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Plaza Suite
Plaza Suite portrays three couples who each occupy Suite 719 at the Plaza Hotel at different stages...
Portraits
The play takes place in familiar surroundings; a prominent law firm, a church funeral, and the basem...
Pressure
War and weather are intrinsically linked in David Haig’s intense thriller about the days leading up...
Prima Facie
Prima Facie: a Latin legal term meaning 'on the face of it'.In this powerful one-woman play, we meet...
The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie
“Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life.” So speaks Jean Brodie, a libera...
Pterodactyls
On the Philadelphia Main Line, the swath of suburbs just outside the city that are famously home to...
The Quest of Queen Thomas
The Quest of Queen Thomas is a one-act play that follows Thomas, a 10-year-old child identifying as...
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...
