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Our Betters
At once a satire of Americans and the English, W. Somerset Maugham’s Our Betters is a witty period p...
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Our Country's Good
Inspired by the historical events surrounding the “first fleet” of British convicts sentenced to tra...
Our Lady of Kibeho
In 1981, at Kibeho College in Rwanda, a young girl claims to have seen the Virgin Mary. Disbelieved...
Out of this World
"Out of this World" is a musical adaptation of Plautus' comedy Amphitryon. The story revolves aroun...
Out of Tune
Louise and Charlie are on a a contentious date at Lincoln Center, ahead of seeing The King And I in...
The Outside
Susan Glaspell’s The Outside is a symbolic short play concerning two women and their attempt to shie...
Over the Tavern
The first in a trilogy of plays about the Pazinski family, Over the Tavern is set in Autumn 1959. Th...
Oz
When a tornado whisks young Beth away, she suddenly finds herself in a place that feels oddly like t...
Panama Hattie
"Panama Hattie" concerns Hattie Maloney, a nightclub singer in Panama, who is engaged to a military...
Pandora's Box
Pandora’s Box is the second half of Frank Wedekind’s Lulu plays, the first half being Earth Spirit....
The Pardoner and the Friar
The Pardoner and the Friar is an allegorical exploration of religion’s politics. The Friar--a travel...
Partenope
Queen Partenope, ruler of Naples, is looking for a husband. Many suitors have arrived hoping to win...
