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People, Places and Things

Playwright: Duncan Macmillan Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 5m, 5w doubling , flexible casting Synopsis: Emma was having the time of her life. Now she’s in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn’t with Emma, it’s with everything else. She needs to tell the truth. But she’s smart… Read more »

Christmas Over the Tavern

Playwright: Tom Dudzik Rights: Broadway Licensing Cast Size: 1m, 2w, 2b, 1g + ensemble Synopsis: In this holiday musical we meet the Pazinskis, 4 kids and 2 parents living over a saloon in lower-middle class Buffalo, NY. Christmas 1959 is not very merry for the Pazinskis. Dad is going through a mid-life depression and refuses… Read more »

Laughs in Spanish

Playwright: Alexis Scheer Rights: Contact the Playwright Cast Size: 1m, 4w Synopsis: It’s Art Basel and the stakes are high for the gallery Mariana runs in the Wynwood Arts District in Miami. And when Mariana’s movie-star mother tries to help out, things get even more complicado. A fast paced, cafecíto-induced comedy about art and success—and mothers… Read more »

Water by the Spoonful

Playwright: Quiara Alegria Hudes Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 4m, 3w Synopsis: Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts keep each other alive, hour by hour, day by day. The boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents… Read more »

Disgraced

Playwright: Ayad Akhtar Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 3m 2w Synopsis:  Amir Kapoor is a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly moving up the corporate ladder while distancing himself from his cultural roots. Emily, his wife, is white; she’s an artist, and her work is influenced by Islamic imagery. When the couple hosts a dinner party,… Read more »

Caught

Playwright: Christopher Chen Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 2m 2w Synopsis: An art gallery hosts a retrospective of the work of a legendary Chinese dissident artist who was imprisoned in a Chinese detention center for a single work of art. Recently profiled in the New Yorker, the artist himself is present, and shares with patrons the details of… Read more »

Goodnight, Tyler

Playwright: B.J. Tindal Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 3m 3w Synopsis:  “Tyler Evans was a beloved best friend, grandson, mentor, and (almost) husband.” “Tyler Evans was a young Black man killed by a police officer.” Goodnight, Tyler is the ghost-love story of Tyler Evans, a dead Black man who wants to be remembered for who he was… Read more »

Mud Row

Playwright: Dominque Morisseau Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 2m 4w Synopsis:  Two generations of sisters navigate class, race, love and family on “Mud Row,” an area in the East End of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Elsie hopes to move up in the world by marrying into “the talented tenth,” while her sister Frances joins the fight… Read more »

410[Gone]

Playwright: Frances Ya-chu Cowhig Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 3m 2w Synopsis:  Where do we go when we die? In Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s dark and dazzling 410[GONE], that all depends on how you play the game. The stakes couldn’t be higher when a young woman goes in search of her lost brother in the Land of… Read more »

A Particle of Dread

Playwright: Sam Shephard Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 2f 6m Synopsis: As a young man, Oedipus is told by a seer that he will grow up to kill his own father and marry his mother. He flees from home to avoid this terrible fate, but there is no escape—the dreadful prophecy finally catches up with him. Celebrated… Read more »