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Neil LaBute
Description
A man headed downtown from Union Square asks directions from a homeless man and winds up sharing the details of his marriage and the unexpected contents of his lunch bag.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Drama (about 15 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesEdwin SánchezDescription
Arrogant young Puerto Rican Fatima, who works as a counter girl at a fast-food restaurant, has been arrested for the murder of 14 people, poisoned at her workplace... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary CostumesOren SafdieDescription
Inspired by sexual harassment allegations brought against a nationally known clothing company, UNSEAMLY focuses its attention on an industry that has become synonymous for pushing the boundaries on sexuality while inflaming debates as to what is socially acceptable.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesBrooke BermanDescription
Sophy thinks she's the holy whore, Miriam runs from the family, and Justin tries to keep them all together... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (4 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesDominic TaylorDescription
Jacqueeda needs four dollars and sixty cents to go to her mother's boyfriend's funeral, and buy him a headstone... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesAishah RahmanDescription
Opal meets a drunk tramp named Psyche on the bus. He strikes up a conversation, and at first she's very wary of him... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male, plus 1 Musician)
Short Drama (about 25 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesGreg OwensCollection Description
This collection includes 11 comedic short plays: AT THE INTERSECTION OF AGE AND RAGE, THE BASTARD CHILD OF EVEL KNIEVEL, BUFFALO ROAM, EXTREME CUSTOMER SERVICE, FISH BABY DREAMING, THE LEPER VALLEY CONDO ASSOCIATION, PABLO PICASSO TEACHES HIGH SCHOOL, PASTIME, POETS ANONYMOUS, THE ROAD IS AN ASPHALT HOSTESS, and WHITE TRASH BINGO... [read more]
Suzy McKee CharnasDescription
The play revolves around Edward Weyland, a 2,000-year-old vampire who poses as a professor. He is forced to see a therapist in order to maintain his employment... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesMartin JonesDescription
In Nebraska in 1972, three members of the Peak family, father, mother, and teenage daughter, were murdered... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 115 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesRichard NelsonDescription
Stubbs, a United States senator, writes his memoirs and in so doing exposes to us the discrepancies between the actual events that took place and his recounting of them, which he freely reshapes to his own benefit... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 75 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary CostumesMegan TerryDescription
Through the use of dialogue, music, chant, dance, pantomime, and image, the play satirizes attitudes toward the Vietnam war... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 13 total (6 female, 7 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesVictor L CahnDescription
When Claire returns home from an afternoon of shopping, she discovers one of her packages is missing... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (3 female)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesDavid Mamet, based on a short story by Anton ChekhovDescription
Mischievous bureaucrats play a card game (vint) using identity documents in their possession until they are caught redhanded... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (6 male)
Short Comedy (about 15 minutes)
Single Set
Period CostumesRobert AulettaDescription
VIRGINS is a fantasia inspired by the robbery in New York of an armored car in which two policemen and a guard were killed... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Short Drama (about 45 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesChristina MasciottiDescription
Two lost souls in Reading, Pennsylvania converge: Mondo, a Greek immigrant whose eyesight suffers from a grueling divorce, and Dr... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 85 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes