Murder
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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
Douglas PostDescription
Carter Bartosek, a foreign correspondent stationed in Beirut, returns to his Midwest hometown for the funeral of his best friend, a former congressman who apparently took his own life while high on alcohol and painkillers... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 140 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Marisa WegrzynDescription
Skewed family values and the deep and dark secrets they create become a life force for Valerie, the infamous butcher of Baraboo, Wisconsin... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (4 female, 1 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 110 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Adam SeidelDescription
Fascinated by a serial killer's poems to his victims, Nancy sets out to find him. When she discovers herself in his basement, she likes it.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Manuel Van LoggemDescription
Poisonous mushrooms, red herrings, marital infidelities, and a mysterious Merchant of Death are elements in this English-style thriller with a fascinating, intricate plot.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Burt Grinstead and Anna StrombergDescription
Based on the classic novella, this darkly comic adaptation takes you to the dismal streets of London in the 1860s, where societal pressures silence a gentle doctor's questions about the nature of morality... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 16 total (7 female, 9 male, flexible casting, bit parts)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Burt Grinstead and Anna StrombergDescription
Based on the classic novella, this darkly comic adaptation takes you to the dismal streets of London in the 1860s, where societal pressures silence a gentle doctor's questions about the nature of morality... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Lope de Vega, translated by Laurence BoswellDescription
A masterpiece by one of the greatest writers of the Spanish Golden Age. When the people of the town of Fuente Ovejuna revolt against their tyrannical overlord and murder him, the authorities attempt to find out who is responsible, leading to one of the most memorable acts of resistance in world drama.
Production Info
Cast: 16 total (4 female, 12 male, flexible casting up to 8 women and 20 men)
Full Length Drama (about 180 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Marisa WegrzynDescription
A raucous comic exploration of the ironies and insanities of corporate America where even professional assassins are fighting for their benefits... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male, doubling)
Full Length Comedy (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Carlos MurilloDescription
They seemed like the perfect couple. Attractive. Well-educated. Affluent. Why did the husband brutally murder his wife and take his own life? Aaron and Henry, two young wannabe screenwriters at a writer's retreat struggle with crippling blocks as they seek to solve the mystery... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Tim KellyDescription
This chilling whodunnit is about a woman who runs "Mystery Weekend Tours" at Coldblood Cottage, her ancestral home... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (6 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Sophocles, translated from the Greek by Laurence SenelickDescription
First performed around 430 BCE, Sophocles' OEDIPUS THE KING remains as shocking a tragedy as it must have been to the ancient Greeks... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (1 female, 7 male, doubling, nonspeaking parts)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Joseph ZettelmaierDescription
Los Angeles, 1933. PI Frank Ellery doesn't know it, but he's taken on the strangest case of his life... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (1 female, 4 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Oscar Wilde, translated by Matt DiCintioDescription
Inspired by symbolist poetry and the frequent appearance of Salomé in contemporary art and literature, Oscar Wilde wrote SALOMÉ in French during a Paris stay in 1891–92... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 17 total (2 female, 15 male, bit parts)
Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Neal BellDescription
When a screenwriter becomes entangled in the life of a university professor under investigation for a grisly murder, what begins as self-interest soon gives way to empathy, and a bond between men from seemingly opposite worlds deepens... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes