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Private Eyes
A husband and wife, Matthew and Lisa, rehearse a play for a British director, Adrian. Adrian seduces...
Promedy
To prom or not to prom? That is the question The student body leaders at Lowzund High bicker and arg...
Rebel Without a Cause
Jim Stark is once again the new kid in town. He feels detached from everyone, especially his own fam...
Richard II
William Shakespeare’s Richard II chronicles the end of one king’s reign and the rise of another. In...
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Ruined
Set in a small mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lynn Nottage’s Ruined follows M...
The Santaland Diaries
When a down-on-his luck wannabe actor arrives in New York City at the end of the year, the only empl...
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
In The Second Mrs. Tanqueray by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, Aubrey Tanqueray shocks society when he marr...
Sexual Perversity in Chicago
One of Mamet's earliest plays, Sexual Perversity in Chicago follows four acquaintances, two of whom...
The Shadow of a Gunman
The first of Sean O’Casey’s Dublin plays, The Shadow of a Gunman takes place in May of 1920 during t...
The Shape of Things
Neil LaBute is no stranger to the darker side of human nature. In The Shape of Things, that darkness...
Six Degrees of Separation
When a young and effortlessly charismatic black con man claiming to be the son of Sidney Poitier him...
Skeleton Crew
The third play in Dominique Morisseau’s cycle of plays called The Detroit Projects, Morisseau’s unde...
