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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...
Lady in the Dark
On the surface, Liza Elliot is a happy career woman and the editor of a well-known fashion magazine....
Lazarus
Inspired by the book, The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis, Lazarus centers around Thomas Newto...
The Liar
In Pierre Corneille’s frothy yet biting comedy of light hearts and lighter words, trouble arrives in...
La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina
Following the myths of the knight Ruggiero from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, this opera is set on and...
A Lie of the Mind
Beth has been violently beaten - to the point of brain damage - by her overly jealous husband, Jake....
A Light in the Dark
In an empty blackbox theatre, a ghost light dimly lights the central playing space. Outside, a pande...
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Lohengrin
When King Heinrich of Saxony arrives at Brabant castle, Telramund and his wife, the pagan princess O...
