Murder
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William MastrosimoneDescription
Inspired by the Thurston High School shooting, BANG BANG YOU'RE DEAD follows a high school shooter who is tormented in his jail cell by apparitions of the classmates he killed.
Production Info
Cast: 15 total (9 female, 6 male, flexible casting, up to 30 actors)
Short Drama (about 40 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Douglas PostDescription
Carter Bartosek, a foreign correspondent stationed in Beirut, returns to his Midwest hometown for the funeral of his best friend, a former congressman who apparently took his own life while high on alcohol and painkillers... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)
Full Length Drama (about 140 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Marisa WegrzynDescription
Skewed family values and the deep and dark secrets they create become a life force for Valerie, the infamous butcher of Baraboo, Wisconsin... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (4 female, 1 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 110 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Adam SeidelDescription
Fascinated by a serial killer's poems to his victims, Nancy sets out to find him. When she discovers herself in his basement, she likes it.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 90 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Reed Martin and Austin TichenorDescription
Nothing is rotten in the state of Denmark as young Hamlet leaps into action to save the nunnery with Ophelia and Yorick the jester! What could possibly go wrong? This hysterical prequel answers all the important questions, like: Why can't Ophelia take swim lessons? Where the hell is Mrs Polonius? And why does Hamlet's mother spend so much time at his uncle's house? What will young Hamlet grow up To Be? That is the question! A fast, funny, and physical extravaganza filled with scary ghosts, wee Scots, singing nuns, and a mysterious vassal in the castle!
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (3 male, as written; gender-diverse and/or expanded casts)
Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Manuel Van LoggemDescription
Poisonous mushrooms, red herrings, marital infidelities, and a mysterious Merchant of Death are elements in this English-style thriller with a fascinating, intricate plot.
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Burt Grinstead and Anna StrombergDescription
Based on the classic novella, this darkly comic adaptation takes you to the dismal streets of London in the 1860s, where societal pressures silence a gentle doctor's questions about the nature of morality... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 16 total (7 female, 9 male, flexible casting, bit parts)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Burt Grinstead and Anna StrombergDescription
Based on the classic novella, this darkly comic adaptation takes you to the dismal streets of London in the 1860s, where societal pressures silence a gentle doctor's questions about the nature of morality... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Lope de Vega, translated by Laurence BoswellDescription
A masterpiece by one of the greatest writers of the Spanish Golden Age. When the people of the town of Fuente Ovejuna revolt against their tyrannical overlord and murder him, the authorities attempt to find out who is responsible, leading to one of the most memorable acts of resistance in world drama.
Production Info
Cast: 16 total (4 female, 12 male, flexible casting up to 8 women and 20 men)
Full Length Drama (about 180 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Marisa WegrzynDescription
A raucous comic exploration of the ironies and insanities of corporate America where even professional assassins are fighting for their benefits... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male, doubling)
Full Length Comedy (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Euripides, adapted into English verse by Brian VineroDescription
Medea has abandoned her family and homeland of Colchis for the love of the great hero Jason, and her loyalty, cunning and talents in witchcraft have repeatedly rescued him... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (2 female, 7 male, flexible casting, chorus, bit parts)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Carlos MurilloDescription
They seemed like the perfect couple. Attractive. Well-educated. Affluent. Why did the husband brutally murder his wife and take his own life? Aaron and Henry, two young wannabe screenwriters at a writer's retreat struggle with crippling blocks as they seek to solve the mystery... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Tim KellyDescription
This chilling whodunnit is about a woman who runs "Mystery Weekend Tours" at Coldblood Cottage, her ancestral home... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (6 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Sophocles, translated from the Greek by Laurence SenelickDescription
First performed around 430 BCE, Sophocles' OEDIPUS THE KING remains as shocking a tragedy as it must have been to the ancient Greeks... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (1 female, 7 male, doubling, nonspeaking parts)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Period Costumes
Joseph ZettelmaierDescription
Los Angeles, 1933. PI Frank Ellery doesn't know it, but he's taken on the strangest case of his life... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (1 female, 4 male)
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes