Short in Collection
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Anton Chekhov, adapted by Richard Nelson from a translation by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa VolokhonskyDescription
“LITTLE COMEDIES finds the sublimity in intimacy and reminds one that the author was, among many things in his too-short life, a master of the short story … by turns riotously funny, deeply sad and quietly contemplative... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Short Comedy (about 20 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Laura QuinnDescription
A math major, a biology major, and an economics major explore feminist poetry with the help of several pitchers of beer.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 20 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Brett C LeonardDescription
“Leonard comes at you head on and with no holds barred, like no one that I know of at work presently in the theater... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male, plus a choir of men and women)
Short Drama (about 15 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Lauren FeldmanDescription
An estranged mother visits her daughter in college in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 female)
Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Greg OwensDescription
A trailer park, a tattered bathrobe, a sixteen-year-old pregnant daughter, pork rinds, and … a winning lottery ticket?
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Short Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Robert ChesleyDescription
Dog and Buck, former lovers, run into each other at a bar. Both now have AIDS. Buck's disease is in the advanced stages, and Dog refuses to recognize and acknowledge their shared past and, inevitably, their shared future... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 male)
Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
José RiveraDescription
A young girl bears the child of a fabled flying man.
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (3 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 20 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Brooke BermanDescription
THE LIDDY PLAYS follow Liddy and Emerson, an enigmatic brother and sister, as they confront the death of their mother, fall in love with dangerous people, learn to meditate, and remember the past.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 female)
Short Drama (about 25 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Franca Rame and Dario Fo, adapted by Estelle ParsonsDescription
Maria, a housewife, has been locked up at home by her jealous husband. Come to think of it, all the men in her life have been oppressing her... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 female)
Short Drama (about 45 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Ludmilla BollowDescription
Angel lives alone in the house on the hill, built by her now-deceased husband, Vernon, the love of her life... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 female)
Short Drama (about 45 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesWendy WassersteinDescription
A running commentary on, to, and about a woman's life and her exercise routine.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 female)
Short Comedy (about 5 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Sherry KramerDescription
On their first date, Didi and Fred desperately try to feel something for each other. But they can’t... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Comedy (about 45 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Jonathan ReynoldsDescription
Deftly mingling fantasy and reality, the action centers on "Duke" Bronkowski, an aging big-league pitcher trying for a comeback... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (1 female, 9 male)
Short Comedy (about 30 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
José RiveraDescription
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (1 female, 5 male)
Short Drama (about 15 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
A man shares his duties in the transportation and delivery of food aid.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Drama (about 5 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes