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Orphée aux Enfers
Orphée and his wife Eurydice have grown apart. Orphée’s love of his violin, and of a local shepherd...
Outside Mullingar
Anthony Rielly and Rosemary Muldoon have grown up next to each other on two farms in rural Ireland....
Over the River and Through the Woods
Nick Cristano may be living the life of a modern young professional in New York City, but his loving...
Overtones
What secret desires do women have? Alice Gerstenberg’s most famous play Overtones gives voice to the...
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Oz
When a tornado whisks young Beth away, she suddenly finds herself in a place that feels oddly like t...
Parsifal
The legend of the Holy Grail is one that has had many retellings. The Holy Grail is an important sym...
The Pearl Fishers
A tale of love, betrayal, and sacrifice, The Pearl Fishers centers around two friends, Nadir and Zur...
Peerless
Jiehae Park’s clever and incisive adaptation of Macbeth is a comedy… until it’s not. Peerless tells...
Pelleas et Melisande
Lost in the forest, Golaud discovers a mysterious woman who is weeping near a pool. He tries to help...
Peter Grimes
The tragic story of Peter Grimes revolves around the tormented title character, a fisherman who find...
The Petrified Forest
Alan Squier, a cynical British intellectual, arrives at a desert service station owned by Jason Mapl...
Phaedra
A tragic myth from Ancient Greece, Jean Baptiste Racine’s retelling of Phaedra is renowned for its d...
