German
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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
Tony KushnerDescription
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ANGELS IN AMERICA comes this powerful portrayal of individual dissolution and resolution in the face of political catastrophe.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (5 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 160 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Len Jenkin, adapted from "Ein Landarzt" by Franz KafkaDescription
Len Jenkin's surrealistic comedy uses Franz Kafka's story "Ein Landarzt" as a point of departure to explore his personal life and literary works.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary 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 Costumes
Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Jo CliffordDescription
A fresh, performable version of Goethe's "unstageable" masterpiece. God and Mephistopheles vie for the mortal soul of Dr Faust... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (5 female, 7 male)
Full Length Drama (about 240 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period 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
Julie Marie MyattDescription
For many urban dwellers, daily life includes walking the dog surrounded by strangers and neighbors with whom you have only a passing acquaintance, whose personal stories you can only guess, imagine, or project upon them through the various waves hello, small talk about the weather, or random gestures of kindness... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male, one dog)
Full Length (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Georg Büchner, adapted by Sean GraneyDescription
Büchner's classic is brought to vivid life in Sean Graney's sensational adaptation.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (2 female, 5 male, doubling)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Friedrich von Schiller, translated by Laurence SenelickDescription
Ferdinand is an army major and son of President von Walter, a high-ranking noble in a German duke's court, while Luise Miller is the daughter of a middle-class musician... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (2 female, 7 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Arthur Schnitzler, adapted by Eric BentleyDescription
Eric Bentley's adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's classic LA RONDE.
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (5 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Carl Sternheim, translated by Eric BentleyDescription
In THE UNDERPANTS, she is waiting in the crowd — Berlin, circa 1910 — craning her neck forward to see the Kaiser pass by... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Frank Wedekind, English version by Kenneth Tigar and Clayton KoelbDescription
Possibly the ultimate coming-of-age drama. The play follows a group of high-school friends in Victorian-age Germany who begin to experience their first sexual desires in a world where even talking about sex is taboo... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 25 total (7 female, 18 male, some doubling)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Bertolt Brecht, from a scenario by Elisabeth Hauptmann, music by Kurt Weill, translated from the German by Laurence SenelickDescription
THE THREEPENNY OPERA reimagines John Gay's 18th-century ballad opera THE BEGGAR'S OPERA with a biting critique of capitalism and the bourgeoisie... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 20 total (7 female, 13 male, flexible casting, doubling, bit parts)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period CostumesCarl Sternheim, translated by Eric BentleyDescription
In THE UNDERPANTS, she is waiting in the crowd — Berlin, circa 1910 — craning her neck forward to see the Kaiser pass by... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Carl Sternheim, translated from the German by Laurence SenelickDescription
When the opportunity arises for lowly musician Paul Schippel to rise in the ranks of society, he takes it... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (2 female, 6 male, doubling possible)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes