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Lynne AlvarezDescription
While the dance world celebrated Vaslav Nijinsky's meteoric rise to fame in the early 1900s, few were privy to the private side of this creative genius... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Richard NelsonCollection Description
This collection includes 12 thematically related short plays: 1976, FLYER; 1977, BRIEFING; 1978, SQUASH; 1979, WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER VACATION; 1980, THE ENVIRONMENT; 1981, THE FREEZE MOVEMENT; 1982, CIVIL RIGHTS; 1983, BUYING A HOUSE; 1984, THE LAST CIGARETTE OR THEY HAVE PROBLEMS IN CENTRAL AMERICA; 1984, U... [read more]
Plays in This Collection
- 1976, Flyer
- 1977, Briefing
- 1978, Squash
- 1979, What I Did on My Summer Vacation
- 1980, The Environment
- 1981, The Freeze Movement
- 1982, Civil Rights
- 1983, Buying a House
- 1984, The Last Cigarette or They Have Problems in Central America
- 1984, U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A.
- 1986, 'The Cherry Orchard'
- 1988, Thanksgiving
Henrik Ibsen, translated by Kenneth McLeishDescription
Considered one of Ibsen's masterpieces, ROSMERSHOLM is the story of Johannes Rosmer, a former clergyman and owner of the estate Rosmersholm... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 160 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Bo List, freely adapted from the play by Karel ČapekDescription
In 1920, Karel Čapek's early science fiction classic R.U.R. coined the term "robot" and looked ahead to the wonders and dangers of artificial intelligence decades before it was cool to worry about such things... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (5 female, 4 male, doubling)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Arthur Schnitzler, adapted by Eric BentleyDescription
Eric Bentley's adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's classic LA RONDE.
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (5 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Eric BentleyDescription
Eric Bentley's gay adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's LA RONDE set in 1970's New York.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (8 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Jonathan ReynoldsDescription
The setting is the Assembly Chamber of a State Legislature, where a determinedly liberal (and unpopular) lady legislator presses for passage of a bill requiring druggists to place contraceptive devices in plain view, with prices clearly marked... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (2 female, 9 male)
Short Comedy (about 30 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Greg LamDescription
After humanity's collapse, alien salvagers catalog Earth's ruins when they encounter Erin, a lone human survivor... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (3 female)
Short Dark Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Robert AulettaDescription
RUNDOWN is the story of Pay, a Vietnam veteran, who is involved in a civilian massacre, and his best friend, Spear, a radical antiwar activist, whose activities lead to the death of two American soldiers.
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Lydia StrykDescription
A high-level intelligence officer and his wife welcome a cultural attaché from a foreign country into their home and into their lives... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Kelly HamiltonDescription
This wonderful musical is a history of America's pioneers as they push their way across the country... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 16 total (8 female, 8 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Allan HavisDescription
Spinning a textured, twin narrative on the theme of possession, SAINTE SIMONE tracks a young New York woman of our era alongside the cascading coincidences of Simone Weil from Europe's 1930s... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Russell DavisDescription
Sally wants to leave home, as soon as possible, for art school in New York. Her mother seems increasingly distracted, or absent, and her younger brother, Christopher, is no help... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 130 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Russell DavisDescription
A movie star visits his mother in a psychiatric hospital.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Oscar Wilde, translated by Matt DiCintioDescription
Inspired by symbolist poetry and the frequent appearance of Salomé in contemporary art and literature, Oscar Wilde wrote SALOMÉ in French during a Paris stay in 1891–92... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 17 total (2 female, 15 male, bit parts)
Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes