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Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
When his beloved beagle is destroyed after a rabid rampage, CB is plunged into such a depression tha...
Don Juan
Juan has proposed to Francesca, but she’s unsure of his true commitment. Francesca decides to use a...
The Flick
In a movie theater near Worcester, MA -- one of the few that hasn't yet switched to digital film --...
Glengarry Glen Ross
Glengarry Glen Ross follows a group of competitive Chicago real estate salesmen as they vie for lead...
The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?
The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? centers around Martin, a middle-aged architect at the peak of his fame,...
The Mousetrap
A timeless tale of “whodunit,” Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap strands seven strangers at Monkswell...
Play On!
One plucky community theatre is about to produce a show called Murder Most Foul, a new “murder myste...
SMASH
SMASH is based on the novel, An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw. It is about a millionaire...
Things I Know to be True
Bob and Fran Price have four adult children: Pip, Mark, Ben, and Rosie. Each child has his or her ow...
Agamemnon
Agamemnon, the king of Argos, is returning victorious from the Trojan War. He expects a glorious hom...
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Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man takes place during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian war. Raina Petkoff, a wealthy young wom...
The Birthday Party
In one of Pinter’s most memorable works, The Birthday Party, Meg and Petey Boles run a boarding hous...