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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom takes place in a Chicago recording studio where Ma Rainey’s band members, C...
A Man of No Importance
A Man of No Importance tells the story of Alfie Byrne, an Oscar Wilde-loving bus driver in 1960’s Du...
Moon Over Buffalo
It is the summer of 1953, and George and Charlotte Hay, formerly a couple of Broadway stars, have ta...
Most Likely To: The Senior Superlative Monologues
Inspired by students at a New York high school for the arts, Most Likely To: The Senior Superlative...
Once on This Island JR
An island of storytellers come together to tell a story of love, bravery, and strength...the story o...
Pacific Overtures
Taking place in 19th century Japan, the story concerns the culture clash sparked by America's 1853 m...
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Edna and Mel are a struggling, middle-aged couple living in New York City. Mel has just lost his job...
Rags
Rebecca Hershkowitz and her young son David arrive on the shores of America in 1910, hoping to find...
Rhinoceros
In a provincial French village, Berenger and his friend Jean meet at a local cafe for a Sunday after...
The Robber Bridegroom
Set in eighteenth century Mississippi, ‘The Robber Bridegroom’ is a darkly comic Southern fairy tale...
Seven Guitars
Seven Guitars begins and ends directly after the funeral of Floyd ‘Schoolboy’ Barton. We then flashb...
Shakespeare in Hollywood
Take the glitz and glamour of 1930s Hollywood, populated by real-life, yet delightfully exaggerated...