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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 Costumes
Sally 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
Constance CongdonDescription
A deeply intelligent, provoking, and witty play, PARADISE STREET wrestles with important questions of class and gender in this country... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (6 female)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Adam SzymkowiczDescription
A couple decides their fate in a parking lot. A play meant to be performed outside by two actors quarantined together (1M, 1F) who can play a couple... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 55 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Sherry KramerDescription
The Faust story is one of our eternal myths — a story about striving, about always wanting more, about the struggle to know more, feel more, be more like God... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 115 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary CostumesGreg OwensDescription
A surreal meditation on America's pastime, involving a bat and a whole lot of skulls.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male)
Short Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Donald FreedDescription
The year is 2010, the place an elite psychiatric clinic, the Patient #1 is — the ex-president, George W Bush!
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Steve CarterDescription
Set "well in the past" on a fictional Caribbean island, the play tells the story of a sorceress who falls madly in love with a shallow womanizer.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (5 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 140 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes