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The Cocoanuts
In the midst of the Florida land boom, Mr. Schlemmer is trying desperately to run Cococanut Manor a...
Les contes d'Hoffmann
Set during the interval of a performance of Don Giovanni, the writer and poet Hoffmann entertains a...
Dear World
Dear World is the story of three "Madwomen" who deviously scheme to stop businessmen who p...
A Delicate Balance
Middle-aged, upper-class, and delicately-balanced couple Agnes and Tobias maintain a financially com...
Den of Thieves
Maggie is a young single woman trying to change her life. She and her sponsor Paul are part of a twe...
The Desert Song
The plot concerns a dashing rebel leader whose band of freedom fighters, the Riff, threaten the safe...
Director's Nightmare
It’s five days before the premiere of the non-musical version of Les Misérables, and high school dra...
A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol
It's Christmas Eve in Bunyan Bay, Minnesota and cantankerous bar owner Gunner Johnson gets in an arg...
The Dumb Waiter
The Dumb Waiter is Pinter’s second play. A one-act play heavily influenced by Beckett’s Waiting for...
Electra (Sophocles)
Justice and revenge lie at the heart of Sophocles’ Electra, still considered today a remarkable achi...
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Enchanted April
Sweet-natured Lotty Wilton is suffering depression from the bleak London winter, and from an oppress...
Endgame
In a bleak house by the sea, blind and paralyzed Hamm torments his servant Clov, and his parents, Na...