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Death and the Maiden
Set in a country that is transitioning to democracy, Death and the Maiden explores how -- and if --...
Der fliegende Holländer
The Flying Dutchman has been doomed to an eternity of wandering the seas. Once every seven years, he...
Dialogues des Carmélites
Set in the French Revolution, between the years 1789 and 1794, Poulenc’s tragic opera Dialogues des...
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Belmonte, a young Spanish nobleman, has travelled to Turkey to rescue his beloved from the Pasha who...
Die lustige Witwe
Hanna Glawari, recently widowed multi-millionairess, and citizen of Pontevedro, has suitors vying fo...
The Diviners
When C.C. Showers, a back-sliding preacher, leaves the pulpit in Kentucky that he’s inherited from h...
Dreams in Captivity
After being kicked out of culinary school, aspiring chef Pax returns to his hometown to regroup. The...
Electra (Sophocles)
Justice and revenge lie at the heart of Sophocles’ Electra, still considered today a remarkable achi...
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Falstaff
The fat, old knight, Falstaff, seeks to seduce two married women in order to steal some money, and h...
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a choreopoem by Ntozake...
The Gin Game
Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a seedy nursing home, strike up an acquain...
Good News
The roaring ‘20s are in full swing on the campus of Tait College, and the cheerful young sheiks and...
