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All the Way Here
Paul and Anna are a young couple in their early 20s. However, one year ago, Anna vanished from their...
Am I Blue
Am I Blue, the first play of well-known author Beth Henley, is a brief one-act that opens on a rainy...
Am Pageant
2016, so that happened. Maybe the problem is that we don’t know who we really are. Or, who our count...
The American Clock
The American Clock premiered in 1980 and is set during the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is loos...
Angel
At the end of the day a middle-aged priest welcomes a guest into his home. A glass of wine is offere...
Another America
Two brothers and their best friend ride their bicycles from Venice Beach CA to the Basketball Hall o...
Ashes of Light (La Luz de un Cigarrillo)
Ashes of Light is an impassioned portrait of a family in crisis. Over the course of two evenings mot...
The Assembly of Women
The clever and practical Praxagora has a vision for a new government in the city of Athens, and she...
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The Awakening
While vacationing with her family at the beautiful Grand Isle, Edna Pontellier meets the flirtatious...
Back to the Summer
It's been a great summer, and Scott and Liam aren't ready to go back to school just yet. When they f...
The Baltimore Waltz
In 1986, playwright Paula Vogel’s brother Carl invited her on a trip to Europe. Burdened with profes...
Bargaining
When Hannah asks her boyfriend, Ryan, "If you could live forever, would you?", he is confused. Howev...