French
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Eric Overmyer, Moliere, Heinrich von Kleist, Jean GiraudouxDescription
A comical, anachronistic, and witty retelling of the Greek myth, composed "after Kleist by way of Molière with a little bit of Giraudoux... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (2 female, 5 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary 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
Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Vebér, translated by Laurence SenelickDescription
This classic and hilarious French farce commences when a customs official barges into newlyweds Robert and Paulette's train compartment at a most inopportune moment on their wedding night, rendering the poor fellow impotent... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (5 female, 7 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 130 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Jules Verne, adapted by Laura EasonDescription
Jules Verne's classic adventure tale is reimagined for the stage in this enchanting adaptation.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (2 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
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 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
Molière, adapted into English Verse by Brian VineroDescription
Monsieur Jourdain is a middle-class merchant who foolishly believes he can break into the upper echelon of society... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (4 female, 6 male, flexible casting, doubling, bit parts)
Full Length Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Edmond Rostand, translated into English verse by Brian VineroDescription
Rostand's masterpiece in verse CYRANO DE BERGERAC has enchanted audiences worldwide since the play's 1897 premiere in Paris... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 25 total (7 female, 18 male, multiple bit parts, doubling possible)
Full Length Comedy (about 180 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Georg Büchner, adapted by Robert AulettaDescription
Set during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, the play takes place from March 24 to April 4, 1794, when Maximilien Robespierre was in charge of the Committee of Public Safety that, along with the Revolutionary Tribunal, condemned people to the guillotine... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 26 total (8 female, 18 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 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
Molière, adapted by Christopher Bayes and Steven EppDescription
Molière's classic comedy comes to uproarious new life in a clever and contemporary adaptation Christopher Bayes and Steven Epp... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (3 female, 7 male, doubling)
Full Length Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Molière, translated and adapted by Richard NelsonDescription
With a calloused and lustful heart, Don Juan indulges his sexual appetites with boundless enthusiasm... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (3 female, 8 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Ruth WolffDescription
The sweep of Eleanor's entire life — from her early marriage to Louis VII, King of France, through her marriage to Henry II of England, to her imprisonment, reign and death — is encompassed in this action-packed, highly literate drama... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 16 total (5 female, 11 male, doubling possible)
Full Length Drama (about 140 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Owen S RackleffDescription
The first celebrity chef, Auguste Escoffier is revealed in all his culinary glory in this delightful one-man show.
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Eric Overmyer, an adaptation of Pierre Beaumarchais and Ödön von HorváthDescription
Eric Overmyer's sparkling adaptation and synthesis of Beaumarchais's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO and Ödön von Horváth's FIGARO GETS A DIVORCE... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 17 total (6 female, 11 male)
Full Length Drama (about 160 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes