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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
This play is a retelling of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story, taking place in Victorian London. The...
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Before she survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, Margaret “Molly” Brown was already a dom...
Antigonae
The opera begins in the early morning following a battle in Thebes between the armies of the two son...
The Miracle Worker
Helen is a bright, strong, energetic child -- but left both blind and deaf in the wake of an illness...
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
A kooky young New Yorker, Daisy Gamble, visits a psychiatrist, Dr. Mark Bruckner, to get help in kic...
Spring Awakening: A Children's Tragedy
A social and cultural argument written before its time, Spring Awakening: A Children’s Tragedy is a...
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The Addams Family: Young@Part
In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to f...
The Apple Tree
The Apple Tree is three one-act musicals that can be presented separately or in any combination to p...
Die Fledermaus
On New Year’s Eve, Eisenstein is being forced to go to jail for punching a police officer, however d...
Finian's Rainbow
With Irish whimsy, melodious magic, and biting social commentary, Finian’s Rainbow tackles the Ameri...
Fosse
Choreographer Bob Fosse was one of the most influential, renowned, and celebrated American theatre a...
Henry IV Part 1
William Shakespeare's Henry IV Part I is based on the life of King Henry IV of England and his son,...