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Constance CongdonCollection Description
This collection includes four full-length plays: TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS, NO MERCY, LOSING FATHER'S BODY, and CASANOVA... [read more]
John Guare, based on a short story by Anton ChekhovDescription
While hang gliding in the Catskills, a young woman wonders whether the young man in her company loves her... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Short Comedy (about 20 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
José RiveraDescription
If we suspected everything we said was being recorded, would we act differently?
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 male)
Short Drama (about 15 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Tom JacobsonDescription
On the night in 1939 when Count Basie is to be the first black performer at the Palomar Ballroom next door, a pair of Bimini Baths attendants are tasked with cleaning up a stranger fished out of the La Brea Tar Pits.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Ian TaylorDescription
This delightful small-scale musical is about the life of Gilbert and Sullivan. It is interspersed with some of the best-known songs from the Savoy operas, including THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, HMS PINAFORE, and THE MIKADO.
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (4 female, 7 male, flexible casting)
Full Length Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Molière, adapted by Constance Congdon from a literal prose translation by Virginia ScottDescription
Constance Congdon's witty verse adaptation of Molière's timeless classic, in which a religious conman infiltrates the household of a gullible man and his exasperated family, has lent itself to productions set in modern-day Texas, New Orleans, and even The Sopranos' New Jersey.
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (5 female, 7 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Matthew LombardoDescription
TEA AT FIVE captures the fiery spirit of Katherine Hepburn in a one-woman show that recounts her journey from a well-heeled Yankee childhood to being a winner of four Oscars... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 female)
Full Length Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Steve CarterDescription
A tragicomical look at the current state of our country, with a special nod to the American habit of mispronouncing "Nuclear," "Acapulco," "Realtor," and "Inauguration... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 female)
Short Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Mark ChrislerDescription
TEATIME AT GOLGOTHA is "a heady, wittily self-effacing drama" about the unenviable search for meaning in what is — in all likelihood — a cold, cold world... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (1 female, 8 male)
Full Length Drama (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Loften MitchellDescription
TELL PHARAOH is the story of Harlem, our nation's foremost black community.
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Firesign TheatreDescription
A short history of European expansion and Native American displacement.
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (4 male)
Short Comedy (about 15 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Yussef El GuindiDescription
East meets West meets mayhem in this Muslim-American family comedy evoking universal themes of faith, culture, belonging, and desire... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (4 female, 6 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Tom Wilson WeinbergDescription
A paean to gay life and its idiosyncrasies, TEN PERCENT REVUE has proven a hit across the country with audiences of all persuasions... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Nat CassidyDescription
M and G's new apartment is nothing special — it really could be any generic New York City apartment — but they're hoping it's a place of healing, a new beginning after a traumatic encounter with a former friend... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male, 2 actors may be male or female or nonbinary)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Begonya PlazaDescription
Carlotta is not afraid to search with eyes open for the first time, inspired by Saint Teresa of Avila and her publisher, Becky, a Jewish lesbian from New York... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 65 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes