19th Century
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Henrik Ibsen, translated by Kenneth McLeishDescription
The title character, based on a legendary Norwegian folk hero, is a rogue who is saved by the love of a woman... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 28 total (10 female, 18 male)
Full Length Drama (about 160 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Ruth WolffDescription
In this comedy about the nature of marriage, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley battle out their relationship at the gates of Heaven and Hell... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Mallory Jane WeissDescription
A Wild West: A world where men ride horses and women ride bicycles. A world that is changed forever when Ruthie's husband, Jack (biggest pistol in town), wins three larger-than-life stallions in an auction... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Georges Feydeau, translated from the French by Laurence SenelickDescription
Inspired by Feydeau's wife's obsession with giving the children laxatives, especially his eldest son, Jacques, every character is despicable for their moral cowardice and egoism, providing a hopeless (but hilarious) environment for child-rearing.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male, 1 child)
Short Comedy (about 50 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Jane Austen, adapted by Christopher BakerDescription
Jane Austen's mastery of manners and morals is on full display in Christopher Baker's acclaimed stage adaptation of her beloved masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 18 total (10 female, 8 male, 18 speaking roles or with doubling 14 actors)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Neal Bell, adapted from the novel by Horatio AlgerDescription
Journalist Dick Hunter sets out to document the slums of 1890's New York where he discovers harrowing conditions of poverty and abuse.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Jon KleinDescription
Ibsen's characters from HEDDA GABLER, who know the play insanely well after centuries of performances, try desperately to keep the play afloat... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 140 minutes)
Single Set
Period CostumesGeorges Feydeau, translated from the French by Laurence SenelickDescription
What to do about a wife going around the apartment in her nightie until lunchtime?
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (1 female, 4 male)
Short Comedy (about 40 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Lynne AlvarezDescription
Set in Denmark in the early 1890s, Nina, the Snow Queen, has migrated south yet once again to find her "boy" for the season... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Reginald EdmundDescription
A white widow is assaulted; an angry mob is at the jail house door, screaming “Lynch him!” The only way to untangle the truth about the events is for the accused, Christopher C Davis, to look into the events that have led him to a tree stump in Athens, Ohio, in the year 1881.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male, 1 female and 2 males are black)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Tom JacobsonDescription
Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle use logic and religion to fend off a seductive vampire in this fang-in-cheek comedy/thriller.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (3 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Ian TaylorDescription
This delightful small-scale musical is about the life of Gilbert and Sullivan. It is interspersed with some of the best-known songs from the Savoy operas, including THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, HMS PINAFORE, and THE MIKADO.
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (4 female, 7 male, flexible casting)
Full Length Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Neal Bell, adapted from the novel by Emile ZolaDescription
The story of a young woman forced into an unhappy marriage to her dull, sickly cousin and smothered by her overbearing aunt... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (3 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
Based on a true story. The year is 1849, the place New York City. Two arch rivals — the English star William Macready and the American matinee idol Edwin Forrest — tempt fate when both perform the Scottish Play on the same night in neighboring downtown theaters... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 24 total (7 female, 17 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Anton Chekhov, translated by Stephen MulrineDescription
Vanya and his niece, Sonya, work relentlessly to keep their meagre estate going. Sonya finds relief in her undisclosed love for Astrov, the local doctor... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 160 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes