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LEGENDS AND BRIDGE

   by Stephen Foster         This play is a hysterical, novelty comedy written by   award-winning actor C. Stephen Foster. This comedic   fusion of Feud and End of the Rainbow is the imagined   story of Joan Crawford inviting …

Proverbs 1129

PROVERBS 11:29

   by Matthew Yee         This play follows Mark who returns home post his   father's death for Christmas. He has one goal in mind and   that's to introduce his new boyfriend to his family. The   only downside is: his …

Maximalista

MAXIMALISTA

   by Ash Sanborn         Davi is a painter, a lover, a dreamer, who tries to hide   her struggle with hypersexuality. A manifestation of   her mental illness, the painful and pleasurable problem   puts her life in a shambles. …

Angelin the sky

ANGELS IN THE SKY

   by Tenaj Smith         Charlie is an American poet of relative notoriety who   lives alone after losing his wife. His son has moved out   to pursue his own path. His best friend Laura tries her   best to support him, but …

Dependent CLaus

DEPENDENT CLAUS

   by Emily Hupp       A typical American Christmas is interrupted when Santa   Claus actually shows up following being kicked out   by his wife. Determined to keep magic alive for their   grandchildren, aging Phil and …

What Youve Done

WHAT YOU’VE DONE

   by Allison Flom       Two women are abruptly turned away at their final   wedding dress fitting when the store owner discovers   that they're a lesbian couple. A Twitter rant sparks an   unexpected protest outside …

Normal People

NORMAL PEOPLE

   by Brett Michael Bullard        The play normalizes the queer population with common   issues such as commitment and career troubles, to   more uncommon problems like drug overdoses. The goal   is for the audience to almost …

The Winters fail final

THE WINTER’S FAIL

   by Phil Schiff and     Elizabeth Rose Sehring        In their hilarious adaptation--comedy, crazy antics   and climate control help The Silly Shakespeare Company®   figure out if William Shakespeare picked the best …

Suicidal Life Coach

SUICIDAL LIFE COACH

   by R. K. Rich        It's life coach Fred Sigman's wedding day. His fiancée   is histrionic, mercurial, and already planning their   annulment! No wonder he's depressed! Believing that   laughter is, indeed, the best …

The happening

THE HAPPENING

   by Roy Ruiz        What if aliens are entering our dreams? What if you're   just going crazy? What if your wife found out? What if   you had no other choice than to hire a maniac to help you   make sense of this happening? …

Lack Of Milk

LACK OF MILK

   by Ivan Faute       This is a dark, surreal comedy about loss and family.   When GUS's father dies, he negotiates with   mother BARBARA who seems unmoved. As the   years pass, they force their anger, sorrow, and …

Ellipses

ELLIPSES

   by Natalie Hunter       This play is an exploration of how the roles of gender   and communication impact today's dating world.   The play consists of vignettes which explore the   application of these themes to stalking, …

A day in a the life

A DAY IN THE LIFE

   by Uzunma Udeh     This show is simply 24 hours with a black woman.   Even through the ups and downs, she stays optimistic   and proves her resilience. The show exaggerates art   forms (rap, haiku, etc.) as a tool to …

Figuring Out Will

FIGURING OUT WILL

   by Alec Kerr     In a world full of emotional pitfalls, one geeky teen will   join forces with his two best friends to face his insecurities   and escape the friend zone by realizing it never even   existed in the first …

Mary 4 Martha 3 no footnotes

MARY 4 MARTHA 3 NO FOOTNOTES

   by Cate Belleveau       This play explores the lives of the Hemingway women,   his four wives, mother, granddaughter, and the   female literary critics. The  pinching masks of fame,   mental health and alcoholism's  impact  …

Wait Espera

WAIT (ESPERA)

   by Veronica Picone and Jenifer Badamo       An act of fate reunites Veronica with her familia after   a thirty-year estrangement. She soon discovers her   mother’s forgiveness is due to Alzheimer’s memory loss,   and her …

canarsie

CANARSIE

   by Andrew Barnes       Being in your mid twenties and living in New York City   trying to figure out who you are is hard enough. To make   it just a bit harder, Eileen is diagnosed with Leukemia   and decides she doesn't want …

A Lovely Damaged Quality

A LOVELY DAMAGED QUALITY

   by Mackenzie McBride       In A Lovely Damaged Quality, Jody descends into   the dark depths of her imagination as she tries   to make sense of her father's suicide. Overwhelmed   with grief, she finds herself in a chaotic and …

Johnny final

JOHNNY

   by Tal Shashoua        I finally understand what you mean now about giving back.   It’s . . . fulfilling. I’m making people feel alive.” Bereft   at the loss of the one person who truly understood him,   our protagonist …

Conscious

CONSCIOUS

   by Kimberly Singleton       Conscious, a young thriving poet, tries to come to   terms with living with HIV. Those closest to him do   not know that he has the disease and he must confront   the one responsible. Through the …

In Your Dreams

IN YOUR DREAMS!

   by Matt Sanders and     Ariel Aliza Sanders       Poor Addie and Stan! All this married couple wants   is to get a good night’s sleep--- for a change. But,   alas, that’s not in the cards. As soon as they …

A new play from will green

A NEW PLAY FROM WILL GREEN

   by Daniel Park       Will Green is a frustrated playwright trying to come   up with a new play. He conjures up an imaginary girl,   Olivia, who in turn tries to convince Will to   quit writing. A short dark meta …

Newsie Blues

NEWSIE BLUES

   by Marcus Shacknow     Two young men sit in their small shoe box apartment   waiting to hear back from a crush. While planning and   discussing and navigating the anxieties that come with   potential romance, the boys …

Pills

PILLS

   by Jack Sabido       J.R. and Danny, two best friends with a rampant opiate   habit, spend their days navigating the delicacies and   indelicacies of their friendship and the constant search   for the next high. The doldrums …

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