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Joe SuttonDescription
Cold fusion, long a dream of nuclear scientists, able to generate enough electricity to power entire cities from water, has at last been achieved... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (1 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Naomi WallaceDescription
THE RETREATING WORLD concerns an Iraqi bird keeper from Baghdad and his address before the International Pigeon Convention.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Naomi Wallace and Marcus RedikerDescription
In the silence of a Quaker meeting house, Benjamin Lay — shepherd, sailor, revolutionary, and the British Empire's first revolutionary abolitionist — returns from the grave almost 300 years after his death, as feisty and unpredictable as ever... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
The famous long-nosed hero returns home to Italy a changed man after the experience of his success in Hollywood and America.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Brooke BermanDescription
THE LIDDY PLAYS follow Liddy and Emerson, an enigmatic brother and sister, as they confront the death of their mother, fall in love with dangerous people, learn to meditate, and remember the past.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Short Drama (about 25 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Billy AronsonDescription
Graduates return to show off the incredible things they’ve become.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (4 female, 3 male)
Short Comedy (about 15 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Tony KushnerDescription
Six playwrights gather to illegally bury a seventh in an exclusive cemetery on Martha's Vineyard.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Short Comedy (about 20 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Yussef El GundiDescription
A writer's relationship is on the line when his work reveals perhaps more about his own biases than he realizes.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 15 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Euripides, adapted into English verse by Brian VineroDescription
Under the cover of darkness, the Trojan War shifts from the battlefield to the shadows as the legendary Thracian King Rhesus arrives to break the Greek siege... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (2 female, 9 male, plus a chorus)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Victoria StewartDescription
When Claudine meets Henry, a starving artist, she falls head over heels. Her mother, a financial guru, has her doubts... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (3 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Lia RomeoDescription
Richard Lamparsky is divorced, unsuccessful, and 40. Stephanie Winwood is beautiful, rich, and 28. But she's also just been stood up for her own lavish wedding at the Waldorf Astoria, which is where Richard comes in... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male, plus 1 nonspeaking role)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
Richard Nelson uses the familiar tale of Rip Van Winkle as the basis for his epic study of American agrarian reform, the Industrial Revolution, and the labor movement.
Production Info
Cast: 22 total (7 female, 15 male)
Full Length Drama (about 210 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Spalding Gray, based on a short story by Anton ChekhovDescription
Famously astute observer of everyday life, Spalding Gray receives a Chekhov short story in the mail, leading him into a monologue that confronts the fears that beset us... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Comedy (about 25 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Edwin SánchezDescription
Ralphy, a young gay man, is dying of AIDS and vents his rage on his parents. He leaves and hitch-hikes across America sending his parents a constant stream of abusive and angry letters... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 65 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Greg OwensDescription
A prose poem about the road.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes