Play Archive

Rhinoceros

  Rhinoceros is a play by Eugène Ionesco, written in 1959. The play was included in Martin Esslin’s study of post-war avant garde drama, “The Theatre …

A Taste of Honey

By Shelagh Delaney A Taste of Honey is the first play by the British dramatist Shelagh Delaney, written when she was 18. It was initially intended …

Guards at The Taj

Guards at the Taj by Rajiv Joseph Atlantic welcomed celebrated playwright Rajiv Joseph in 2015 (Broadway’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) with the world premiere of Guards …

Awake and Sing !

Awake and Sing ! by Clifford Odets Awake and Sing! is a drama written by American playwright Clifford Odets. The play was initially produced by The …

The Royale

The Royal by Marco Ramirez The stylized and stunning conception of author Marco Ramirez will be realized by director Rachel Chavkin (LCT3’s Preludes), with sets by Nick Vaughan, costumes byDede Ayite, lighting …

Marjorie Prime

Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison   Plot It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie — a jumble of disparate, fading memories — has a handsome new companion who’s …

King Charles III

  King Charles III is a 2014 play in blank verse by Mike Bartlett. It premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in April 2014 and centres on the accession and reign of …

Hir

Hir by Taylor Mac   Plot   Somewhere in the suburbs, Isaac has returned from the wars to help take care of his ailing father, only …

Eclipsed

    ECLIPSED is the story of five extraordinary women brought together by upheaval in their homeland of Liberia. They forge a close-knit community… one that …

Prodigal Son

by John Patrick Shanley   Prodigal Son is a passionate, explosive portrait of a young man on the verge of salvation or destruction, written and directed …

Shear Madness

  Shear Madness Seen by over eleven million people worldwide, this wildly popular comedy keeps every audience laughing as they try to outwit the suspects and …

A View from the Bridge

A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller, first staged on September 29, 1955 as a one-act verse drama with A …

Sleep No More

Sleep No More Sleep No More is the New York City production of a site-specific, interactive work of theatre created by British theatre companyPunchdrunk, based on …

Therese Raquin

Therese Raquin Thérèse Raquin is a novel (first published in 1867) and a play (first performed in 1873) by the French writer Émile Zola. The novel …

Unnatural Acts

Unnatural Acts Conceived and directed by Tony Speciale and collectively written by members of the Plastic Theater, a multidisciplinary company led by Mr. Speciale. Story On …

The Norman Conquests

The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn The Norman Conquests is a trilogy of plays written in 1973 by Alan Ayckbourn. The small scale of the drama …

Lips Together, Teeth Apart

Lips Together, Teeth Apart Lips Together, Teeth Apart is a play by American playwright Terrence McNally. The play, which premiered Off-Broadway in 1991, concerns two straight …

Speed the Plow

Speed the Plow Speed-the-Plow (1988) is a play by David Mamet which is a satirical dissection of the American movie business, a theme Mamet would revisit …

Old Times

Old Times By Harold Pinter   Old Times is a play by the Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter. It was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company …