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Lydia
It’s the 1970s in El Paso, Texas, and the Mexican-American Flores family is trying to navigate their...
The Maids
Jean Genet’s The Maids was inspired by a real-life case of the infamous sisters, Christine and Léa P...
Main-Travelled Roads
Aggie Dingman is a happy young woman, excited about the prospect of life with her current beau, Will...
The Man of Mode
George Etherege’s Restoration-era comedy, The Man of Mode, or, Sir Fopling Flutter, revolves around...
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Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet
Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet is the third play in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays...
Marie Christine
Set in New Orleans of the 1890s, the story is loosely based on the Greek play, Medea. Marie Christin...
The Marriage of Bette and Boo
Marriage. Divorce. Alcoholism. Stillbirths. Illness. Bacon. The Marriage of Bette and Boo follows th...
Mating Dance of the Werewolf
Mating Dance of the Werewolf is an investigation of a gruesome murder that also investigates the rea...
A Matter of Life and Death
A mistake occurs in The Place You Go After You Die, and the airman Peter Carter lives when he should...
Mauritius
When her mother dies after an expensive illness and a lifetime of bad choices, tentative but tenacio...
Me and Juliet
Me and Juliet is Rodgers & Hammerstein's love letter to the theatre, creating a show that takes plac...
The Mercy Seat
History and morality collide in Neil LaBute’s The Mercy Seat. Set in New York City the day after the...