Religion
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Michael Benjamin WashingtonDescription
In the political and racial upheaval of 1963, Bayard Rustin — the brilliant proponent of nonviolent civil resistance — is pushed to orchestrate an unprecedented march on Washington D... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (1 female, 4 male, bit parts: a chorus of ancestors)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Sholem Asch, translated by Richard Nelson with Robert MarxDescription
BBC correspondent David Mazower (Sholem Asch's great-grandson) described THE GOD OF VENGEANCE as "admired, translated, parodied, panned, banned, prosecuted, withdrawn, forgotten, revived, celebrated... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (7 female, 5 male, bit parts)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Matthew LombardoDescription
When Sister Jamison Connelly agrees to sponsor a 19-year-old drug user in an effort to help him combat his addiction, her own faith is ultimately tested... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Various AuthorsDescription
A selection of titles that explore significant civil rights people and events.
Stephen BelberDescription
When TV anchor Charlie Duff begins to sign off each broadcast with a prayer, a growing crowd of believers becomes glued to their TV sets — wondering when their prayers will be answered... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (2 female, 6 male, doubling, characters on video)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Matt Lyle and Matt ColemanDescription
The End Times are upon us! It's about time. The congregants of the Third Baptist Church of Uncertain, Texas are only certain about two things: the rapture is definitely happening sometime in the next two hours (the Bible math checks out), and two hours is not enough time to squeeze every single drop of life from this wicked, wonderful world... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Vickie RamirezDescription
A Tuscarora woman, who was born outside of her Clan, and therefore outside of Longhouse tradition, struggles to find her place on her very traditional reservation.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (3 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Tom JacbosonDescription
A small Lutheran choir in its death throes provides the backdrop for this Chekhovian warning of the impending doom of mainline Protestantism in America... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Matt LyleDescription
In 1692, as the Salem Witch Trials rage in nearby Salem, the residents of Peabody, Massachusetts are going through their own crucible, and they are just, like, really sick of crucibles... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male, doubling, flexible casting, up to 37 actors)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Angela HanksDescription
Thalia wants to build a farmhouse in the middle of the great big city. Mabel is on a quest to become its first female preacher (although her rampant sexual thoughts are having a real impact on her sermonizing)... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (4 female, 3 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes