In a world of division and demonization of the unknown “other”, Babette the great artist and culinary female genius of Paris, seeks political asylum in a remote and religious community in the north of Norway. Having lost everything in the Communard Revolution – the Rights of Man, her family, her freedom – she humbly serves…
After a long night of drinking at a small east coast college faculty party, the middle-aged professor George and his rambunctious wife Martha stumble into their living room. Amidst a general atmosphere of antagonistic profanity, Martha announces that she has lured an opportunistic young professor and his sweet young bride back to the house…
At the center of No Candy is a multi-generational community of Bosnian Muslim women who run a gift shop near the Srebrenica massacre memorial. The play follows how each woman copes, privately and publicly, with the trauma she experienced during the war: she dreams of Julie Andrews; she dresses drag in her father’s clothes; she…
Yue Liu and Adam Chisnall present THE 3RD ONE ACT COMEDY FEST Adam & Eve Book & Lyrics by Marella Martin Koch Music by Minhui Lee The Oath Book & Lyrics by Marella Martin Koch Music by Ross Baum Characters on the Subway By Troy Segala The Uncharacteristically Brazen Elegance of…
Adam Chisnall and Yue Liu present One Act Comedy Fest Permanent Stain Tattoo By Eric Dietz Directed by Ilana Ransom Toeplitz The Basics of Conning By Sam Strum Directed by Brian Losoya Writer’s Blocked Book & Lyrics by Josh Shapiro Music by TJ Rubin Directed by Erin Soler The Charm Book…
A tale about a girl named Annie who’s sent away from her home in Louisiana to make her money across America to build her family a house. An infernal journey of seven years in seven cities, Annie’s quest for fame and fortune brings her face to face with each of our world’s most deadly sins:…
A Dream Play by August Strindberg in a new version by Caryl Churchill Directed by Pálína Jónsdóttir Agnes, a daughter of the gods, comes to earth, hoping to understand – and perhaps alleviate – human suffering. Her exploration takes her across a vast illusionary landscape: characters and locations assemble, dissolve and re-integrate in an instant,…
By Anton Chekhov Translation by Paul Schmidt Chekhov’s masterwork The Three Sisters brings us to the turn of the century in a provincial town revealing the lives of Olga, Masha, Irina and their brother Andrey. They dream of moving back to Moscow to realize their future in the capital of intelligence, sophistication and unfound love.…
Eurydice is a meditation on memory and loss that examines the relationships of fathers and daughters and how we commune with those across the veil. After a tragic fall on her wedding day,Eurydice arrives in the land of the dead where she meets her father who she cannot recognize. Orpheus searches desperately in the land…
After the second botched suicide attempt by their matriarch Renee, the Rudin family agrees to return to their beloved family orchard in an effort to reclaim their original ownership of the land. But during their journey they are all confronted with the harsh realities of recovery and each must learn in their own way: delusion…
Disposable Promises chronicles four young Egyptians’ journey, of them being detached from their country before the revolution, and through the trials and events of the movement. For the four years of turmoil that followed the January 25th revolution, they embark on a journey of self worth. Their awakened love for their country gets tangled with…
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