Playwright: Liz Duffy Adams Rights: Theatrical Rights Worldwide Cast Size: 2m Synopsis: An aging ruler, an oppressive police state, a restless polarized people seething with paranoia: it’s a dangerous time for poets. Two of them—the great Kit Marlowe and up-and-comer Will Shakespeare—meet in the back room of a pub to collaborate on a history play… Read more »
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In The Slush
Playwright: Daniel Prillaman Rights: Ghost light Publications Cast Size: 2w 2m Synopsis: Newlywed Laura Beth Gardner has it all. A loving husband, a baby on the way, and a usually delightful job. But this weekend, tasked with reading through her publishing house’s slush pile, she encounters a mysterious manuscript that claims she isn’t human. That… Read more »
Hay Fever
Playwright: Noel Coward Rights: Public domain in the United States. Cast Size: 4m, 5f Synopsis: Hoping for a quiet weekend in the country with some guests, David Bliss, a novelist, and his wife, Judith, a retired actress, find quiet an impossible dream when their high-spirited children, Simon and Sorel, appear with guests of their own. A… Read more »
Clyde’s
Playwright: Lynn Nottage Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 2w 3m Synopsis: In CLYDE’S, a truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at redemption. Even as the shop’s callous owner tries to keep them down, the staff members learn to reclaim their lives, find purpose, and become inspired to dream by their… Read more »
Love, Sex, and the I.R.S.
Playwright: Jane Milmore and Billy Van Zandt Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 3w 5m Synopsis: The classic farce that everyone should be doing – especially around tax time! Jon Trachtman and Leslie Arthur are out of work musicians who room together in New York City. To save money, Jon has been filing tax returns listing… Read more »
Dance Nation
Playwright: Clare Barron Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 9f 2m Synopsis: Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. And if their new routine is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at Nationals in Tampa Bay. A play about ambition, growing up, and how to… Read more »
At The Wedding
Playwright: Bryna Turner Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 4w 2m 1 m or w Synopsis: You are cordially invited to the best day of someone else’s life… but what if it’s also the worst day of yours? Join Carlo as she attempts to make it through the night without drinking too much, talking too much,… Read more »
Skylight
Playwright: David Hare Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 1w 2m Synopsis: Broadway and the West End applauded this intensely clear-sighted and compassionate play about a love affair. Kyra is surprised to see the son of her former lover at her apartment in a London slum. He hopes she will reconcile with his distraught, now widowed,… Read more »
Feeding Beatrice
Playwright: Kirsten Greenidge Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 2m 2w Synopsis: It starts with the sound of a spoon scraping against glass and the wet noise of lips smacking together. June and Lurie have a haunting new houseguest – and she’s ravenously hungry. They do their best to keep her fed and happy, but Beatrice… Read more »
Chicken and Biscuits
Playwright: Douglas Lyons Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 3m 5w Synopsis: Can rivaling sisters Baneatta and Beverly bury their father without killing each other? This proves difficult when Beverly shows up to the chapel with her “blessings” on display. Meanwhile, Baneatta’s son brings his neurotic Jewish boyfriend along, knowing Baneatta disapproves, and Beverly’s nosy daughter keeps… Read more »