Classics
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Edmond Rostand, translated by Brian VineroDescription
Don Juan's sexual conquests have gained him an infamous reputation all over Europe. When the Devil himself begins to drag him to Hell, Don Juan makes a bargain: In exchange for another ten years of life, he will commit to doing the Devil's dark work himself by bedding as many women as possible and leaving them wanting and devastated.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (1 female, 5 male, doubling possible, many female bit parts possible)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Molière, translated from the French into English by A R Waller, adapted by Steven Pimlott and Colin ChambersDescription
Molière's satire of intellectual snobbery focuses on the women folk of Chrysale's household, who look on all but intellectual pursuits as worthless and spurn love in favour of learning... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 13 total (5 female, 8 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Georg Büchner, adapted by Sean GraneyDescription
Büchner's classic is brought to vivid life in Sean Graney's sensational adaptation.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (2 female, 5 male, doubling)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Aeschylus, adapted by Robert AulettaDescription
In THE LIBATION BEARERS Agamemnon's daughter Electra mourns her father's death. Her brother, Orestes, returns to Argos to kill their mother and stepfather, now king, and avenge their father's death... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (6 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, translated by Jo CliffordDescription
A masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age. It is foretold that Prince Sigismund will become a tyrant. Alarmed, his father, the king, imprisons him... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (2 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Anton Chekhov, adapted by Richard Nelson from translations by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa VolokhonskyCollection Description
LITTLE COMEDIES, an evening of five short plays by Anton Chekhov, span the author's career; this version of ON THE HARMFULNESS OF TOBACCO was one of the last pieces he wrote... [read more]
Friedrich von Schiller, translated by Laurence SenelickDescription
Ferdinand is an army major and son of President von Walter, a high-ranking noble in a German duke's court, while Luise Miller is the daughter of a middle-class musician... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (2 female, 7 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Jean Giraudoux, translated by Laurence SenelickDescription
Originally written to protest thoughtless urban renewal, THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT has remained remarkably up-to-date... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (6 female, 6 male, Flexible Casting)
Full Length Drama (about 130 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Wendy Wasserstein, based on the short story by Anton ChekhovDescription
Varinka is a free spirit in love with the older Byelinkov, the most proper man in town. But his inhibitions and worries about how he and Varinka are perceived when she boldly rides a bicycle about town threatens to unravel their impending marriage... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short Comedy (about 15 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Niccolò Machiavelli, adapted by Peter MaloneyDescription
Machiavelli's 16th-century comedic classic. Callimaco wishes to bed Lucrezia, though she is the wife of the aging Nicia... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (2 female, 5 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 130 minutes)
Single Set
Period Costumes
Pierre Beaumarchais, adapted by Richard NelsonDescription
A Count's valet prepares to marry the Countess' chambermaid — until it becomes clear the Count wishes to revive an old law that will allow him to take advantage of the bride before the wedding... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (4 female, 7 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 110 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Yussef El GuindiDescription
An adaptation of Chekhov's classic short comedy with a delightfully distinct Egyptian twist.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)
Short Comedy (about 40 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Henrik Ibsen, translated by Kenneth McLeishDescription
Originally published in 1892 and first performed in 1893, THE MASTER BUILDER explores the needs of the artist in relation to those of society and the limits of artistic creativity... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Neal Bell, adapted from the novel by Frank NorrisDescription
Neal Bell's adaptation of Frank Norris's novel tells the story of a couple's courtship and marriage, and their subsequent descent into poverty, violence, and finally murder as the result of jealousy and greed.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 150 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes
Eugène Labiche and Èdouard Martin, translated by Laurence SenelickDescription
A sardonic comedy about Dutrecy, a man of the most unbridled selfishness, who arranges his life to provide himself maximum comfort... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 11 total (2 female, 9 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes