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Stephanie Alison WalkerDescription
One out of every 54 homes in America received a foreclosure notice in 2008. Stephanie Alison Walker takes us on a deeply personal journey through recent history as she shines a light on three out of the millions of stories of loss... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (5 female, 4 male, doubling)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Kermit Frazier and John LeichtDescription
A passionate retelling of the Daniel Bell incident, in which a black man was shot and killed while running from police officers.
Production Info
Cast: 20 total (5 female, 15 male, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Gil KofmanDescription
A renegade investigation of endangered post-September 11 civil liberties.
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male, multiethnic cast)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Jonathan YukichDescription
The mysterious Mr Much contrives to convince ordinary Albert that he is a "little person" — but is he? Join one man's struggle to distinguish reality from delusion in a world far more outlandish, but only slightly more absurd, than our own.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Len JenkinDescription
A kaleidoscopic, surrealistic overview of contemporary America, set forth in the bizarre, highly theatrical style which characterizes this writer's distinctive voice... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (3 female, 7 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Adam SeidelDescription
A love triangle develops between a hit man, an accountant with a propensity towards self-destruction, and his unhappy wife.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 male)
Full Length (about 85 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Adam RappDescription
Art "Crazy Train" Sligo (Slee-go), all-star wrestling legend, is about to retire. His two sons, his sister-in-law, his greatest fan, and a few unexpected guests gather on the eve of his final match for his last supper, but things just can't seem to stop going wrong in the Sligo home.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Lydia StrykDescription
A brutal account of the effect of the Iraq war and past wars on soldiers and military families. What is the legacy of war on the home front? How do we best serve our country?
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (4 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
To the Englishman Harry, Thursday may be a stupid day to have a holiday, but for his wife, Anne, in her eighth month of pregnancy and third year in London, a Thanksgiving dinner is a slightly desperate way to bring America to England... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male)
Short Drama (about 45 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Eugène Brieux, translated by Felicia LondréDescription
Misunderstandings arise when a bumptious but well-meaning American, Captain Smith, tries to bring Yankee innovation to a tradition-bound French family in a decaying ancestral home in Burgundy... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (4 female, 6 male, 1 child, doubling possible)
Full Length Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Eric Overmyer, Moliere, Heinrich von Kleist, Jean GiraudouxDescription
A comical, anachronistic, and witty retelling of the Greek myth, composed "after Kleist by way of Molière with a little bit of Giraudoux... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (2 female, 5 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Lynne AlvarezDescription
Two teens living in 19th-century Denmark are separated when the boy, Christian, mysteriously departs with Nina, an exotic older woman... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 15 total (9 female, 6 male, flexible casting, nonspeaking roles)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Kat RamsburgDescription
When Amelia's mother receives Compassionate Release from her prison sentence, Amelia's carefully constructed world is threatened... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (3 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
A R GurneyDescription
Set in Buffalo, New York in the 1940s, ANCESTRAL VOICES is a bittersweet story, perceived through the eyes of young Eddie, whose family is turned inside out when his grandmother unexpectedly divorces his grandfather in order to marry his grandfather's best friend... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Naomi WallaceDescription
Two imprisoned young women, one African American and the other white, form a perilous bond. As they serve time they forge a plan for survival... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (4 female, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes