Playwright: Alan Ball Rights: Dramatists Synopsis: During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. They are Frances, a painfully sweet but sheltered fundamentalist; Mindy, the cheerful, wise-cracking lesbian sister of the groom;… Read more »
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Outside Mullingar
Playwright: John Patrick Shanley Royalties: Dramatists Synopsis: Anthony and Rosemary are two introverted misfits straddling 40. Anthony has spent his entire life on a cattle farm in rural Ireland, a state of affairs that—due to his painful shyness—suits him well. Rosemary lives right next door, determined to have him, watching the years slip away. With Anthony’s… Read more »
Morningside
Playwright: Topher Payne Rights: Leah Hamos The Gersh Agency lhamos@gersh.com Cast Size: 9f Synopsis: Here’s the thing about baby showers: No one actually wants to be there. But there are certain rituals we follow, for the sake of tradition and a gift registry. Nine women have gathered at Grace Driscoll’s beautifully appointed home, fully expecting… Read more »
The Spoon River Project
Show title: The Spoon River Project Playwright: Tom Andolora Rights: Playscripts Synopsis: In this beautifully haunting play based on Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology, the former residents of Spoon River examine life and the longing for what might have been. As the citizens reflect on the dreams, secrets, and regrets of their lives, they paint a… Read more »
Greater Tuna
Show title: Greater Tuna Playwright: Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, Ed Howard Rights: Samuel French Synopsis: What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye, and Rev. Spikes have in common? In this hilarious send-up of small-town morals and mores, they are all among the upstanding citizens of Tuna, Texas’ third-smallest town. Rating:… Read more »
The Importance of Being Earnest
Show title: The Importance of Being Earnest Playwright: Oscar Wilde Rights: Public domain Synopsis: The Importance of Being Earnest is the most renowned of Oscar Wilde’s comedies. It’s the story of two bachelors, John ‘Jack’ Worthing and Algernon ‘Algy’ Moncrieff, who create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome lives. They attempt to win the hearts… Read more »
20th Century Blues
Show title: 20th Century Blues Playwright: Susan Miller Rights: Dramatists Synopsis: Four women meet once a year for a ritual photo shoot, chronicling their changing (and aging) selves as they navigate love, careers, children, and the complications of history. But when these private photographs threaten to go public, relationships are tested, forcing the women to confront… Read more »
Puffs (Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years as a Certain School of Magic and Magic)
Playwright: Matt Cox Rights: Samuel French Cast Size: 5m, 5f, 1m or f Synopsis: For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs… who just happened to be there too. A tale for anyone who… Read more »
Anne Frank & Me
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 »
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 »