Playwright: Greg Kallares Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 6m 2w Synopsis: When a young African American is shot for a pair of basketball shoes, sales triple among white teens. Are ghetto-glorifying commercials to blame, or is it the white CEO that only sees dollar signs? Luckily, there’s a new pill on the market guaranteed to cure… Read more »
Uncategorized
American Moor
Playwright: Keith Hamilton Cobb Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 2m Synopsis: A seasoned African-American actor auditioning for the role of William Shakespeare’s iconic black hero Othello must respond to the dictates of a younger white director who presumes to understand how to maximize the black character for believability. What could possibly go wrong? A poetic exploration… Read more »
Leading Ladies
Playwright: Ken Ludwig Rights: Concord Theatritcals Synopsis: In this hilarious comedy by the author of Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo, two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing “Scenes from Shakespeare” on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. Rating: Language: 10+ Adult… Read more »
Grand Concourse
Playwright: Heidi Schreck Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 2f, 2m Synopsis: Having dedicated her life to religious service, Shelley runs a Bronx soup kitchen with unsentimental efficiency, but lately her heart’s not quite in it. Her brisk nature masks an unsettling fear that her efforts are meaningless. When Emma – an idealistic but confused college… Read more »
Mothers and Sons
Playwright: Terrence McNally Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 1f, 2m, 1 child Synopsis: At turns funny and powerful, MOTHERS AND SONS portrays a woman who pays an unexpected visit to the New York apartment of her late son’s partner, who is now married to another man and has a young son. Challenged to face how society… Read more »
August Osage County
Playwright: Tracy Letts Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 7f, 6m Synopsis: A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sisters harboring shady little secrets. When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after Dad disappears, their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. Mix in Violet, the drugged-up, scathingly acidic matriarch, and… Read more »
Frankie and Johnny in The Clair De Lune
Playwright: Terrence McNally Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 1w, 1m Synopsis: The setting is a walk-up apartment on Manhattan’s West Side where, as the curtain rises, Frankie (a waitress) and Johnny (a short-order cook who works in the same restaurant) are discovered in bed. It is their first encounter, after having met several weeks ago on… Read more »
The Nether
Playwright: Jennifer Haley Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 1f, 3m, 1girl Synopsis: The Nether is a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity and indulge your every desire. But when a young detective uncovers a disturbing brand of entertainment, she triggers an interrogation into the darkest corners of the imagination…. Read more »
The Sound Inside
Playwright: Adam Rapp Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 1w, 1m Synopsis: When Bella Baird, an isolated creative writing professor at Yale, begins to mentor a brilliant but enigmatic student named Christopher, the two form an unexpectedly intense bond. As their lives and the stories they tell about themselves become intertwined in unpredictable ways, Bella makes… Read more »
Significant Other
Playwright: Joshua Harmon Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 4w, 3m Synopsis: Jordan Berman would love to be in love, but that’s easier said than done. So until he meets Mr. Right, he wards off lonely nights with his trio of close girlfriends. But as singles’ nights turn into bachelorette parties, Jordan discovers that the only… Read more »