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Death and the Maiden
Set in a country that is transitioning to democracy, Death and the Maiden explores how -- and if --...
The Diviners
When C.C. Showers, a back-sliding preacher, leaves the pulpit in Kentucky that he’s inherited from h...
Dreams in Captivity
After being kicked out of culinary school, aspiring chef Pax returns to his hometown to regroup. The...
Electra (Sophocles)
Justice and revenge lie at the heart of Sophocles’ Electra, still considered today a remarkable achi...
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Fools
The town of Kulyenchikov has been cursed with stupidity for the last 200 years. The vendor sells fis...
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a choreopoem by Ntozake...
The Gin Game
Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a seedy nursing home, strike up an acquain...
Good People
Life in Boston’s Southie neighborhood is no joke for single mother Margaret Walsh. Fired from her jo...
The Government Inspector
When the locals in a small town in Russia learn that an undercover government inspector is coming fo...
Hello, Goodbye, Peace
Alina, a barista at a Manhattan coffee shop, has dreams of climbing the economic ladder to change th...
Idiot's Delight
At the Hotel Monte Gabriele, in the Italian Alps, the owner, Pittaluga, has hired an American, Donal...
The Inheritance (Part One)
Matthew Lopez’ epic play, The Inheritance reimagines E.M. Forster’s Howard’s End as a contemporary p...
