Academia
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William MastrosimoneDescription
Inspired by the Thurston High School shooting, BANG BANG YOU'RE DEAD follows a high school shooter who is tormented in his jail cell by apparitions of the classmates he killed.
Production Info
Cast: 15 total (9 female, 6 male, flexible casting, up to 30 actors)
Short Drama (about 40 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Anthony GiardinaDescription
At an elite women's college in Massachusetts, two minor crises emerge during the fall semester: the philandering head of the English Department decides to callously end his affair with a colleague, and an aging professor is caught making unwanted sexual advances toward a student... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (5 female, 5 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 105 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Brett NeveuDescription
A creative writing professor is called to the office of the college president for questioning. What has been going on in his classroom to provoke a growing controversy and attract the attention of the United States military? Is there a real threat, or is it imagined?
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
A R GurneyDescription
Based on A R Gurney's novel Entertaining Strangers, the story is reminiscent of TARTUFFE. Set in academia, at a large technological institute in the Boston area, HUMAN EVENTS follows the rise of a visiting instructor, presumably from England, as he ingratiates himself into the Humanities department and snakes his way up the ladder of success.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Seth RozinDescription
Michaela, an African American dean at a major American university, summons Alan, a renowned professor of cultural psychology, in response to student protest over his controversial paper on female initiation rites in sub-Saharan Africa... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
Subtitled "A Comedy of Trans-Atlantic Manners." An Englishman and his family live far-flung across the vast American continent... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Jack CanforaDescription
John Greer has a charmed life: he is a professor at a renowned university, a beloved father, and he is about to be named Poet Laureate... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 80 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
"Poets' Walk is the name of a park, or rather a series of trails that skirt along the Hudson River. Legend has it that Washington Irving got his idea for Rip Van Winkle while walking through this property and gazing out at the Catskill Mountains... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 female)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Victor L CahnDescription
Melissa figures she has everything: a thriving career, a devoted partner (who never overstays his welcome), and the freedom to enjoy whatever and whomever else she wants... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Frank WintersDescription
What happened at that party? College students become locked in an intense moral argument over how to treat a sexual encounter that happened in their midst.
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (7 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Frank WintersDescription
What happened at that party? High school students become locked in an intense moral argument over how to treat a sexual encounter that happened in their midst.
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (7 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Rachel LynettDescription
After an attack influenced by her race, Cass wants to just forget about it and move on with her life but her (white) roommate and the dean of the university push her to "make an example of it... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (4 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes