19th Century
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Lynne AlvarezDescription
Two teens living in 19th-century Denmark are separated when the boy, Christian, mysteriously departs with Nina, an exotic older woman... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 15 total (9 female, 6 male, flexible casting, nonspeaking roles)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Alexandre Dumas, translated by Laurence SenelickDescription
"ANTONY is not a melodrama, ANTONY is not a tragedy, ANTONY is not a stage play. ANTONY is an acting-out of love, jealousy and anger in five acts... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 14 total (6 female, 9 male, extras)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Georges Feydeau, translated from the French by Laurence SenelickDescription
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
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 CostumesGeorges Feydeau, translated from the French by Laurence SenelickDescription
Trapped in a misalliance, a husband is set upon by his wife, his in-laws, and the midwife.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (4 female, 2 male)
Short Comedy (about 50 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Star FinchDescription
BONDAGE takes place pre-Emancipation on a small island in the Caribbean. With the onset of puberty, Zuri must use her wits to outsmart the twisted desires of a drunken master and a sadistic mistress on a haunted plantation... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (4 female, 1 male, 2 of the female characters should always be played by black actors or those who identify as biracial/black)
Full Length Drama (about 85 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Tom JacobsonDescription
Based on historical incident, the play chronicles the first race riot in Los Angeles history: the 1871 lynching of 18 Chinese men by a mob of 500 "people from all nations... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 14 total (4 female, 10 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Anthony Clarvoe, based on the novel by Lauren BelferDescription
It is 1901, and Buffalo, New York, stands at the center of the nation's attention as a place of immense wealth and sophistication... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (5 female, 6 male, flexible casting, doubling, bit parts)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
David WiltseDescription
Crazy Horse, the Sioux leader, engages General Crook, Indian fighter, in a confrontation that results in the death of Crazy Horse.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
August Strindberg, translated by Stephen MulrineDescription
Strindberg's chilling anatomy of a marriage — in which the two partners duel with each other until one is utterly defeated... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 140 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Reginald EdmundDescription
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE MOON follows a runaway slave girl and a former plantation mistress wanted for murder as they embark on a perilous journey North towards freedom, guided by an Ancient African Goddess.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (7 female, 6 roles are for black actors)
Full Length Drama (about 105 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period CostumesGeorges Feydeau, translated from the French by Laurence SenelickDescription
A husband and wife stay together by force of habit, their relationship based on nothing solid. The wife's aggression and bitterness and the husband's selfishness and irresponsibility are revealed, and their ferocious animosity unleashes such powerful comedy that it obscures the underlying darkness.
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Short Comedy (about 60 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Burt Grinstead and Anna StrombergDescription
Based on the classic novella, this darkly comic adaptation takes you to the dismal streets of London in the 1860s, where societal pressures silence a gentle doctor's questions about the nature of morality... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 16 total (7 female, 9 male, flexible casting, bit parts)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Burt Grinstead and Anna StrombergDescription
Based on the classic novella, this darkly comic adaptation takes you to the dismal streets of London in the 1860s, where societal pressures silence a gentle doctor's questions about the nature of morality... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Neil LaBute, based on the novel by Bram StokerDescription
Neil LaBute brings a rich theatricality and his provocative way with language and story to the world of Count Dracula, Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker, and his beloved Mina — this time, with very much a mind of her own — infusing the classic gothic tale of terror, obsession, and pathos with a modern edge... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (5 female, 7 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes