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Den of Thieves
Maggie is a young single woman trying to change her life. She and her sponsor Paul are part of a twe...
Dido and Aeneas
Based on Book IV of Virgil’s Aeneid, Dido and Aeneas is Purcell’s only true opera, and his first com...
Director's Nightmare
It’s five days before the premiere of the non-musical version of Les Misérables, and high school dra...
A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol
It's Christmas Eve in Bunyan Bay, Minnesota and cantankerous bar owner Gunner Johnson gets in an arg...
The Dumb Waiter
The Dumb Waiter is Pinter’s second play. A one-act play heavily influenced by Beckett’s Waiting for...
Enchanted April
Sweet-natured Lotty Wilton is suffering depression from the bleak London winter, and from an oppress...
Equivocation
In 1605, Robert Cecil, prime minister to King James I of England, commissions William Shagspeare to...
Extremities
Rape is about power, and what could happen if a victim took that power back from her attacker? Marjo...
Fat Pig
Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig tells the story of Tom, a young professional who falls for a self-confident an...
Fool for Love
May is hiding out in a run-down motel room when her former lover, Eddie, shows up. He’s driven more...
Footloose Youth Edition
Footloose is the story of Ren McCormack, a teenage boy from Chicago. He and his mother move to the s...
Gay Divorce
After meeting the American novelist, Guy Holden, Mimi Pratt will do whatever it takes to get out of...
