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Trust
A hot young musician, Cody, has recently made the cover of Rolling Stone. He is engaged to Becca, a...
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
In 1992, Anna Deavere Smith was commissioned to create a show based on the Los Angeles riots of that...
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Brave and noble cousins, Palamon and Arcite, are taken prisoner after a bitter battle between Athens...
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Unbearable Hotness
Andrew has thrown a house party in hopes that the girl of his dreams, Marisa, will attend. Once he l...
La vida es sueno
One of the most significant plays of the Spanish Golden Age, La vida es sueno is an allegory about...
Water By the Spoonful
In a far corner of the internet, moderator “Haikumom” leads a chat room for recovering drug addicts...
The Way of the World
One of the most popular Restoration comedy of manners escapades, William Congreve’s The Way of the W...
We've Been Hurt, Been Down Before
In the middle of a national pandemic, two strangers are trapped in a broken elevator. Holly is an ac...
The Welkin
The year is 1759 and the country awaits the anticipated arrival of Halley’s Comet. The daughter of L...
Well
Well is a funny and touching comedy about mothers and daughters, mind over body, social activism and...
When Bad Things Happen to Good Actors
A simple one-act production of The Wizard of Oz gets derailed by missed cues, forgotten lines, and a...
When the Rain Stops Falling
Andrew Bovell’s sprawling family drama, When the Rain Stops Falling, spans four generations of dysfu...
