Scripts by Title
1776-A
1776
by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards
1776
by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards
It's the summer of 1776, and the nation is ready to declare independence... if only our founding fathers can agree to do it! 1776 follows John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia as they attempt to convince the members of the Second Continental Congress to vote for independence from the shackles of the British monarchy by signing the Declaration of Independence.
1940's
Radio Hour
by Walton Jones
1940's
Radio Hour
by Walton Jones
A different time is evoked in this marvelously theatrical and winning show, a live broadcast of a The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade from the Hotel Astor's Algonquin Room on December 21, 1942. The spirit of that bygone era when the world was at war is accurately captured as the harassed producer copes with a drunk lead singer, the delivery boy who wants a chance in front of the mike, the second banana who dreams of singing a ballad, and the trumpet playing sound effects man who chooses a fighter plane over Glenn Miller.
Cast: 10 M, 5 F
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
by Tennessee Williams
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
by Tennessee Williams
After Jake, a shady, middle-aged cotton gin owner, burns down rival Silva Vicarro's mill, Vicarro attempts to enact vengeance by seducing Flora, Jakes delicate young wife. A "Mississippi Delta comedy."
A part of the collection 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays.
Cast: 2 M, 1 F
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley
by Israel Horovitz
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley
by Israel Horovitz
Famous the world over, the story of Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, and the others needs no detailing here. Mr. Horovitz’s adaptation follows the Dickens original scrupulously but, in bringing it to life on the stage, adds elements of inventiveness and brilliant theatricality that enhance and strengthen its timeless virtues. The end result is a theatre piece of unique eloquence, which will delight audiences of all ages, and draw forth the best efforts of all engaged in its presentation.
Cast: 10 M, 5 F, 5 boys, 3 girls
A Company of Wayward Saints
by George Herman
A Company of Wayward Saints
by George Herman
A commedia dell' arte group wanders by mistake into the eye of an allegory. They are humanity, wayward saints all, who are far from home and without means. A nobleman may be their salvation if they can put on a good show for him. Surprisingly, the Company chooses to present the history of man, from the Garden of Eden through Everyman in birth, adolescence, marriage and death. Along the way they enact other wayward adventures such as the assassination of Julius Caesar and the homecoming of Odysseus. It is a fine mosaic of life redeemed by humor and human understanding.
Cast: 6 M, 3 F
A Day in the
Death of Joe Egg
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by Peter Nichols
A Day in the
Death of Joe Egg
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by Peter Nichols
Bri, a schoolteacher and his wife Sheila have a 10-year old spastic child named Josephine, who is completely helpless and utterly dependent. Bri hides behind irony and sarcasm. Sheila believes the child is her penance for a promiscuous past and soldiers on devotedly with their little "Joe Egg". Well-meaning family and friends offer sundry solutions, everything from adoption to euthanasia but ultimately Bri finds he cannot continue and leaves Sheila and Joe behind.
Cast: 2 M, 3 F, 1 girl
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
The play centres on an ordinary family—Torvald Helmer, a bank lawyer, his wife Nora, and their three little children. Torvald supposes himself the ethical member of the family, while his wife assumes the role of the pretty little woman in order to flatter him. Into this arrangement intrude several outsiders, one of whom threatens to expose a fraud that Nora had once committed without her husband’s knowledge in order to obtain a loan needed to save his life. When Nora’s act is revealed, Torvald reacts with outrage. Utterly disillusioned about her husband, Nora declares her independence of him and their children and leaves them, slamming the door of the house behind her.
Cast: 4 M, 4 F, 2 boys, 1 girl
A Gap in Generations
by Jerry Blunt
A Gap in Generations
by Jerry Blunt
This play is a broad, exuberant, farce, created by a professor and his students. We discover a square in old Bologna peopled by types that could have strayed in from The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, or Volpone. The play is done in true comedia dell'arte fashion with stylized costumes and masks.
Cast: 9 M, 5 F + extras
A Gentleman and a Scoundrel
by Jack Sharkey
A Gentleman and a Scoundrel
by Jack Sharkey
An underpaid worker hires himself in disguise as his own assistant to increase his income. His sweetheart falls for his phony self and he becomes his own rival.
Cast: 2 M, 1 F
A Hatful of Rain
by Michael V. Gazzo
A Hatful of Rain
by Michael V. Gazzo
This striking drama of love and addiction broke new ground for the depiction of realism in the theatre. Celia and Johnny Pope live in a New York tenement with his brother “Polo.” As Johnny’s heroine addiction spirals out of control, Celia and Polo’s attraction and dependency grow.
Cast: 7 M, 2 F
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
An argument between the King and the Queen of the faeries has huge ramifications on the mortal world when would-be lovers cross the path of the Faerie King. Mischief, mayhem, and hilarity ensue in what is possibly Shakespeare's most popular comedy.
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Cast: 13 M, 8 F, + ensemble
A Piece of
My Heart
by Shirley Lauro
A Piece of
My Heart
by Shirley Lauro
This is a powerful, true drama of six women who went to Vietnam: five nurses and a country western singer booked by an unscrupulous agent to entertain the troops. The play portrays each young woman before, during, and after her tour in the war-torn nation and ends as each leaves a personal token at the memorial wall in Washington.
Cast: 1 M, 6 F
A Raisin in
the Sun
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by Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in
the Sun
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by Lorraine Hansberry
This play follows the divergent dreams and conflicts of three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis, and matriarch Lena. When her deceased husband’s insurance money comes through, Lena dreams of moving to a new home in a better neighborhood. Walter has other plans: buying a liquor store. Beneatha dreams of medical school. The Younger family’s heroic struggle to retain dignity in a harsh and changing world is a searing and timeless document of hope and inspiration.
Cast: 7 M, 3 F, 1 boy
A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
The play reveals to the very depths the character of Blanche du Bois, a woman whose life has been undermined by her romantic illusions, which lead her to reject—so far as possible—the realities of life with which she is faced and which she consistently ignores. The pressure brought to bear upon her by her sister, with whom she goes to live in New Orleans, intensified by the earthy and extremely "normal" young husband of the latter, leads to a revelation of her tragic self-delusion and, in the end, to madness.
Cast: 6 M, 6 F
A Thousand Clowns
by Herb Gardner
A Thousand Clowns
by Herb Gardner
Tired of writing cheap comedy gags for "Chipper the Chipmunk", a children's television star, Murray finds himself unemployed with plenty of free time with which to pursue his...pursuits. Lectured by his conventional brother Arnold and hounded by "the system", Murray is paid a visit by bickering, uptight social workers, Sandra and Albert, and finds himself solving their problems as well as most of his own.
Cast: 5 M, 1 F
A Thurber Carnival
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by James Thurber
A Thurber Carnival
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by James Thurber
Winner of a special Tony Award and first performed in New York by Tom Ewell, Peggy Cass, Paul Ford and Alice Ghostley, these sketches of humorous scenes from American life include some of Thurber's most celebrated and insightful satires: The Night the Bed Fell, Gentlemen Shoppers, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and the unforgettable File and Forget in which Thurber recounts his famous correspondence with various publishers who ship him books which he doesn't want and never ordered. A perfect evening of comedy.
Cast: 5 M, 4 F
A Weekend Near Madison
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by Kathleen Tolan
A Weekend Near Madison
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by Kathleen Tolan
Follow a reunion of college friends now in their early thirties. Vanessa, the "star" of the group and the leader of a lesbian/feminist rock band arrives at the home of an old friend, a psychiatrist, hand in hand with her younger lover who plays in the band. Also on hand are the psychiatrist's wife a novelist suffering from writer's block and his brother, who was once Vanessa's lover and loves her still. In the course of the weekend, Vanessa announces that she and her lover desperately want a child and attempts to persuade her former lover to be the father.
Cast: 2 M, 3 F
Advise and Consent
by Loring Mandel
Advise and Consent
by Loring Mandel
This is a melodrama about backstage politics in Washington during a sub committee investigation of a man proposed for Secretary of State. Was the candidate a communist? A witness says yes, but under cross examination, comes apart. The crotchety southern senator who produces the witness now appears to be only a sour obstructionist. In the ensuing intrigues one senator so forces the issues that they end in calamity and in death for the subcommittee chairman.
Cast: 18 M, 4 F, + 12 M or F
After the Fall
by Arthur Miller
After the Fall
by Arthur Miller
A powerful and moving study of a contemporary man struggling to come to terms with himself and his world by probing back into the revealing and often painful events of his past.
Cast: 12 M, 11 F
Agnes of God
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by John Pielmeier
Agnes of God
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by John Pielmeier
Summoned to a convent, Dr. Martha Livingstone, a court-appointed psychiatrist, is charged with assessing the sanity of a novice accused of murdering her newborn.
Cast: 3 F
Ah, Wilderness!
by Eugene O'Neil
Ah, Wilderness!
by Eugene O'Neil
Taking place over the July 4th weekend of 1906 in an idyllic Connecticut town, it offers a tender, retrospective portrait of small town family values, teenage growing pains, and young love.
Cast: 9 M, 6 F
Aida
by Tim Rice
and Elton John
Aida
by Tim Rice
and Elton John
An enslaved Nubian princess, Aida, finds her heart entangled with Radames, an Egyptian soldier who is betrothed to the Pharaoh's daughter, Amneris. As their forbidden love blossoms, Aida is forced to weigh her heart against the responsibility that she faces as the leader of her people. Aida and Radames' love for one another becomes an example of true devotion that ultimately transcends the vast cultural differences between their warring nations, heralding a time of unprecedented peace and prosperity.
Cast: 5 M, 3 F, + ensemble
Album
by David Rimmer
Album
by David Rimmer
The play chronicles the coming of age of two teenaged couples during the turbulent sixties. The language is frank, but funny, as the four struggle with impending adulthood and their awakening sexuality. The action ranges from summer camp, to dormitory bedrooms, to senior prom, with the popular music of the period—Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Beach Boys—ever present as a telling counterpoint to, and emotional anchor for, the lives of its young foursome. As the years spin deftly by it is also apparent that maturity will bring differing perils and problems for each of them, although all will continue to recall the special excitement—and poignancy—of these last few carefree years together.
Cast: 2 M, 2 F
All Shook Up
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by Joe Dipietro
All Shook Up
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by Joe Dipietro
The music of Elvis comes alive in All Shook Up. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, All Shook Up follows a small Midwestern town that is thrown into a frenzy with the arrival of Chad, a good-looking, motorcycle-riding roustabout, who rides from town to town with a guitar on his back, blue suede shoes on his feet, and a song in his heart. Repressed by their conservative mayor, the town begins to come alive once more under Chad’s influence. Lovers meet, woo, pursue, and more, all in one zany night that will change the town forever.
Cast: 5 M, 5 F, + ensemble
All's Well That Ends Well
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by William Shakespeare
All's Well That Ends Well
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by William Shakespeare
Bertram, the count of Rossillion, is leaving his mother to go with his companion, the evil-minded Parolles, to the court of France. He is under the guardianship of the king of France, who has for some time been seriously ill. Also saying goodbye to Bertram is Helena, the daughter of the late physician to the Rossillion family. She has been raised by the countess but she is in love with Bertram. However, she realizes her chances of his love are slim because she was born into a lower class than he.
Cast: 18 M, 6 F
Always . . .
Patsy Cline
by Ted Swindley
Always . . .
Patsy Cline
by Ted Swindley
Always...Patsy Cline is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger. The play focuses on the fateful evening at Houston's Esquire Ballroom when Seger hears of Cline's death in a 'plane crash. Seger supplies a narrative while Cline floats in and out of the set singing tunes that made her famous - "Anytime", "Walkin' After Midnight", "She's Got You", "Sweet Dreams", and "Crazy" to name a few.
Cast: 2 F
Amadeus
by Peter Shaffer
Amadeus
by Peter Shaffer
In the court of the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, Antonio Salieri is the established composer. Enter the greatest musical genius of all time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Salieri has given himself to God so that he might realize his sole ambition, to be a great composer. Mozart is a foul-mouthed, graceless oaf who has that which is beyond Salieri’s envious grasp: Genius.
Cast: 12 M, 3 F
Amber Waves
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by James Still
Amber Waves
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by James Still
Amber Waves focuses children in a family struggling to hold on to their farm and each other.
Cast: 3 M, 3 F
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little
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by Paul Zindel
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little
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by Paul Zindel
This play probes deeply into the tortured relationship of three sisters whose lives have reached a point of crisis. Their father having deserted them in their childhood, the three Reardon sisters have grown up in a house of women, dominated by their recently deceased mother. But time has erased the tender closeness of girlhood; one sister has married and cut herself off; another has begun to drink more than she should; and the third is on the brink of madness.
Cast: 2 M, 5 F
Angel Street
by Patrick Hamilton
Angel Street
by Patrick Hamilton
Angel Street tells the story of the Manninghams, who live on Angel Street in 19th century London. As the curtain rises, all appears to be the essence of Victorian tranquility. It is soon apparent, however, that Mr. Manningham, a suavely handsome man, is slowly driving his gentle, devoted wife, Bella, to the brink of insanity with an insinuating kindness that masks more sinister motives.
Cast: 2 M, 3 F, 2 M or F
Anna in the Tropics
by Nilo Cruz
Anna in the Tropics
by Nilo Cruz
Here, a Cuban-American family eagerly awaits the arrival of their new lector, Juan Julian. In a cigar factory owned by the Patriarch of the family, Santiago, Juan Julian is hired to read to the family during their long days of rolling cigars by hand. Most of the family is overjoyed by the presence of a new lector, but when he starts reading from the Russian classic, Anna Karenina, the scandalous lives of Tolstoy’s characters start to intertwine with the lives of his listeners.
Cast: 5 M, 3 F
Anne of Green Gables
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by Alice Chadwicke
Anne of Green Gables
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by Alice Chadwicke
Green Gables is the home of Matthew Cuthbert and his sister, Marilla. They agree to adopt a boy to help with the farm work. Imagine their consternation when Anne Shirley, a girl in her teens, is sent by the orphanage by mistake! Anne touches Matthew's heart with her imagination and her charitable viewpoint, but it takes time to reach the tender heart beneath Marilla's hard exterior. This lovely classic is very simple to present and full of warmth and wit.
Cast: 3 M, 11 F
Anne of the Thousand Days
by Maxwell Anderson
Anne of the Thousand Days
by Maxwell Anderson
This beautiful presentation of the story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is played against the well-known historical background of the court of Henry. A grand drama of love, deceit and murder, ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS brings these most famous of Tudor characters to vivid life.
Cast: 11 M, 5 F
Antigone
by Sophocles
Antigone
by Sophocles
Eteocles has been given a proper burial, but Creon, Antigone's uncle who has inherited the throne, has issued a royal edict banning the burial of Polyneices, who he believes was a traitor. Antigone defies the law, buries her brother, and is caught. When Creon locks her away in prison, she kills herself.
Cast: 6 M, 3 F, + chorus
Arms and
the Man
by George Bernard Shaw
Arms and
the Man
by George Bernard Shaw
One of Bernard Shaw's most glittering comedies, "Arms and the Man" is a burlesque of Victorian attitudes to heroism, war and empire. In the contrast between Bluntschli, the mercenary soldier, and the brave leader, Sergius, the true nature of valour is revealed. Shaw mocks deluded idealism in Candida, when a young poet becomes infatuated with the wife of a Socialist preacher.
Cast: 5 M, 3 F
As You Like It
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by William Shakespeare
As You Like It
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by William Shakespeare
As You Like It follows two separate stories as they unfold and intertwine. One one hand there is the conflict between Orlando and his older brother Oliver over an inheritance, and at the same ime there is the usurpation of the ducal throne by Duke Frederick from his brother Duke Senior.
Cast: 19 M, 4 F
Assassins
by Stephen Sondheim and
John Weidman
Assassins
by Stephen Sondheim and
John Weidman
Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical "revusical" that explores the dark side of the American experience. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, the writers bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.
Cast: 10 M, 3 F, 1 boy, + ensemble
Arsenic and Old Lace
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by Joseph Kesselring
Arsenic and Old Lace
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by Joseph Kesselring
We meet the charming and innocent ladies who populate their cellar with the remains of socially and religiously "acceptable" roomers; the antics of their brother who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt; and the activities of the other brother—these require no further description or amplification here. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE is a ready-made comedy hit
Cast: 11 M, 3 F