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Life of Galileo
Life of Galileo is regarded as one of German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s greatest masterpieces. The...
Life of Pi
Based on the popular 2001 novel, Life of Pi follows the harrowing journey of Pi, a 17 year old from...
The Little Dog Laughed
Mitchell Green is a Hollywood star on his way to the A-list -- if he can only keep that pesky “recur...
Machinal
Sophie Treadwell, the playwright behind the revolutionary expressionist play Machinal, reminds us in...
A Marriage Proposal
When Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov comes to his longtime neighbor, Stepan Stepanovich Chubukov, to propose...
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The Maternal Instinct
Everything seems to be going well for Sarah and Lilian, until Sarah decides she wants a baby. Lilian...
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley takes place two years after the conclusion of Pride and Prejudic...
Other Desert Cities
When Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs for Christmas in 2004, she is unable to relax into th...
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Gower, the narrator, begins our story in the palace of King Antiochus who is meeting Pericles, Princ...
Run for Your Wife
A London cab driver, John Smith, literally has two lives, complete with two different wives, Mary an...
Saint Joan
Shaw's play is a fictionalized version of the historical life of Joan of Arc. Young Joan, a French f...
The School for Scandal
The School for Scandal centers around the gossip and scandal, usually concerning sexual intrigue, wh...
