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Richard Nelson
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AND SO WE COME FORTH is set in early July, 2020, amidst massive protests against racism in America and over the murder of George Floyd, as well as the anxious easing of a worldwide lockdown... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesEuripides, adapted into English verse by Brian VineroDescription
In the aftermath of the Trojan War, the royal-born Andromache finds herself in far-off Greece enslaved by the family of the man who killed her husband and forced her into the role of concubine... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (4 female, 6 male, flexible casting, bit parts, a chorus)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period CostumesTony KushnerDescription
In the first part of Tony Kushner's epic, set in 1980's New York City, a gay man is abandoned by his lover when he contracts the AIDS virus, and a closeted Mormon lawyer's marriage to his pill-popping wife stalls... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (3 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 180 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesTony KushnerDescription
Among the twentieth century's defining works of American art, ANGELS IN AMERICA remains as transcendent, as potent, and as timely in its concerns as when it premiered on Broadway over 25 years ago.
Tony KushnerDescription
In the second part of Tony Kushner's epic, the plague of AIDS worsens, relationships fall apart as new ones form, and unexpected friendships take form.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (3 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 220 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesAdam RappDescription
Two men are snowbound in a cheap motel room in Boone, North Carolina. On a pick-up errand for their drug dealing boss, ten-year partners Burris and Dantly await the arrival of the enigmatic "Burning Man... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 130 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesEugene O'NeillDescription
A weary former prostitute seeks out her estranged sea captain father, hoping to find forgiveness from him, while hiding her past from a sailor she loves... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (2 female, 10 male)
Full Length Drama (about 125 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period CostumesReina HardyDescription
Annie Jump is a 13-year-old science genius whose alien-obsessed father is the laughingstock of Strawberry, KS... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male, plus offstage voices)
Full Length Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesEric John MeyerDescription
Pony up, America! Equestria is a land of friendship. Equestria is a land of magic. Equestria is Ben's apartment in rural Pennsylvania... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesSophocles, adapted by Gregory MosherDescription
Kreon, the king of Thebes, has decreed that his nephew, the rebel soldier Polynices, will lie where he died in battle, as food for the birds and dogs... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male, Chorus 1 to 16)
Full Length Drama (about 55 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesAlexandre Dumas, translated by Laurence SenelickDescription
"ANTONY is not a melodrama, ANTONY is not a tragedy, ANTONY is not a stage play. ANTONY is an acting-out of love, jealousy and anger in five acts... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 14 total (6 female, 9 male, extras)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period CostumesMaurice Hennequin and Pierre Vebér, translated by Laurence SenelickDescription
This classic and hilarious French farce commences when a customs official barges into newlyweds Robert and Paulette's train compartment at a most inopportune moment on their wedding night, rendering the poor fellow impotent... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (5 female, 7 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 130 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period CostumesVarious AuthorsDescription
A collection of five apocalyptic and dystopian plays portending calamitous events, some of which treat the future with discomfiting seriousness, some of which tickle the funny bone, all of which provoke rich contemplation of both our present and what lies ahead.
Richard NelsonDescription
In THE APPLE FAMILY: CONVERSATIONS ON ZOOM: A PANDEMIC TRILOGY, after six months of self-imposed pandemic isolation, the Apple siblings again gather on Zoom for an evening of dinner, conversation and performance, while the world continues to sputter more and more out of control, amidst anger, loss, death and a coming election.
Richard NelsonDescription
This compelling quartet of plays is about family, politics, change, and the way we live today. They resonate with remarkable immediacy and relevance... [read more]