1970s
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Steve CarterDescription
Set in 1927 in New York City, EDEN revolves around Eustace, a happy-go-lucky African American man, who makes the mistake of falling in love with the girl next door, Annetta, daughter of an autocratic West Indian, Joseph Barton, who rules his household with an iron fist: he literally whips his belief in racial purity into his children with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Kermit FrazierDescription
In a small Midwestern city in the late 1970s, a young actor, on his way from New York to California, takes a detour for a surprise visit to a veteran actor — an actor he's worked with in only one play but to whom he's found himself inexorably, if nearly unwittingly, attached... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Sally NemethDescription
The mysterious causes and devastating effects of a steel mill explosion are seen through the eyes of a defiant young widow.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (5 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Jack GilhooleyDescription
Every New Years the Mummers dress up in colorful costumes for the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia, one of the oldest folk traditions in America... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Rogelio MartinezDescription
Based on the true events surrounding the groundbreaking table tennis tournament that marked a decisive new chapter in US–China relations, PING PONG is the story of the extraordinary young man who played the game that changed the world and the political actors who were playing him... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (3 female, 5 male, doubling, bit parts)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Robert AulettaDescription
A theater professor is suspected in the murder of one of his students, with whom he was having an affair.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Robert AulettaDescription
RUNDOWN is the story of Pay, a Vietnam veteran, who is involved in a civilian massacre, and his best friend, Spear, a radical antiwar activist, whose activities lead to the death of two American soldiers.
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
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
Richard NelsonDescription
A married couple reflect on their opposition to the war in Vietnam.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesRichard NelsonDescription
A man laments the seeming indifference of the next generation to the causes for which his generation fought.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 10 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes