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Of Mice and Men
Based on the classic novella written by John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men tells the tale of two great...
The Outsiders
Christopher Sergel’s play is a faithful adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s coming-of-age-novel about rival...
The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson is the fourth play in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle. It takes place in 1936 and...
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Comedian Steve Martin’s absurd comedy of historical fiction, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, has Albert...
Play On!
One plucky community theatre is about to produce a show called Murder Most Foul, a new “murder myste...
She Stoops to Conquer
One of the eighteenth-century’s most enduring comedies, She Stoops to Conquer takes a comedic, often...
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Sweat
It’s the year 2000 in Reading, Pennsylvania and a group of friends go to work at the steel mill and...
Agamemnon
Agamemnon, the king of Argos, is returning victorious from the Trojan War. He expects a glorious hom...
Boeing Boeing
A hit comedy similar in vein to Shakespeare’s comedies of merry misadventures and mistaken identitie...
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Amongst the rubble of a bombed out village in the Caucasus Mountains, in the Soviet Republic of Geor...
The Children's Hour
Set in a fictional New England town in the 1930s, The Children’s Hour tells the story of two women w...
The Graduate
Benjamin Braddock is a confused young man. Having spent four years achieving a brilliant scholastic...
