Playwright: Steve Martin Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 2f 2m Synopsis: Corky and Norm are excited to host Gerald and Laura at their home in the valley outside Los Angeles to watch a once-in-a-lifetime meteor shower. But as the stars come out and the conversation gets rolling, it becomes clear that Gerald and Laura might… Read more »
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Love Alone
Playwright: Deborah Salem Smith Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 2m 4f Synopsis: When Helen’s lesbian partner of twenty years dies unexpectedly in minor surgery, Helen and her daughter want answers. Confused by the hospital’s silence around the death, they bring a lawsuit against the doctors. Now Dr. Becca Neal must confront her feelings about losing her… Read more »
Tiny Beautiful Things
Playwright: Nia Vardalos Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 1w 3f or m Synopsis: Based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that “Sugar” was publishing online from 2010-2012. When the struggling writer was asked to take over the unpaid, anonymous position… Read more »
The Book of Will
Playwright: Lauren Gunderson Rights: Dramatists Synopsis: Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have literary masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. But without Henry Condell and John Heminges, we would have lost half of Shakespeare’s plays forever! After the death of their friend and mentor, the two actors are determined to compile the First Folio and preserve the words… Read more »
Cadillac Crew
Playwright: Tori Sampson Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 4w Synopsis: On the day of a much-anticipated speech by Rosa Parks during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, four activists working in a Virginia civil rights office wonder whether the proclamation of equality amongst mankind includes women. With remarkable insight and unexpected humor, Cadillac Crew reclaims the… Read more »
Church & State
Playwright: Jason Odell Williams Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 2m 2w Synopsis: Three days before his bid for reelection, in the wake of a school shooting in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina, a Republican U.S. senator makes an off-the-cuff comment to a blogger that gets leaked on “the Twitter,” calling into question the senator’s stance… Read more »
Red
Playwright: John Logan Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 2m Synopsis: Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio… Read more »
The Light
Playwright: Loy A Webb Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 1m 1f Synopsis: Not every marriage proposal goes as planned. Loy A. Webb’s The Light introduces us to Rashad and Genesis on what should be one of the happiest days of their lives, but their joy quickly unravels when ground-shifting accusations from the past resurface in this gripping… Read more »
Smart People
Playwright: Lydia R. Diamond Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 2m 2f Synopsis: It is the eve of Obama’s first election. Four of Harvard University’s brightest; a surgeon, an actress, a psychologist, and a neuro-psychiatrist, are all interested in different aspects of the brain, particularly how it responds to race. But like all smart people, they… Read more »
CQ/CX
Playwright: Gabe McKinley Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 5m 1f Synopsis: Jay, an up and coming reporter at The New York Times has dreams of becoming a famous journalist. But in a flash, they come crashing down when he becomes the center of a plagiarism scandal. Exciting young playwright, Gabe McKinley weaves a revealing and… Read more »