19th Century

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  • Tom Jacobson

    Description

    Is it pornography or is it art? TASTY LITTLE RABBIT tells the true story of a 1936 Fascist Italian investigation of pornography charges in Taormina, Sicily... [read more]


    Production Info

    Cast: 3 total (3 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Period Costumes
  • Neal Bell, adapted from the novel by Emile Zola

    Description

    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
  • Anton Chekhov, translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear, and Larissa Volokhonsky

    Description

    "Mankind used to be busy with wars, filling all its existence with campaigns, raids, victories, but now that has all outlived itself, leaving a huge empty space, and there's nothing to fill it with... [read more]


    Production Info

    Cast: 14 total (5 female, 9 male, extras)
    Full Length Comedy (about 110 minutes)
    Multiple Sets
    Period Costumes
  • Richard Nelson

    Description

    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 Mulrine

    Description

    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
  • Anton Chekhov, translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

    Description

    An exhilarating new version of UNCLE VANYA that pairs one of the greatest plays ever written with the world's most celebrated translators of Russian literature... [read more]


    Production Info

    Cast: 7 total (4 female, 3 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
    Single Set
    Period Costumes
  • Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Richard Nelson

    Description

    In celebrated playwright Richard Nelson's bold adaptation of Ibsen's classic, profound tragedy and surprising comedy combine to tell the story of the Ekdal family... [read more]


    Production Info

    Cast: 11 total (3 female, 8 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
    Multiple Sets
    Period Costumes
  • Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Anthony Clarvoe

    Description

    Anthony Clarvoe's adaptation of THE WILD DUCK remains remarkably faithful to Ibsen's masterpiece.


    Production Info

    Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
    Single Set
    Contemporary Costumes
  • Georg Büchner, English version by Kenneth Tigar

    Description

    A groundbreaking masterpiece of the modern theatre. The play tells the tale of a poor soldier, a barber in the army, who is overwhelmed by the military and forced to become a human guinea pig for quasi-medical research... [read more]


    Production Info

    Cast: 16 total (4 female, 12 male, doubling, bit parts, children, extras)
    Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Period Costumes