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The Dark Lady of Sonnets
George Bernard Shaw’s The Dark Lady of the Sonnets is a fun, one act play that reimagines William Sh...
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Dead White Males
David Williamson takes on Shakespeare, academia, feminism, the patriarchy, and liberalism in Dead Wh...
Defying Gravity
In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff. It was the first spacefl...
The Drag
Originally written under the pen name “Jane Mast,” The Drag is Mae West’s examination of drag cultur...
Electricidad
The young Electricidad has just finished a period of intense mourning. Her father - leader of a powe...
Enigma
A man and woman, known as He and She, are sitting around a table. It seems clear that they are lover...
Enter Laughing
Loosely based on the life of Carl Reiner, the story takes place in 1938 and focuses on a stage-struc...
Entertaining Mr Sloane
Joe Orton’s sharp, mischievous, and hilarious black comedy tells the story of Mr. Sloane, a 20 year...
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
After years of abuse, Nan is finally ready to escape her marriage to Kyle. With a little help from h...
F.O.B.
F.O.B. is another of David Henry Hwang's explorations of what it is like to be Chinese in America....
Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine
Undine Barnes Calles, a successful black woman who has fought her way to the top of her social echel...
Faith Healer
Presented in four monologues by three characters, Brian Friel's Faith Healer is the story of Frank,...