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Anne García-RomeroDescription
In a Spanglish-speaking land, Juanita disguises herself as a man to escape the wrath of her lover Ignacio's father... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (7 female, 5 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Reginald EdmundDescription
JUNETEENTH STREET is the journey of a family, a church, and a community after the death of their patriarch and head pastor... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male, all characters are African American)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
Hopper is covering a military coup in central Africa. Bellows, a rival journalist, arrives to begin his own coverage only to find that Hopper appears to have invented the story.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Greg LamDescription
A brutal alien conqueror addresses a human audience after subjugating Earth, forcing a terrified human translator to render its threats and cultural announcements.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 female)
Short Dark Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Lisa Sanaye DringDescription
KAIROS is the story of two people falling in love during a tectonic shift in society. Their nascent relationship is tested by the advent of Prometheus, a procedure that grants immortality to a select few... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male, may be performed with 2 to 4 actors)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Richard Nelson, Colin ChambersDescription
Designed for young audiences but especially suitable for eight to fifteen-year-olds, KENNETH'S FIRST PLAY takes us on an imaginative journey into the history of Western theater... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Kermit FrazierDescription
In a small Midwestern city in the late 1970s, a young actor, on his way from New York to California, takes a detour for a surprise visit to a veteran actor — an actor he's worked with in only one play but to whom he's found himself inexorably, if nearly unwittingly, attached... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Dan O'BrienDescription
On a rainy afternoon in Key West, Florida, Brigid ducks into Niall O'Neill's cluttered pub, in search of her keys... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesRichard NelsonDescription
The story of the murder of a militant United Mineworkers leader by an assassin hired by bureaucrats opposed to change.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (2 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Jonathan YukichDescription
What happens when football and aliens mix in the American South? Set in 1974, an Alabama family is forced to confront long-submerged truths when sports legend Bear Bryant visits their hometown of Balls... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Marisa WegrzynDescription
A raucous comic exploration of the ironies and insanities of corporate America where even professional assassins are fighting for their benefits... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male, doubling)
Full Length Comedy (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Carlo Gozzi, translated and adapted by Natalya BaldygaDescription
From the adaptor's note: This play is full of transformations, and through the act of adaptation, it has undergone transformations of its own... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (3 female, 5 male, doubling, a chrous, bit parts)
Full Length Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Marisa SmithDescription
Based on O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," this modern adaptation updates the tale of love and sacrifice to the modern day... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Mildred Inez LewisDescription
Based loosely on the life of Ghislaine Maxwell, this play tells the story of Amanda, who's spent her life partnered with Jay at an investment fund... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male, some doubling)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Rochelle OwensDescription
Abdal, a black man, and Hortten, a white man, experience, create, and transform the reality of their lives in this play that explores cultural ideals, myths, and sensibilities... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes