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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
Neal BellDescription
Claire has a significant relationship with her television: she talks, and it answers her. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, she auditions to participate in a reality TV show so she can fight her "Final Battle" in front of millions of viewers.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male, 2 offstage voices)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Bernardo Solano and Allan HavisDescription
A fabulist comedy-drama of a future city-state made up of Tijuana and San Diego after a great California earthquake... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (6 female, 4 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 110 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Kyle WarrenDescription
No politician is as beloved as New York City Mayor John Kendrick, the four-term hero who triumphed during crisis and eliminated homelessness... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
A R GurneyDescription
O JERUSALEM centers around an American State Department official who becomes entangled in Middle Eastern politics before and after September 11, 2001... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Glen BergerDescription
O LOVELY GLOWWORM is about the history of the world as perceived by a stuffed goat who remembers his life from his perch at the edge of a domestic trash heap behind a derelict cottage in rural Ireland, circa 1918... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
George SapioDescription
Three-year-old Billy leads a charmed life; he stays home all day, gets his diapers changed, sleeps in a crib... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes