Short in Collection
-
Richard Nelson
Description
A comedy set at that epicenter of misunderstandings in 1990, just a year after the Berlin Wall was opened up and as its slow demolition was underway, and a year after the "Velvet Revolution" in Czechoslovakia.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Short Comedy (about 45 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes -
Neil LaBute
Description
A man attempts to make up with his wife for his bad behavior, tying himself in verbal knots as he seeks to avoid a genuine apology... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes -
Robert Auletta
Description
Amazons have moved in next door to Chaz. It was fine at first, but then came the weird music, the drums, the chanting, the archery... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Drama (about 15 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes -
Richard Nelson
Description
To the Englishman Harry, Thursday may be a stupid day to have a holiday, but for his wife, Anne, in her eighth month of pregnancy and third year in London, a Thanksgiving dinner is a slightly desperate way to bring America to England... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male)
Short Drama (about 45 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes -
Susan Soon He Stanton
Description
Two outsiders, Dado and Desiree, have known each other all their lives in a small town on Kauai. But not until they find themselves trapped together in a library basement during a storm do they finally confront their shared childhood, struggling to negotiate their futures while honoring their past.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 30 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes -
Neil LaBute
Description
A suburban husband and wife have had to relinquish their foster son, who has turned criminal, to the authorities... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 20 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes -
Georges Feydeau, translated from the French by Laurence Senelick
Description
THE AWFUL TOOTH was the last new play of Feydeau to be produced in his lifetime, and its dentist's chair offers a dose of sadistic hilarity... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Short Comedy (about 45 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes -
Greg Owens
Description
A young girl and her mother watch Evel Knievel fail to jump Snake River Canyon while her dad leaves them both for his girlfriend... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 female)
Short Comedy (about 10 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes