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Characters: 7 female (5 African-American, 1 Caucasian, 1 Native-American), 2 girls (9 yrs & 5 yrs, doubling possible)A unique story of seven ordinary non-enslaved women accused of murder, who escaped, kidnapped and fought to ultimately give their lives for the future of...a little girl.Three African-American women arrive at Bullet's cabin with a white woman in tow and a dead white man in their wake. Bullet used to help slaves cross to the North and the three are seeking her help, but ever since her brother was hung Bullet has sworn off guiding. Her brother's widow, a Native-American woman named Rain, and their little girl live with her. At first Bullet and Rain don't want to help, but then they decide it would be for the best. It becomes clear that the white woman (who might have "black blood" in her veins) was complicit in the killing of her husband and eventually joins with them to fight against a posse that comes after the women. Throughout the play, the women reveal their personal histories as they grow to trust one another.

Characters: 2 male, 2 female Interior Adam Bock's meticulously crafted A Small Fire follows John and Emily Bridges, a long-married couple whose happy, middle-class lives are upended when Emily falls victim to a mysterious disease. As her senses are slowly stripped away - smell, taste, sight - Emily resolves to remain engaged with her community, relying on John to help her run her company and experience her daughter Jenny's wedding. But her stoic outlook reaches a breaking point

Dramatic ComedyCHaracters: 5 male (1 non-speaking)Single SetFinalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for DramaWinner! 2011 Obie Award for Best New American PlayWinner! 2011 New York Times Outstanding Playwright AwardsWinner! 2008 National Latino Playwriting AwardMace is a professional wrestler. He''s a really good professional wrestler. He''s not the champion though - that''s the impossibly charismatic Chad Deity. When Mace discovers a young India

Characters: 3 male, 2 femaleSingle Set Winner! 2010 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Awards for Overall Production of a MusicalBunked!: The Musical is a touching coming of age comedy about five summer camp counselors during that pivotal summer before the beginning of college. With easily relatable characters experiencing their first tastes of independence and a catchy pop score, BUNKED! taps into the uncertainty of trying to find oneself while forging first adult relationships. Exploring themes of first loves, growing up, and identity, the show asks the questions "who am I?" "where do I belong?" and "how do I make a name for myself?" with both humor and poignancy. "Alaina Kunin and Bradford Proctor have written a funny, hip musical about hormone-addled counselors at Camp Timberlake...Bunked! remains a frothy, giggly delight for its duration." -Backstage"The arrival of Bunked! at this year's Fringe Festival is the kind of event theatre aficionados generally only get to dream of: a new musical with music, book, lyrics, direction and performances...that bursts upon the scene as a full-fledged smash production...The book and lyrics and the music are creative, witty and memorable." - TheatreIsEasy.com"The engaging musical Bunked!...is like Wet Hot American Summer with as much heart as high jinks."-The Advocate

A play written by brothers Frank and Malachy McCourt about growing up in Limerick, Ireland, and their journey to Brooklyn, New York, where they learn to incorporate the lessons learned from their hard Irish past.

Genre: Musical Characters: 7 males, 8 females, and chorus of 8 males and 5 females In the honky tonk world of marathon dancing in Atlantic City in 1933, a captivating assortment of depression era souls eager to dance their way into fame and prizes gather on the Steel Pier. The spectacle is presided over by an oily tongued emcee who is secretly married to Rita Racine, the champion dancer. Her usual partner doesn't show up, so she is paired with a handsome pilot on leave. As the hours o

"Based on the book Uncle Pirate by Doug Rees."

The fourth and final volume of our popular melodramas series includes four new works from Tom Frye: FAST FOOD FRENZY - 3 male, 3 female, 1 non-gender dog / 1 Exterior & 3 InteriorThe restaurant business is booming for the Frye family of Rose Hill, Kansas. There's only one problem - well, maybe more than one - the neighbor is crazy and the dog talks! This wacky famly is facing a treacherous villain, Mr. Sour Kraut, who wants the mortgage, but even more, he wants their beautiful d

4m, 2f to play multiple roles / Dramatic ComedyThe cuckolded King Shahriyar is marrying a new bride every night and beheading her the next morning. As unrest spreads in the Sultanate, his vizier's daughter Scheherezade hatches a plan: she will offer herself as a bride and seduce the king with stories that leave him hanging on every word. She weaves such tales as "Sindbad the Sailor" and "Alaeddin and His Magic Lamp" with stories of Borges, Flaubert, and Alan and Dahna -- a Jewish man and an Ar

Plays include: Tongue, Tied (1m, 1f) A man and a woman fall in love through their hand puppets. Death and Javier Miguel Lopez Guadalajara Asante (3m) A coffee stand vendor tricks Death into giving him his job. Clowns(s) (4m, 1f) A children's clown, possibly on the run from the law, bemoans his fate and falls in love with a mother of one of his clients. She convinces him that he might be happier if he becomes a normal person and just does clowning on the sly. Skirmishes (3m, 3f) A man and wom

3m, 3f / ComedyThe Schwartz family is on its last legs. Their father's dead and their Catskills home is up for sale. Norma's husband hasn't spoken to her since she turned their 15 year old son in for smoking pot. After five miscarriages it appears Herb's wife won't provide him with an heir. Simon has one foot on the moon. Gene's girlfriend is about to have an abortion. And nobody seems very clear about what it is to be a family anyway.What is it to be a family? Does anybody care any more? Is

Comedy / 3m, 3f / AreasLa Gringa is about a young woman's search for her identity. María Elena Garcia goes to visit her family in Puerto Rico during the Christmas holidays and arrives with plans to connect with her homeland. Although this is her first trip to Puerto Rico, she has had an intense love for the island and even majored in Puerto Rican Studies in college. Once María is in Puerto Rico, she realizes that Puerto Rico does not welcome her with open arms. The majority of the Puerto Rica

1m, 2f / Comedy / Unit SetIn Half and Half, James Sherman explores marriages past and present in two related one-act plays. In the first act, set at a breakfast in 1970, the breadwinner husband reads the newspaper and the homemaker wife fries the eggs. In act two, at a breakfast taking place this morning, the career-minded wife reads the paper and the stay-at-home husband cooks the frittata. With his unique comic insight, Sherman looks at how husbands and wives accept and reject their roles, ho

Everythings Turning Into Beautiful1m., 1f. / Interior / Play with musicThis new play with music takes place late one Christmas Eve in lonely New York City, when a couple of down-on-their-luck songwriting partners, hitless, loveless and facing their forties, come together for a night of composing and soul searching. This "musical story", finds Sam and Brenda facing the light of a new day and confronting the practical matter: they don't want to mess up their friendship or their working relationship. But, when Sam shows up on Brenda's doorstep late one Christmas Eve wanting to take things to the next level, their partnership is put to the test.

Full Length, Drama / 3f / Simple Sets Set in 1938 Chicago, Rose Colored Glass takes place in the back rooms of Lady O'Riley's and Rose Fleishman's delicatessen. Their disparate worlds, separated by much more that the alley between their kitchens, are about to collide. Peg O'Riley,the 13-year-old granddaughter of Lady, has grown determined that these two mistrustful widows will become friends, but it is not until they become involved in the same cause that their friendship has a chance to blo

Characters: 3 male, 2 female Interior Winner! 2011 Obie Award for Playwriting Nominated for the 2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Samuel D. Hunter's A Bright New Boise is a earnest comedy about the meager profits of modern faith. In the bleak, corporate break room of a craft store in Idaho, someone is summoning The Rapture. Will, who has fled his rural hometown after a scandal at his Evangelical church, comes to the Hobby Lobby, not only f

Charaters: 3 male, 6 female One Interior/Exterior Set A historical drama that explores Edgar Degas' scandalous visit to New Orleans in 1872. Edgar Degas, the French Impressionist painter, is torn between helping his relatives in America and pursuing a career as a painter. Fame and family obligations come to a head when he discovers he is still in love with his sister-in-law, who is now pregnant and blind. As Edgar struggles with his own ethical conundrum, he discovers that hi

Characters: 3 male, 2 female Composite set: part of a bedroom, sitting-room, eating-area in kitchen The Rodales seem like an ordinary family, but beneath the surface things are beginning to crack. Jill and Mal have lost the spark in their marriage, their son Sam resents his father and their daughter Chrissie has recently become a mum and is dealing with marriage issues of her own. And while they all share advice on how others should live their lives, nobody is really taking it on board

Dramatic ComedyCharacters: 1 male, 1 femaleSimple SetMeet Julian and Josephine, an immigrant couple on New York's Lower East Side, circa 1890. Meet Gideon and Margie, an unlikely pair of historical reenactors, circa now. A museum tour goes off the rails in this jaunty tale of old places, new beginnings and timeless questions."A twisty, humorous tale of significance" - Iris Wiener, TheaterMania.com"Mensch's script is a layered, clear-eyed work of art" - Di Jayawickr