Classics
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Georges Feydeau, translated from the French by Laurence Senelick
Description
Inspired by Feydeau's wife's obsession with giving the children laxatives, especially his eldest son, Jacques, every character is despicable for their moral cowardice and egoism, providing a hopeless (but hilarious) environment for child-rearing.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male, 1 child)
Short Comedy (about 50 minutes)
Single Set
Period CostumesJane Austen, adapted by Christopher BakerDescription
Jane Austen's mastery of manners and morals is on full display in Christopher Baker's acclaimed stage adaptation of her beloved masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 18 total (10 female, 8 male, 18 speaking roles or with doubling 14 actors)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period CostumesNeal Bell, adapted from the novel by Horatio AlgerDescription
Journalist Dick Hunter sets out to document the slums of 1890's New York where he discovers harrowing conditions of poverty and abuse.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period CostumesRichard NelsonDescription
The famous long-nosed hero returns home to Italy a changed man after the experience of his success in Hollywood and America.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary CostumesRichard NelsonDescription
Richard Nelson uses the familiar tale of Rip Van Winkle as the basis for his epic study of American agrarian reform, the Industrial Revolution, and the labor movement.
Production Info
Cast: 22 total (7 female, 15 male)
Full Length Drama (about 210 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period CostumesSpalding Gray, based on a short story by Anton ChekhovDescription
Famously astute observer of everyday life, Spalding Gray receives a Chekhov short story in the mail, leading him into a monologue that confronts the fears that beset us... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 1 total (1 male)
Short Comedy (about 25 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesWilliam Shakespeare, adapted by Nina ShengoldDescription
The most famous love story of all time has been edited from Shakespeare's text for a cast of five, and with a running time of seventy-five minutes.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period CostumesHenrik Ibsen, translated by Kenneth McLeishDescription
Considered one of Ibsen's masterpieces, ROSMERSHOLM is the story of Johannes Rosmer, a former clergyman and owner of the estate Rosmersholm... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 160 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period CostumesArthur Schnitzler, adapted by Eric BentleyDescription
Eric Bentley's adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's classic LA RONDE.
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (5 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary CostumesEric BentleyDescription
Eric Bentley's gay adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's LA RONDE set in 1970's New York.
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (8 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary CostumesOscar Wilde, translated by Matt DiCintioDescription
Inspired by symbolist poetry and the frequent appearance of Salomé in contemporary art and literature, Oscar Wilde wrote SALOMÉ in French during a Paris stay in 1891–92... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 17 total (2 female, 15 male, bit parts)
Full Length Drama (about 60 minutes)
Single Set
Period CostumesMolière, translated and adapted by Matt DiCintioDescription
When two misers return from abroad, their sons find their romances with two mysterious women in peril... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Period CostumesAnton Chekhov, adapted by Richard NelsonDescription
"It's a comedy with three female and six male roles, four acts, a landscape (view of a lake), lots of talk of literature, little action and 180 lbs of love... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 13 total (6 female, 7 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 120 minutes)
Single Set
Period CostumesEmily Mann, freely adapted from Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULLDescription
Emily Mann brings Chekhov's masterpiece into the 21st century with bright contemporary language and a modern Hamptons' setting... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary CostumesCarlo Goldoni, adapted by Constance CongdonDescription
Goldoni's eighteenth-century masterpiece is an enduring story of love, passion, and mistaken identity... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 13 total (3 female, 10 male)
Full Length Comedy (about 115 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes