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Hir
After a dishonorable discharge from the military for drug-related offenses, Isaac returns home from...
The House of Blue Leaves
The lives of a Queens, New York, family get turned upside down as Pope Paul VI visits New York City....
I puritani
Set against the context of the English Civil War, Bellini’s I puritani is a story of romance and hea...
I Remember Mama
I Remember Mama was Richard Rodgers final work. It tells the story of a struggling Norwegian immig...
I'm Not Rappaport
I'm Not Rappaport focuses on Nat Moyer, a chatty Jewish retiree with a tendency to exaggerate, and M...
The Imaginary Invalid
In Molière’s classic, The Imaginary Invalid, Argan--the eponymous hypochondriac--makes everyone in h...
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An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls is set in April 1912, at the home of the well-to-do Birling family. Arthur Birlin...
Jitney
Jitney is the eighth play in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle. It takes place in The Hill District o...
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
It is 1911 in Pittsburgh at Seth and Bertha Holly’s boardinghouse. Seth and Bertha have a group of e...
Killer Joe
Killer Joe is an early play by award-winning playwright Tracy Letts. It tells the story of a young d...
King John
King John holds the throne of England illegitimately, having stolen it from the rightful heir, his n...
Lady, Be Good
When the orphaned Dick and Susie Trevor are evicted and living on the street with a thunderstorm on...