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The African Company Presents Richard III
New York City, 1821. 40 years before the Civil War, William Henry Brown, a free black American, orga...
Ah, Wilderness!
Ah, Wilderness is one of the few comedies ever written by Eugene O’Neill. It represents a strong dep...
Alcestis
Alcestis tells the story of the queen of Thessaly and wife of Admetus. When Admetus’ death is immine...
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Androcles and the Lion
George Bernard Shaw’s retelling of a popular religious folktale, Androcles and the Lion presents the...
Angel Street (aka Gaslight)
Murder and mystery loom in the air in Patrick Hamilton’s classic Victorian thriller, Angel Street. M...
Anna Christie
A hard-hitting, yet humorous drama, Anna Christie depicts the reunion of a troubled father and daugh...
Anne Boleyn
Howard Brenton’s two-act play follows Queen Anne Boleyn in this new revisionist tale of her famous s...
Argonautika
Argonautika is a theatrical retelling of ancient myth of Jason and the Argonauts. Jason goes on a qu...
At Home at the Zoo
At Home at the Zoo combines Albee's classic, The Zoo Story, with its prequel, Homelife, to form a co...
At Long Last Leo
Leo has recently completed a 638-page manifesto on interconnectedness and harmony which he hopes wil...
Bad Jews
Bad Jews is, at its heart, about families, and all the problems that frequently come with them. The...
Balm in Gilead
Balm in Gilead takes place in 1966 in Frank's café, an all-night coffee shop on Manhattan's Upper We...
