1910s
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Richard NelsonDescription
Harley Granville Barker, the most influential theatre-maker of his time, finds himself adrift in America during the Great War... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (2 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 130 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Tom JacobsonDescription
Dark secrets bubble to the surface as two strangers — one a priest, the other a noted art historian — share a surreal confession at the "exclusive" Bimini Baths, circa 1918... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
David WiltseDescription
Based on a true story, SEDITION follows an innocent man accused of sedition during the war hysteria of World War I.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (1 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 115 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
George Cram Cook and Susan GlaspellDescription
Originally produced by the Provincetown Players in 1915, SUPPRESSED DESIRES satirizes the then-current obsession with dream interpretation: Henrietta is unable to stop overanalyzing the dreams of her husband, Stephen, and sister, Mabel.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Short Comedy (about 30 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Tom JacobsonDescription
The true story of two actors who hired themselves out to the Long Beach Police Department in 1914 to entrap "social vagrants" in public restrooms... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Carl Sternheim, translated from the German by Laurence SenelickDescription
When the opportunity arises for lowly musician Paul Schippel to rise in the ranks of society, he takes it... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (2 female, 6 male, doubling possible)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes