Playwright: Terrence McNally Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 1w, 1m Synopsis: The setting is a walk-up apartment on Manhattan’s West Side where, as the curtain rises, Frankie (a waitress) and Johnny (a short-order cook who works in the same restaurant) are discovered in bed. It is their first encounter, after having met several weeks ago on… Read more »
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The Nether
Playwright: Jennifer Haley Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 1f, 3m, 1girl Synopsis: The Nether is a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity and indulge your every desire. But when a young detective uncovers a disturbing brand of entertainment, she triggers an interrogation into the darkest corners of the imagination…. Read more »
The Sound Inside
Playwright: Adam Rapp Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 1w, 1m Synopsis: When Bella Baird, an isolated creative writing professor at Yale, begins to mentor a brilliant but enigmatic student named Christopher, the two form an unexpectedly intense bond. As their lives and the stories they tell about themselves become intertwined in unpredictable ways, Bella makes… Read more »
Significant Other
Playwright: Joshua Harmon Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 4w, 3m Synopsis: Jordan Berman would love to be in love, but that’s easier said than done. So until he meets Mr. Right, he wards off lonely nights with his trio of close girlfriends. But as singles’ nights turn into bachelorette parties, Jordan discovers that the only… Read more »
A Number
Playwright: Caryl Churchill Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 2m Synopsis: Human cloning is the subject of this beguiling hour-long psychological thriller that blends topical scientific speculation with a stunning portrait of the relationship between fathers and their sons. Ratings: Language: 13+ Adult Content: 13+ Violence: All Ages Pay attention to: One Actor plays multiple versions… Read more »
Autumn
Playwright: Richard Wesley Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 4m, 3w Synopsis: Franklyn Longley is a veteran big-city mayor who’s in line to become the first black governor of his state—until his godson is tapped by the party to run instead. As a new generation of black politicians comes forward, they must learn there is a price… Read more »
Gloria
Playwright: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 3m, 3w with doubling Synopsis: This funny, trenchant, and powerful play follows an ambitious group of editorial assistants at a notorious Manhattan magazine, each of whom hopes for a starry life of letters and a book deal before they turn thirty. But when an ordinary humdrum workday becomes… Read more »
The Inheritance
Playwright: Matthew Lopez Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 14m, 1w Synopsis: Decades after the AIDS epidemic, three generations of gay men grapple with the tragedy of their past and what it means for their future. Eric is a New York City lawyer trying to keep his family’s apartment; his husband, Toby, is a successful but abrasive… Read more »
An Octoroon
Playwright: Brandon Jacobs Jenkins Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 10m, 5w (doubling) Synopsis: Judge Peyton is dead and his plantation Terrebonne is in financial ruins. Peyton’s handsome nephew George arrives as heir apparent and quickly falls in love with Zoe, a beautiful octoroon. But the evil overseer M’Closky has other plans—for both Terrebonne and Zoe. In… Read more »
The Niceties
Playwright: Eleanor Burgess Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 2f Synopsis: Zoe, a black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her paper about slavery’s effect on the American Revolution. What begins as a polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent debate about race, history, and power…. Read more »