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Austin Tichenor, inspired by Kafka's The MetamorphosisDescription
Kafka for kids? Is that a good idea? Fortunately, with a slight change in tone, it is. The fantastical elements of The Metamorphosis strike a chord with adolescents who are often experiencing their own struggles with changing bodies... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Georg Büchner, adapted by Robert AulettaDescription
Set during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, the play takes place from March 24 to April 4, 1794, when Maximilien Robespierre was in charge of the Committee of Public Safety that, along with the Revolutionary Tribunal, condemned people to the guillotine... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 26 total (8 female, 18 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
María Irene FornésDescription
A love story set against the backdrop of war, perhaps nuclear holocaust. Paul, an American, meets Eve in Budapest... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Allan HavisDescription
A doomed love story about a United Nations official from Austria who falls for a high-class escort working in Manhattan... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Nick RobideauDescription
It's the year 2057, and the planet's climate crisis has passed the point of no return. Fires rage, cities drown, cancer rates soar, and the population is forced to live nocturnally... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (5 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Tammy RyanDescription
Joan moves from the city to the country with her air traffic controller husband and their twelve-year-old daughter in search of peace and safety... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Eric OvermyerDescription
A richly atmospheric, riveting noir peopled with lowdown characters who raise double and triple-crossing to high art.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Len JenkinDescription
A brilliantly conceived and highly theatrical experience in absurdist drama, in which the audience is taken on a wild and funny metaphysical journey into the fertile imaginations of the diverse characters whose bizarre stories are deftly interwoven into the fabric of the play... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (4 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Martin JonesDescription
DARK RIVER explores what happens when a family business has unintentionally poisoned their town.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
A R GurneyDescription
A mysterious woman puts a strain on a suburban couple's marriage.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesA R GurneyCollection Description
This collection includes two one-act plays: DARLENE and THE GUEST LECTURER. In DARLENE a mysterious woman puts a strain on a suburban couple's marriage... [read more]
Susan Eve HaarDescription
A black comedic look at the parents in Peter Pan. It is set in the present, in an upscale townhouse... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Glen Berger, with additional material by Brett KeyserDescription
Cristóbal is a wild-eyed gaucho hustler convicted of various crimes, including stealing original Charles Darwin manuscripts from rare book libraries around the world... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 70 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Cassandra MedleyDescription
Alma tries to reckon with injuries suffered by her beautiful daughter, Monique, while serving in the U... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (4 female)
Short Drama (about 40 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesCassandra MedleyCollection Description
This collection includes two related one-act plays: DAUGHTER and SON. In DAUGHTER, a mother tries to reckon with injuries suffered by her daughter while serving in the U... [read more]