, children, extras)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes