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Gem of the Ocean
August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle begins with Gem of the Ocean, which takes place in 1904 in the Hil...
The Ghost in the Light
The nation is in the grips of a pandemic and theatres have closed. Lexy and Amy have returned to the...
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Good Hidings
Kate is flying the nest for pastures new. Leaving behind her alcoholic father, older sister, and you...
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Constance Ledbelly, a mild-mannered university professor, is on the trail of a great literary discov...
The History Boys
Set in a grammar school in Sheffield in the 1980s, The History Boys follows the path of eight sixth...
The Homecoming
Often considered one of Harold Pinter’s most ambiguous plays, The Homecoming explores issues of sex,...
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Over 15,000 children passed through the gates of Terezin, a concentration camp 30 miles north of Pra...
In the Blood
It would be reductive to call In the Blood simply a modern adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s class...
In the Meantime
Stephanie, an outgoing daycare worker, and Paul, an accountant, have decided to break up. As they ar...
In the Red and Brown Water
The first play in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Brother/Sister Plays Trilogy, In The Red and Brown Water f...
The Insanity of Mary Girard
Based on a true story, The Insanity of Mary Girard is a dark, brooding drama depicting Mary Girard o...
Iphigenia in Tauris
The young princess Iphigenia is being sacrificed to the gods at the hands of her own father, Agamemn...
