Fairy Tale
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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
Vinnette Carroll, music and lyrics by Micki GrantDescription
In this tale based on an African-American fable, Croesus and his brothers are on a search for success and money... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (2 female, 3 male, flexible casting, chorus and dancers)
Short Comedy (about 30 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
José RiveraDescription
A high-school girl dons swastika earrings, given to her by her boyfriend, and finds that her life soon turns into a nightmare.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Short Drama (about 20 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Tom JacobsonDescription
A handsome, wealthy landowner who woos three sisters isn't what he seems. But neither are they. A harrowing comedy, that goes to hell.
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (3 female, 1 male, doubling)
Full Length Drama (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Julie Marie MyattDescription
Who gets to decide if a woman has children, and for whom? For years Martin is thought to be the last frog of his species, living alone in an amphibian lab, under the observation of a scientist eager to make her name in the field... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (4 female, 2 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesJosé RiveraDescription
Lulu's acne must have some cosmic meaning, perhaps punishment for her vanity, but when the acne morphs into hibiscus flowers, she believes she is cursed... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Drama (about 20 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesJosé RiveraDescription
A man goes to a gas station to fill up his tank. The Gulf War has just started, and the man's brother is fighting in it... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Drama (about 20 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Jeremy DobrishDescription
Loosely based on a Grimm fairy tale, THE HANDLESS MAIDEN weaves together three stories, that of a miller and his wife who have fallen on hard times and whose story includes devils, wizards, and cross-country treks; that of an ambitious New York lawyer who decides to give it all up and travel to Seattle to see Bill Gates' mansion, her magic castle; and that of a man who is about to be married in Seattle but decides he must first see an old lover... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (3 female, 5 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesMarie Thomas, music and lyrics by Micki GrantDescription
This play updates the familiar fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm from the 1800s to the 1980s. Hansel and Gretel's stepmother, Irma, has a plan to get rid of them... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 14 total (9 female, 5 male, flexible casting)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Carlo Gozzi, translated and adapted by Natalya BaldygaDescription
From the adaptor's note: This play is full of transformations, and through the act of adaptation, it has undergone transformations of its own... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (3 female, 5 male, doubling, a chrous, bit parts)
Full Length Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Billy AronsonDescription
The classic fairytale, thoroughly bastardized.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male)
Short Comedy (about 20 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Steven BanksDescription
Christmas Eve. New York City. An aspiring writer and a struggling actress meet while looking at the famous holiday windows, and the characters in the displays come to life and look back at them, including a lecherous elf with eyes for Mrs... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (2 female, 2 male, flexible casting, up to 17 actors)
Full Length Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Kristen PalmerDescription
After Warren proposes to Josie, she decides she must make one last attempt to find her long-lost father before she walks down the aisle... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Richard NelsonDescription
The famous long-nosed hero returns home to Italy a changed man after the experience of his success in Hollywood and America.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Evgeny Shvarts, translated by Laurence SenelickDescription
In an imaginary, fantastical land a scholar arrives seeking to find a way to make as many people as he can happy.
Production Info
Cast: 16 total (5 female, 11 male, doubling possible, many bit parts)
Full Length Comedy (about 130 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes