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Adele Edling ShankDescription
The story behind a fatal fire.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Eric OvermyerDescription
A play for children. When a statue of the legendary Hawaiian surfer Duke Kahanamoku comes to life, he relates his story to the Hawaiian children.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 80 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
S Anksy, adaptation by Tony Kushner, translated from Yiddish by Joachim NeugroschelDescription
Considered by many to be the greatest Yiddish drama, A DYBBUK recounts the tale of a wealthy man's daughter possessed by the spirit of her dead beloved.
Production Info
Cast: 18 total (5 female, 13 male)
Full Length Drama (about 160 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
José RiveraDescription
Written by José Rivera, Academy Award nominee for The Motorcycles Diaries, EACH DAY DIES WITH SLEEP is the story of a young woman's struggle to find an identity apart from the two men in her life, her father and her husband... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 85 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Brett NeveuDescription
An edgy suburban comedy. Three long-time friends meet at a bar, but before long they find themselves trapped in a crucible of competition and confession, both heartbreaking and sneaky-funny.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (3 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Anne García-RomeroDescription
In present day Los Angeles, Esmeralda, feisty with a capital "F" and frustrated, desperately wants out of her secretarial job... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Tony KushnerDescription
The play concerns an elaborate New York tax-evasion scheme involving public employees.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Drama (about 25 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Avery CrozierDescription
A satirical piece which turns its sharp eye on political correctness, office politics, sexual harassment, religious persuasions, and societal and cultural norms... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male, Flexible Casting)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
Two very different old friends, one a British novelist, the other an American novelist, meet for an uninhibited lunch where they bare the raw emotional content behind their latest publications.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male, multiple bit parts)
Short Drama (about 45 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Mia McCulloughDescription
The brain of a famous alcoholic/diabetic artist with a deteriorating body is transplanted into the vegetative body of a pro-golfer... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Lynne AlvarezDescription
Eddie Sanchez has never been out of New York City until now when he takes relics of his dead mother to her sister in Nautla, a tiny village on the Gulf Coast of Mexico where his parents were born... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (4 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Steve CarterDescription
Set in 1927 in New York City, EDEN revolves around Eustace, a happy-go-lucky African American man, who makes the mistake of falling in love with the girl next door, Annetta, daughter of an autocratic West Indian, Joseph Barton, who rules his household with an iron fist: he literally whips his belief in racial purity into his children with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Edwin SánchezCollection Description
This collection includes 15 short and very short plays. BEA AND MAY: Bea does not want her beloved, May, to marry Jerry, but Jerry's rich, and May has a plan... [read more]
Jeremy DobrishDescription
EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARDS) travels in reverse order through the previous eight days in the lives of 13 urbanites as they navigate missed opportunities and surprise connections in pursuit of romance and revelation.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Jenny StaffordDescription
Ellie is an ambitious high school senior who is determined to fulfill one of her life goals: to marry her high school sweetheart... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (4 female, 1 male, doubling)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesNeed help?