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An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls is set in April 1912, at the home of the well-to-do Birling family. Arthur Birlin...
Jitney
Jitney is the eighth play in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle. It takes place in The Hill District o...
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
It is 1911 in Pittsburgh at Seth and Bertha Holly’s boardinghouse. Seth and Bertha have a group of e...
Killer Joe
Killer Joe is an early play by award-winning playwright Tracy Letts. It tells the story of a young d...
King John
King John holds the throne of England illegitimately, having stolen it from the rightful heir, his n...
The Liar
In Pierre Corneille’s frothy yet biting comedy of light hearts and lighter words, trouble arrives in...
A Lie of the Mind
Beth has been violently beaten - to the point of brain damage - by her overly jealous husband, Jake....
A Light in the Dark
In an empty blackbox theatre, a ghost light dimly lights the central playing space. Outside, a pande...
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Lysistrata
Lysistrata is one of the earliest theatrical depictions of the battle of the sexes. In the male-domi...
Man and Superman
Man and Superman is a massive drama full of both light comedy and deep philosophy, based on Nietzsch...
A Man for all Seasons
Playwright Robert Bolt had a long-standing fascination with the story of Sir Thomas More, an English...
Mary of Scotland
Mary of Scotland is a magnificent play written entirely in blank verse about the rise and downfall o...
