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Naomi WallaceDescription
BETWEEN THIS BREATH AND YOU takes place after hours in the waiting room of a clinic in West Jerusalem, where a Palestinian father confronts a nurse's aide, a young Israeli woman, about the meaning of the loss of his son and the impact it had on her life.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Eugene O'NeillDescription
O'Neill's first Broadway play pits brother against brother for the heart of a woman. On a farm in Massachusetts two close brothers, Robert, a poet, and Andrew, a contented farmer, are both in love with Ruth, the beautiful farm girl next door... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (4 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 140 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Adam Long, Reed Martin, Austin TichenorDescription
An affectionate, irreverent roller-coaster ride from fig leaves to Final Judgment, tackling the great theological questions: Did Adam and Eve have navels? Did Moses really look like Charlton Heston? And why isn't the word "phonetic" spelled the way it sounds? Whether you're Catholic or Atheist, Muslim or Jew, Protestant or Purple People Eater, you will be tickled by this romp through old-time religion.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (3 male, as written; gender-diverse and/or expanded casts welcome)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Phil BosakowskiDescription
Veteran journalist Ambrose Bierce, whose wit is as sharp as a scalpel, is sent by yellow journalist William Randolph Hearst to the Pacific Western Railroad, the symbol of big business corruption at the turn of the century... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 85 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
A R GurneyDescription
BIG BILL captures tennis player William Tilden's turbulent life in a series of scenes that shift back and forth in time... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (1 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Peter UllianDescription
Brothers Ray and Billy desperately need their new job with the local crime boss. They've got a drunken, aging father and an overworked sister... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (2 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 105 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Matt LyleDescription
An older white couple from the country moves to the city to be closer to their granddaughter and unknowingly settles in the gay neighborhood... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Greg LamDescription
After the apocalypse, a ragged sci-fi author is stopped by two armed survivors who turn out to be his biggest fans... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male, flexible casting)
Short Dark Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Adam RappDescription
A disgruntled East Village theater company with more on their minds than playing Bingo descends upon a small New England town... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Jim GrimsleyDescription
When Monty's family moves from Louisiana to a large city in Southern California, he and his siblings encounter a dangerous landscape where cruelty thrives among their peers, offering little comfort from their abusive home life... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male, extras)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Kermit FrazierDescription
Two Black male figures search for purpose and companionship in a disruptive, destructive, principally white world.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 male)
Short Drama (about 25 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Julie Marie MyattDescription
BIRDER follows middle-aged accountant Roger, who, upon discovering a house finch nesting outside his home, finds himself forced to question his most basic assumptions about what it means to be a father, husband, and breadwinner... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Yussef El GuindiDescription
A mother's son has made the ultimate sacrifice.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 female)
Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Betty ShamiehDescription
Four Arab women from across the ages meet in the afterlife. As these characters — who include the Biblical Delilah and a secular modern Arab-American — struggle to come to terms with their lives and their choices, this shockingly funny play skewers traditional views on sex, family, and terrorism.
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (4 female)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Period CostumesBetty ShamiehCollection Description
This collection includes one full-length play, THE BLACK EYED, and one short play, ARCHITECTURE. THE BLACK EYED: Four Arab women from across the ages meet in the afterlife... [read more]