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Phaedra
A tragic myth from Ancient Greece, Jean Baptiste Racine’s retelling of Phaedra is renowned for its d...
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Pipeline
Dominique Morisseau’s hard-hitting drama, Pipeline takes a deep look into the American educational s...
The Playboy of the Western World
The Playboy of the Western World takes place over two days in the countryside of Ireland. A young ma...
The Plough and the Stars
Ireland is still under the rule of Great Britain, and the Irish people are preparing to rebel. In a...
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...
Resolutions
It is New Year’s Eve and Al Shubert has invited a group of his friends to celebrate in his luxurious...
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...
