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Adam Rapp
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On the night of a terrible storm, a single mother and her younger son await the arrival of the older son, who has broken out of prison... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 85 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesJosé RiveraCollection Description
This collection includes six short plays: FLOWERS, TAPE, A TIGER IN CENTRAL PARK, GAS, THE CROOKED CROSS, and THE WINGED MAN... [read more]
Mildred Inez LewisDescription
Set in the 1850s, New Jersey transplant Bobby Hawkins marries Susannah, the daughter of a leading South Carolina family... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Period CostumesNaomi Wallace, Bruce McLeodDescription
In this witty adventure for young audiences by MacArthur "genius" award winner Naomi Wallace, a young girl called Noil finds herself in a strange new place, and must accomplish three and a half magical tasks before she can return home... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (4 female, 3 male, Flexible Casting)
Full Length Comedy (about 85 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesJonathan ReynoldsDescription
GIRLS IN TROUBLE is a striking and ferocious play which dares to explore the controversial history of abortion, through its life-changing affect on women across several generations... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (4 female, 3 male, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary CostumesThe Illegitimate Players, Doug Armstrong , Keith Cooper, Maureen MorleyDescription
Tennessee Williams gets the illegitimate treatment as THE GLASS MENDACITY hilariously parodies his work in this "magnolia operetta... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 85 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesSholem Asch, translated by Richard Nelson with Robert MarxDescription
BBC correspondent David Mazower (Sholem Asch's great-grandson) described THE GOD OF VENGEANCE as "admired, translated, parodied, panned, banned, prosecuted, withdrawn, forgotten, revived, celebrated... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (7 female, 5 male, bit parts)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Single Set
Period CostumesAdam RappDescription
The steel mill has closed in the town of Gompers. While prejudice, poverty, and crime are rampant, there are signs of hope when a Blue Jesus is seen walking on water, a golden greyhound is found under a tree, and riverboat gambling is promised... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (2 female, 8 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary CostumesDorothy FortenberryDescription
Responsible Meg has always taken care of her bipolar younger brother Matt. But when she decides to get pregnant — and have her embryos screened for bipolar disorder — is she taking the idea of "being responsible" too far? A funny and surprising play about bioethics, siblings, and the limits of unconditional love.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesEdwin SánchezDescription
Hijo is leaving his family to pursue being an actor in New York.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Short Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesRichard NelsonDescription
Set against the chaotic aftermath of World War II, this play intimately explores the fragility of family relationships... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (4 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesMegan Terry, music Lynn Herrick, structured Jo Ann SchmidmanDescription
A comic, gymnastic extravaganza about family.
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (6 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesJonathan J SamarroDescription
When Thomas D'Angelo pays a long overdue visit to his Italian grandparents, he soon finds himself caught in the middle of the ongoing, if farcical, war between the two... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 50 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesOren SafdieDescription
Capturing teenage angst in all its passions, insecurities and foibles, GRATITUDE starts out as an innocent love story and snowballs into a life changing moment for three coming of age boys and one girl... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male, all characters high-school age, female character Middle Eastern or Indian)
Full Length Drama (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesThomas BabeDescription
Thomas Babe's study of the Gilded Age is, in the author's words, "a little of this, a little of that, part musical, part tragedy, part melodrama... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Multiple Sets
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