Samuel French David Copelin Ma Ubu and Pa Ubu Ubu Rex, David Copelin’s translation of the world’s first absurdist play, Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi, unmasks the savagery just below the surface of “normal” human behavior. The play’s premiere in Paris in 1896 caused a riot....
Eldridge Plays Pat Cook Robin and Little John Would you like to hear the legend of Robin Hood? If your answer is “I Sherwood,” then hitch up your gauntlets and get ready to laugh. You see, it’s a little known fact that the famous English bandit was a bit of a klutz. As a kid […]
Dramatists Play Service Pearl Cleage Frank and Minnie THE STORY: Facing problems ranging from the inevitability of long, cold winters, to the possibility of domestic violence, to the continuing spectra of racial conflict, the women of FLYIN’ WEST include Miss Leah, the old woman whose memories...
Cassarotto Ramsay & Associates Caryl Churchill Kit and Angie Set in the early Thatcher years, Top Girls is a serminal play of the modern theatre, revealing a world of women’s experience at a pivotal moment in British history. Told by an eclectic group of historical and modern characters in a continuous...
Samuel French Moira Buffini Hal and Paige It’s my creation – like Frankenstein’s monster.’ An artist, a scientist and a sexpot are coming to dinner. Paige, hostess extraordinaire, is celebrating the publication of her husband’s bestseller. The arrival of Mike, marooned in the foggy...
Samuel French Don Nigro Robin and Dark Monk In a land where the rich get richer and the poor are starving, Prince John wants to cut down Sherwood Forest to put up an arms manufactory, a slaughterhouse and a tennis court for the well to do. This bawdy epic unites elements of wild farce and […]
Samuel French Gerald Moon Evelyn and Powell Think of Sleuth crossed with Deathtrap crossed with a Feydeau and you’ll have an idea of the wild and crazy, unpredictable hijinks in this hit play. Corpse! is set in London in 1936, and tells the story of twin brothers, one of whom plots to murder the other...
Samuel French Moliere- Adapted Ranjit Bolt Trissotin and Vadius This audacious adaptation of Les Femmes Savantes, Moliere’s mischievous farce indicting intellectual ladies of the salons, is liberally peppered with contemporary allusions which put it firmly in the present. Henriette has had the misfortune...
Musical Theatre International Alan Menken and Howard Ashman and Tim Rice Gaston and Beast The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse...
Musical Theatre International Alan Menken and Howard Ashman and Tim Rice Gaston and Belle The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse...
