Playwright: Cherie Bennett Royalties: Dramatic Publishing Synopsis: This multiple national award-winning new American classic, which was a hit in New York, is about the awakening of a modern teen Holocaust denier. Nicole Burns doubts the truth and cares even less, but ultimately comes face-to-face with the hell of the Holocaust, and—in an extraordinary sequence—meets Anne Frank… Read more »
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Ragtime
Book: Terrence McNally Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Royalties: Musical Theatre International Synopsis: At the dawn of a new century, everything is changing… and anything is possible. Set in the volatile melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York, three distinctly American tales are woven together – that of a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish… Read more »
Blackbird
Playwright: David Harrower Rights: Dramatists Synopsis: This intense work was commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival, where it received its world premiere. After years in prison and subsequent hardships, Ray, fifty-six, has a new identity and has made a new life for himself, thinking that he cannot be found. Una, twenty-seven, has thought of nothing… Read more »
Venus in Fur
Playwright: David Ives Rights: Dramatists Synopsis: Thomas, a beleaguered playwright/director, is desperate to find an actress to play Vanda, the female lead in his adaptation of the classic sadomasochistic tale Venus in Fur. Into his empty audition room walks a vulgar and equally desperate actress- oddly enough, named Vanda. Though utterly wrong for the sophisticated part,… Read more »
Blues for an Alabama Sky
Playwright: Pearl Cleage Rights: Dramatists Synopsis: It is the summer of 1930 in Harlem, New York. The creative euphoria of the Harlem Renaissance has given way to the harsher realities of the Great Depression. Young Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., is feeding the hungry and preaching an activist gospel at Abyssinian Baptist Church. Black Nationalist… Read more »
Making God Laugh
Playwright: Sean Grennan Rights: Playscripts Synopsis: Making God Laugh follows one typical American family over the course of thirty years’ worth of holidays. Starting in 1980, Ruthie and Bill’s grown children — a priest, an aspiring actress, and a former football star — all return home, where we learn of their plans and dreams as they embark on… Read more »
Second Samuel
Playwright: Pamela Parker Rights: Dramatic Publishing Synopsis: It was a simpler time in the late 1940s, especially in South Georgia and specifically in a sleepy little town called Second Samuel. What had been called the Great Depression was quickly fading into memory. The war had been won, the election was now over, and “Give ’em Hell… Read more »
The Roommate
Playwright: Jen Silverman Rights: Samuel French Cast Size: 2w Synopsis: Sharon, in her mid-fifties, is recently divorced and needs a roommate to share her Iowa home. Robyn, also in her mid-fifties, needs a place to hide and a chance to start over. But as Sharon begins to uncover Robyn’s secrets, they encourage her own deep-seated desire to… Read more »
Pocatello
Playwright: Samuel D. Hunter Rights: Samuel French Cast Size: 5f, 5m Synopsis: Eddie manages an Italian chain restaurant in Pocatello – a small, unexceptional American city that is slowly being paved over with strip malls and franchises. But he can’t serve enough Soup, Salad & Breadstick Specials to make his hometown feel like home. Against the… Read more »
Change
Playwright: Michael SladeRights: Playscripts Synopsis: In 1964, three high school valedictorians reflect on the one recent event none of them will ever forget — the assassination of President Kennedy. In early 2002, a middle school student becomes convinced that Al-Qaida terrorists lurk in the midst of his sleepy small town. And on November 5th, 2008, two young… Read more »