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Anniversary
In a hotel suite, Anne and Stephen meet on the one-year anniversary of their affair together. Anne i...
Another Saturday Night
The play begins in the 1960s when two young lovers are forced to part. We then move to the present d...
Antigone
French dramatist Jean Anouilh’s Antigone is a modern retelling of the ancient Greek play by Sophocle...
Antigone in Munich
In her telling the true story of young anti-Nazi activist Sophie Scholl, Claudia Haas uses the centr...
Antigone Now
Melissa Cooper’s Antigone Now is a one-act play inspired by Antigone by Sophocles. The story is cond...
The Apple Cart
What is the value of a monarchy? That’s the question at issue when a royal power struggle creates a...
Appointment With Death
In the sun-drenched lounge of the King Solomon Hotel in Jerusalem, the Boynton family arrives as par...
The Archbishop's Ceiling
In an unnamed Eastern European capital city, four writers come together for the first time in severa...
The Architect
In a near-future society ruled by The Framework, human worth is measured strictly by productivity, a...
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Arden of Faversham (Anonymous)
The sixteenth-century domestic tragedy, Arden of Faversham, depicts the calculated murder of Thomas...
Aristocrats
Characteristically Chekhovian, Aristocrats is a brilliant portrait of a dysfunctional family and a d...
The Arithmetic of Memory
Claudine and Missy remember in their own way. The goal is not to forget. With the audience as their...
