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The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
In The Second Mrs. Tanqueray by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, Aubrey Tanqueray shocks society when he marr...
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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...
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...
Small Island
Small Island tells the story of the Windrush generation, Caribbean immigrants who traveled to Englan...
Speed-the-Plow
Speed-the-Plow is another of Mamet's business plays, this one exploring the relationship between bu...
The Star-Spangled Girl
Set in San Francisco in the 1960s, the play is a story of a love triangle mixed with politics. Andy...
This Is Our Youth
Kenneth Lonergan’s This Is Our Youth is a brilliant, darkly humorous, bittersweet portrait of youth...
A Thousand Clowns
The year is 1962 and bachelor uncle Murray Burns is endeavoring to rear his precocious nephew in N.Y...
Tigers Be Still
Tigers Be Still opens with news that a tiger has escaped from a local zoo and could be anywhere with...
Torch Song Trilogy
Spanning more than five years, Torch Song Trilogy is Harvey Fierstein’s first theatrical success, an...
