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Richard NelsonDescription
It's 1948 and during a spring weekend in Westport, Connecticut a close-knit group of Russian emigres, including choreographer George Balanchine, composer Igor Stravinsky, conductor Serge Koussevitsky, painter/set designer Sergey Sudeikin and composer Nikolai Nabokov, gather to eat, drink and talk.
Production Info
Cast: 18 total (8 female, 10 male)
Full Length Drama (about 155 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Brett C LeonardDescription
Three generations of an Italian-American family gather to mourn the death of their matriarch.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (1 female, 4 male, Child Actor)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Judy GeBauerDescription
A brief, explosive story of American violence on Mexican soil.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male)
Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Phil BosakowskiDescription
In ten takes facing the television cameras Nixon tries to tape an apology to the nation, takes which inevitably provoke the eruptions of Nixon's warped visions of people and events in American history... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 20 total (7 female, 13 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 85 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Matt PelfreyDescription
NO GOOD DEED revolves around the interconnecting stories of three troubled heroes, including a Richard Jewell–like security guard; a firefighter who has rescued a toddler from a well; and lonely teen Josh Jaxon, a budding graphic novelist whose "Hellbound Hero" comes to life as his alter ego.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (2 female, 6 male, doubling)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Christina MasciottiDescription
Set in present-day Queens, NO GOOD THINGS DWELL IN THE FLESH features an immigrant master tailor struggling to convince her assistant to take over her business as she loosens her grip on the material world... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male, bit parts, doubling)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Constance CongdonDescription
A man who witnessed the first testing of the atom bomb at Trinity Site struggles to find faith and meaning in the modern world while Robert Oppenheimer examines the consequences of his own experimentation... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Charles GordoneDescription
In NO PLACE TO BE SOMEBODY a black bartender in New York City attempts to outwit a white mobster syndicate... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 16 total (5 female, 11 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Naomi WallaceDescription
In this lyrical, searing one-act, an American soldier has an unexpected encounter with two Afghan sisters who are ready to embark on a new life... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 50 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Adam RappDescription
A son is pushed beyond his limits by his father who wants him to be a great pianist. Then there is an accident in which his sister is killed... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Cassandra MedleyDescription
Wendy, whose secret birth name is Zena, is a negro-identified woman who is passing for white. Suddenly, on a white hot day in August, she crosses paths with her black husband from the past.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Ruth WolffCollection Description
In NOTABLE WOMEN — AND A FEW EQUALLY NOTABLE MEN the biographical plays of Ruth Wolff are, for the first time, collected in one volume... [read more]
Tony KushnerDescription
A fascinating dialogue concerning Jewish traditions and rituals, from Passover to the Seder, between the author and a director that touches on many of the questions and concerns that arise in the practice of them.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 male)
Short Comedy (about 20 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Jeremy DobrishDescription
Inspired by Luigi Pirandello's EACH IN HIS OWN WAY, Jeremey Dobrish's NOTIONS IN MOTION sets the action in Manhattan and sparkles with witty and engaging philosophical repartee on the nature of identity and reality... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (4 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Penny PennistonDescription
A time-bending love story between two physicists. Described by The Chicago Sun-Times as "a deft little romantic screwball comedy with a very brainy twist... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (1 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes