Playwright: Christopher Chen Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 6 any gender Synopsis: Inspired by the writings of Italo Calvino, The Late Wedding is a fractured portrait of a fractured marriage, as told through a series of interconnected fables, including an anthropological tour of fantastical tribes and their marital customs. Ratings: Language: 16+ Adult Content: 13+ Violence: 13+… Read more »
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Straight White Men
Playwright: Young Jean Lee Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 4m Synopsis: When Ed and his three adult sons come together to celebrate Christmas, they enjoy cheerful trash-talking, pranks, and takeout Chinese. Then they confront a problem that even being a happy family can’t solve: When identity matters, and privilege is problematic, what is the value of being… Read more »
The Headlands
Playwright: Christopher Chen Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 4m, 3w Synopsis: In Christopher Chen’s contemporary noir mystery, an amateur sleuth and true crime aficionado in San Francisco sets out to solve the ultimate case: the unsolved murder of his father. Ratings: Language: 16+ Adult Content: 16+ Violence: 13+ Pay attention to: Adult language is minimal…. Read more »
Parfumerie
Playwright: EP Dowdall Rights: Playscripts Cast Size: 8m, 7w, 3 either Synopsis:This new adaptation of the play that inspired several movies is a warm, gentle comedy that follows the tangled tale of Parfumerie employee George Horvath. Just days before Christmas, George’s boss fires him after mistakenly suspecting him to be the lover of his unfaithful… Read more »
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 »