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 »
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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 »
At the Table
Playwright: Michael Perlman Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 3f 5m Synopsis: Six friends head out of the city on their annual retreat for the weekend. With no social media, no cell phones, no internet allowed at all, this leaves them with one thing to do…look up from their screens and talk to each other. And when the… Read more »
This Bitter Earth
Playwright: Harrison David Rivers Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 2m Synopsis: At the Million Hoodie March in 2012, Jesse, a young black man, encounters Neil, a young white man who has unwittingly found himself at the front of the crowd with a megaphone in his hand. Flash forward several weeks, and Jesse and Neil have… Read more »
Office Hour
Playwright: Julia Cho Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 2m, 2f Synopsis: Gina was warned that one of her students would be a problem. Eighteen years old and strikingly odd, Dennis writes violently obscene work clearly intended to unsettle those around him. Determined to know whether he’s a real threat, Gina compels Dennis to attend her office hours…. Read more »
What the Constitution Means to Me
Playwright: Heidi Schreck Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 1f 1m and 1 girl(s) Synopsis: When she was fifteen years old, Heidi Schreck started traveling the country, taking part in constitutional debates to earn money for her college tuition. Decades later, in What the Constitution Means to Me, she traces the effect that the Constitution has had… Read more »
The Four of Us
by: Cat Rondeau What did you dream about doing with your life when you were younger? What are your dreams now? And what would you do if all of those dreams actually came true? For your best friend. Playwright Itamar Moses tackles that question – and all of the comedy and drama in between –… Read more »
Annapurna
Playwright: Sharr White Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 1f 1m Synopsis: After twenty years apart, Emma tracks Ulysses to a trailer park in the middle of nowhere for a final reckoning. What unfolds is a visceral and profound meditation on love and loss with the simplest of theatrical elements: two people in one room. A breathtaking… Read more »