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An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls is set in April 1912, at the home of the well-to-do Birling family. Arthur Birlin...
Ivanov
A 35-year-old Russian man named Nikolai Ivanov is having a midlife crisis. He has fallen out of love...
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Jitney
Jitney is the eighth play in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle. It takes place in The Hill District o...
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
It is 1911 in Pittsburgh at Seth and Bertha Holly’s boardinghouse. Seth and Bertha have a group of e...
Killer Joe
Killer Joe is an early play by award-winning playwright Tracy Letts. It tells the story of a young d...
King John
King John holds the throne of England illegitimately, having stolen it from the rightful heir, his n...
King Kong
Based on the film of the same name, King Kong follows Ann Darrow, an ambitious young actress and Car...
L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea)
The beautiful Poppea has caught the eye of the emperor Nerone , and he has fallen devotedly in love...
Lady, Be Good
When the orphaned Dick and Susie Trevor are evicted and living on the street with a thunderstorm on...
Lady in the Dark
On the surface, Liza Elliot is a happy career woman and the editor of a well-known fashion magazine....
Lazarus
Inspired by the book, The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis, Lazarus centers around Thomas Newto...
The Liar
In Pierre Corneille’s frothy yet biting comedy of light hearts and lighter words, trouble arrives in...
