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Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man takes place during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian war. Raina Petkoff, a wealthy young wom...
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The Birthday Party
In one of Pinter’s most memorable works, The Birthday Party, Meg and Petey Boles run a boarding hous...
The Boys from Syracuse
Boy loses twin. Boy seeks twin. Boy finds trouble. When Antipholus of Syracuse leaves his home, with...
The Cripple of Inishmaan
On the island of Inishmaan, off the coast of Ireland, there is not that much to do. A young man name...
Die Walküre
Die Walküre is the second opera of Wagner’s epic Der Ring des Nibelungen, commonly known as ‘The Rin...
Don Juan
Juan has proposed to Francesca, but she’s unsure of his true commitment. Francesca decides to use a...
Educating Rita
Educating Rita is a witty yet poignant look at a working class woman’s attempts to change her social...
Enter the Guardsman
The Olivier-nominated Enter the Guardsman, is a lyrical, delicate, and altogether delicious backst...
The Fairy-Queen
Taking as its starting point, Purcell’s The Fairy-Queen uses some of the original story to further...
The Ferryman
The Ferryman is set in Northern Ireland in 1981, during the height of the Troubles. Quinn, a former...
Fidelio
As Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio has delighted audiences for centuries with its themes of justice,...
La fille du régiment
Marie, the adopted daughter of the 21st Regiment of the French army, has fallen in love with a young...
