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María Irene FornésDescription
Orlando, a military officer and professional torturer, takes out the frustrations of his thwarted ambitions on his wife, Leticia, their maid, and the young woman he keeps in sexual bondage.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Tammy RyanDescription
Carol, an underappreciated and seemingly invisible suburban homemaker, finds herself wondering what the hell happened to her life... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
Charlie, a reporter, intends to break the rules of journalism. He wants not just to cover an event but to create it as well... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (1 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Louis PhillipsDescription
Imagine Joseph Conrad alive today and being interviewed on a television talk-show.
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male)
Short Comedy (about 15 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
The country you love and the values it represents are being destroyed by a misguided leader. You can continue to live in relative comfort by not involving yourself, or you can take action to save the democracy you love... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
David MametDescription
A sketch included in David Mamet's VERMONT SKETCHES.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 male)
Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Helen DubersteinDescription
Two older men discuss younger women.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 male)
Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Mark ChrislerCollection Description
Three wickedly scintillating plays on the artistry and science of duplicity, mendacity, and deception... [read more]
Len Jenkin, adapted from "Ein Landarzt" by Franz KafkaDescription
Len Jenkin's surrealistic comedy uses Franz Kafka's story "Ein Landarzt" as a point of departure to explore his personal life and literary works.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Julie Marie MyattDescription
From David Burke of the The Quad City Times: "A cowbird, according to playwright Julie Marie Myatt, lays its eggs in other birds' nest and never returns to them... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Euripides, translated by Laurence SenelickDescription
Of the hundred or so plays Euripides wrote in his lifetime only nineteen survive. Not all of them won first prize at the festivals, but BAKKHAI did.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (1 female, 7 male, Flexible Casting)
Full Length Drama (about 85 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
David WiltseDescription
Crazy Horse, the Sioux leader, engages General Crook, Indian fighter, in a confrontation that results in the death of Crazy Horse.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
A R GurneyDescription
In an attempt to account for the family inheritance, the scion of a wealthy Buffalo, New York clan and her willful, college-aged son visit their long-lost cousin Mary... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Jeffrey M JonesDescription
THE CRAZY PLAYS defy conventional summary. Through a building collage of moments, events, images, and language, THE CRAZY PLAYS deconstruct storytelling while telling their stories, achieving an unconventional coherence and a cumulative dramatic effect... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Vinnette Carroll, music and lyrics by Micki GrantDescription
In this tale based on an African-American fable, Croesus and his brothers are on a search for success and money... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male, flexible casting, chorus and dancers)
Short Comedy (about 30 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes