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Carl Sternheim, translated by Eric BentleyDescription
In THE UNDERPANTS, she is waiting in the crowd — Berlin, circa 1910 — craning her neck forward to see the Kaiser pass by... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Jay O SandersDescription
An old Tutsi story-teller, sitting on a hill, invites us to join him in the most beautiful place on earth — Rwanda... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 14 total (2 female, 12 male)
Full Length Drama (about 180 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Aishah RahmanDescription
UNFINISHED WOMEN deals with the events in a home for unwed mothers on the last day of jazz musician Charlie Parker's life, March 12, 1955... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (7 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Neil LaButeDescription
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 Costumes
Edwin 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 Costumes
Oren 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 Costumes
Brooke 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 Costumes
Dominic 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 Costumes
Aishah 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 Costumes
Greg 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 Costumes
Martin 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 Costumes
Gregg OstrinDescription
When a cynical TV executive hired to take over a failing holiday-themed TV network finds herself in one of her own Christmas TV movies, her only way out is to learn to embrace the holiday spirit... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (4 female, 2 male, doubling/tripling, flexible casting up 11 actors possible)
Full Length Comedy (about 85 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Richard 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 Costumes
Megan 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 Costumes