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Quiche Isn't Sexy
Jay, a burger addict, joins Meat Eaters Anonymous where he meets and falls for Jackie, a recovering...
Radio Golf
The tenth and final play in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle, Radio Golf follows a black man named...
Real Women Have Curves
Real Women Have Curves takes place in a sewing factory in East Los Angeles, where a group of five La...
The Reporter
Nicholas Wright’s The Reporter begins with a suicide note: “I can’t bear it anymore, though I don’t...
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Arturo Ui is a small-time gangster down on his luck. With the economy depressed and a lack of action...
Resolutions
It is New Year’s Eve and Al Shubert has invited a group of his friends to celebrate in his luxurious...
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Reunion in Vienna
Elena Krug pines for her old love, Prince Rudolf Maximilian Von Hapsburg, formerly a prince of the A...
Riders to the Sea
Set on the remote island of Inishmaan, Synge’s intensely tragic play Riders to the Sea tells the sto...
The Roommate
Sharon, a housewife, 50-something, recently divorced, anxious empty-nester, has some trepidation whe...
The Sea
The Sea depicts a small coastal village on the east coast of England, sharply divided between ruthle...
The Seafarer
The Seafarer opens as Sharky Harkin has returned home at Christmastime to take care of his brother,...
A Second Birth
Born as one of six sisters in Afghanistan to poor but loving parents, Nasime and her family don’t h...