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Euripides, adapted into English verse by Brian VineroDescription
After avenging his father Agamemnon's death by slaughtering his mother Clytemnestra, Orestes finds himself tormented by The Furies and pursued by the Argive people who seek to put him to death along with his sister Electra... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (3 female, 7 male, flexible casting, bit parts, a chorus)
Full Length Drama (about 130 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Franca Rame and Dario Fo, adapted by Estelle ParsonsCollection Description
This collection includes nine monologues concerned with sexual and domestic issues and female oppression: A WOMAN ALONE, MAMMA FRICCHETONA (THE FREAK MOMMY), WAKING UP, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME STORY, DIALOGUE FOR A SINGLE VOICE, MEDEA PROLOGUE, MEDEA, MONOLOGUE OF A WHORE IN A LUNATIC ASYLUM, and IT HAPPENS TOMORROW... [read more]
D Lee MillerDescription
The love/hate relationship of an older married couple coming to terms with the husband's death.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Adam SeidelDescription
Who do you step on to get to the top? A young Nuyorican beat maker calls out a rising pop star for ripping off his track... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male, one nonbinary character)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Jeremy DobrishDescription
A rock retelling of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice through the eyes of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, combining elements from Dante's Inferno and Nirvana's lyrics, to explore the essence of faith and love.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (3 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 95 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Joe SuttonDescription
In the first years after World War II the author of Animal Farm is chaperoned during an American book tour by a fetching young woman, whose job is to dissuade Orwell from telling Americans why he is a proud socialist.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male, 1 male bit part)
Full Length Drama (about 105 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
John StrandDescription
In 1904 the city of Saint Louis hosted a World's Fair. One event was titled the "University of Man," meant to celebrate the emerging science of anthropology and popular notions of biological evolution... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (2 female, 6 male, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 115 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Adam SeidelDescription
During a seemingly normal fishing trip weekend in the woods of Northern Wisconsin a marriage of thirty years implodes, leaving an entire family to face truths about the lives they live and the relationships they have with each other.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 85 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
Inspired by the Moscow Art Theatre's historic tour of America in 1923–1924, where Konstantin Stanislavski's company was awaited with feverish anticipation, OUR LIFE IN ART presents the Russian actors over the course of one day while they are far from home, and political and financial dangers press upon them from all sides.
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (5 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 115 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Tom JacobsonDescription
Two American couples get caught in a chronological palindrome on a trip to Italy. Stigmata, alchemy, adultery, and St... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Brooke BermanDescription
A contemporary Calypso on the island of Manhattan learns what family is all about.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Greg OwensDescription
Even though he's still alive and looking for work, the greatest artist of the twentieth century can't get hired as a substitute high-school art teacher because he isn't certified... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Anne García-RomeroDescription
Peace among Muslims, Christians, and Jews? It happened once, in Spain, for several hundred years, why couldn’t it happen again? When NYU students Ibrahim and Paloma study an ancient Muslim treatise on the art and practice of love, they debate the complexities of romantic relationships while falling into one... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesSally OrdwayDescription
A performance artist's witty examination of life turns into a howl of help to alien beings.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 female)
Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
José RiveraDescription
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes