Uncategorized

Painting Churches

Playwright: Tina Howe Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 1m, 2w Synopsis: Gardner and Fanny Church are preparing to move out of their Beacon Hill house to their summer cottage on Cape Cod. Gardner, once a famous poet, now is retired. He slips in and out of senility as his wife Fanny valiantly tries to keep them… Read more »

Relationship Autopsy

Playwright: Robyn Summerour Rights: Contact playwright directly Cast size: 2w Synopsis: Haley and Jade have broken up. Before either can move on, they need to figure out which of them was responsible for the breakup. They decide to go through several important moments in their relationship to find out the answer, which is more complicated… Read more »

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

Playwright: Stephen Adly Guirgis Rights: Broadway Licensing Cast Size: 10m, 5w (with doubling) Synopsis: Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT reexamines the plight and fate of the New Testament’s most infamous and unexplained sinner. Ratings: Language: 16+ Adult Content: 13+ Violence: 13+  Pay attention… Read more »

The Taming

Playwright: Lauren Gunderson Rights: Playscripts Cast Size: 3w Synopsis: Tweetering, pandashrews, and undying giddiness for James Madison — what else could you expect to find at a Miss America pageant? In this hilarious, raucous, all-female “power-play” inspired by Shakespeare’s Shrew, contestant Katherine has political aspirations to match her beauty pageant ambitions. All she needs to revolutionize… Read more »

26 Pebbles

Playwright: Eric Ulloa Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 2m, 4w Synopsis: On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 26 innocent souls before taking his own life. These 26 innocent deaths, like pebbles thrown into a pond, created ripples and vibrations that were felt far beyond the initial rings…. Read more »

POTUS (Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive)

Playwright: Selina Fillinger Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 7w Synopsis: One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out… Read more »

Everything is Wonderful

Playwright: Chelsea Marcantel Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 3f 3m Synopsis: When an Amish couple’s two sons are killed in a car accident, the family struggles to maintain their faith and cling to their way of life. In an act of unfathomable forgiveness, they take in Eric, the wayward young driver of the car. But… Read more »

A Doll’s House, Part 2

Playwright: Lucas Hnath Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 1m 3f Synopsis: In the final scene of Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterwork, Nora Helmer makes the shocking decision to leave her husband and children, and begin a life on her own. This climactic event—when Nora slams the door on everything in her life—instantly propelled world drama into the… Read more »

The Lifespan of a Fact

Playwright: Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 2m 1w Synopsis: Jim Fingal is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John D’Agata is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy—an essay that could save the magazine from… Read more »

Trouble in Mind

Playwright: Alice Childress Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 3w, 6m Synopsis: A talented and experienced Black actress has been cast in Chaos in Belleville, an anti-lynching play set to open on Broadway. She’s paid her dues throughout the years, playing stereotypical supporting roles in second-rate shows, and is ready for her star turn. Chaos in Belleville, written… Read more »