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 »
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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 »
A Number
Playwright: Caryl Churchill Rights: Concord Theatricals Cast Size: 2m Synopsis: Human cloning is the subject of this beguiling hour-long psychological thriller that blends topical scientific speculation with a stunning portrait of the relationship between fathers and their sons. Ratings: Language: 13+ Adult Content: 13+ Violence: All Ages Pay attention to: One Actor plays multiple versions… Read more »
Autumn
Playwright: Richard Wesley Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 4m, 3w Synopsis: Franklyn Longley is a veteran big-city mayor who’s in line to become the first black governor of his state—until his godson is tapped by the party to run instead. As a new generation of black politicians comes forward, they must learn there is a price… Read more »
Gloria
Playwright: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Rights: Dramatists Cast Size: 3m, 3w with doubling Synopsis: This funny, trenchant, and powerful play follows an ambitious group of editorial assistants at a notorious Manhattan magazine, each of whom hopes for a starry life of letters and a book deal before they turn thirty. But when an ordinary humdrum workday becomes… Read more »