Playwright: Tarell Alvin McCraneyRights: DramatistsSynopsis:The Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys is dedicated to the creation of strong, ethical black men. Pharus wants nothing more than to take his rightful place as leader of the school’s legendary gospel choir. Can he find his way inside the hallowed halls of this institution if he sings in… Read more »
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Meet Our Village: Ed Thompson
As we celebrate lots of new things on the Live Arts Theatre horizon, we are highlighting various people who make up the village we like to call the Live Arts Theatre family. This series will focus on the many actors, directors, techies, stage hands, members, and even our regular theatre-goers who make Live Arts Theatre… Read more »
Meet Our Village: Mike Yow
As we celebrate lots of new things on the Live Arts Theatre horizon, we are highlighting various people who make up the village we like to call the Live Arts Theatre family. This series will focus on the many actors, directors, techies, stage hands, members, and even our regular theatre-goers who make Live Arts Theatre… Read more »
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Playwright: Lynn Nottage Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 3m, 4w (doubling) Synopsis: In a new comedy from the Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright of Ruined, Lynn Nottage draws upon the screwball films of the 1930s to take a funny and irreverent look at racial stereotypes in Hollywood. BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK is a seventy-year journey through the life… Read more »
The Boys in the Band
Playwright: Mart Crowley Rights: Samuel French Synopsis: In his Upper East Side apartment, Michael is throwing a birthday party for Harold, a self-avowed “thirty-two-year-old, pockmarked, Jew fairy,” complete with surprise gift: “Cowboy,” a street hustler. As the evening wears on – fueled by drugs and alcohol – bitter, unresolved resentments among the guests come to light when… Read more »
Rest
Playwright: Samuel D. Hunter Rights: Samuel French Synopsis: A retirement home in northern Idaho is being shut down, and only three residents and a bare-bones staff remain. When a record breaking blizzard blows into town and an elderly resident disappears into the storm, everyone is brought to face their own mortality. Ratings: Language: 16+ Adult Content:… Read more »
A Great Wilderness
Playwright: Samuel D. Hunter Rights: Samuel French Synopsis: Walt has devoted his life to “curing” teenage boys of their homosexuality at his remote Idaho wilderness camp. Pressured to accept one last client, his life begins to unravel with the arrival of Daniel. Ratings: Language: 10+ Adult Content: 13+ Violence: All Ages Pay attention to: Flexibility: All… Read more »
The Few
Playwright: Samuel D. Hunter Rights: Samuel FrenchSynopsis:Four years ago, Bryan abandoned his labor of love, a newspaper for truckers. Now he’s returned – with no word of where he’s been – and things have changed. Ratings: Language: 16+ Adult Content: 16+ Violence: 16+ Pay attention to: A character gets shot with a BB gun onstage. Flexibility:… Read more »
Harriet Tubman: An American Moses
Playwright: Gay Montenverde Rights: Playscripts Synopsis:When a storyteller summons Harriet Tubman from the past, one of America’s greatest heroines offers to divulge the details of her extraordinary life. As the storyteller portrays the diverse characters from her past, from Frederick Douglas to plantation owners, Harriet relives her humble beginnings with her family through the end… Read more »
Night of the Living Dead Live
Playwright: Written by: Christopher Bond, Dale Boyer, & Trevor Martin Created by: Christopher Harrison & Phil Pattison Royalties: Samuel French Synopsis:Six strangers, a lonely farmhouse, surrounded by brain-eating zombies – what could go wrong?Night of the Living Dead™ Live is a fun and hilarious re-imagining of George A. Romero’s legendary classic. Set in 1968 and presented… Read more »