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CLOSING TIME - by C. Williams

A wanderer returns to his hometown, drawn by the memory of tragic events from years before. He discovers he isn’t guilty of the crime he thought he had committed in revenge, but the discovery forces him to choose between finishing his retribution or seeking a new beginning.

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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, by M. Foss

CADAVER DOGS, by G. Atkins

THE CURSED BONES, by M. Tennant

THE DANGER OF STRANGERS, by G. Alterman

GLADYS NIGHTS, by B. Kimsey

GOING GOING GONE, by K. Levine

GOING UP?, by S. Franco, D. Bayless

MONSTERS!, by G. Phaneuf, E. Lijoi

NINE-TENTHS, by G. Atkins

NOBODY'S FLOOD, by G. Alterman

NONE LIKE US, by T. Hillberry

PLAYING BRIDGE, by B. Kimsey

SAINT PETER'S ESCORT SERVICE, by G. Stapp

SERIAL KILLER BARBIE THE MUSICAL
by C. Freedman, N. Moschetti

A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by B. Kingsland

TEARS OF THE SOUL, by A. Wilson

THE VULTURES, by M. Ridge

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

A stage adaptation of Remarque’s classic novel, All Quiet on the Western Front tells the experiences of the Second Company on the German Front lines during the last year of WWI. Closely following the novel, the central storyteller, Paul, navigates these perilous trenches while learning the heartbreak of loss, the shared humanity and necessity of friendship, and...

CADAVER DOGS

In San Bernardino, CA, 1983, police dog trainer Amanda Esposito returns home from searching for disaster victims in Mexico and, still reeling from her trip, encounters Wade, a semi-famous author of murder mysteries desperately seeking her help to find his missing wife. Add to the mix a scheming sister, a jealous Sherriff and a tequila-fueled night of drinking, and it quickly...

THE CURSED BONES

“Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones.” William Shakespeare’s Gravesite Epitaph

Joe, and his daughter Angela, have inherited an old house after his uncle’s mysterious death. They soon discover that many owners of the home have died under suspicious circumstances—Shakespearean circumstances––as the past owners have met...

THE DANGER OF STRANGERS

Two strangers are sitting in an apartment. Their conversation starts out playful and a bit seductive when something happens that changes the tone dramatically. There’s Her side, His side, and the truth––this short thriller is sure to leave you in suspense.

GLADYS NIGHTS

Gladys is having a mid-life crisis. Stuck in the daily grind, working at her office day job with an irritating narcissist boss, Gladys feels she is about to lose her mind. Suddenly, she is visited by her childhood imaginary friend, Pepper. Unlike the usual imaginary friends, Pepper is a sleek, sexy badass super assassin who made a pact with Gladys 30 years ago that she would...

GOING GOING GONE

Set in the press box of a major Los Angeles baseball stadium, a hilarious yet poignant new comedy from Emmy Award-winning writer (M*A*S*H*, Cheers, The Simpsons) and former ‘Dodger Talk’ host Ken Levine about four sports journalists whose lives are changed during the course of one game.

GOING UP?

Imagine you are suddenly trapped in an elevator and you cannot get away! Going Up? chronicles the hilarious struggles of passengers trapped in three separate elevator cars during a New York City power outage. From a fitness freak to an overly calm psychologist, to an OCD germ-a-phobe and a non-stop chatter box this show is filled with colorful characters and outrageous...

MONSTERS!

Monsters! A Midlife Musical Meltdown captures the humor, angst and insight experienced at life’s milestones. Manhattan stock broker Samantha is paid a 40th birthday visit by her domineering mother. Samantha fretfully reveals her plans to quit her Wall Street job and embark on a soul-searching adventure. Her mother's reaction stirs up a toxic blend of old insecurities...

NINE-TENTHS

Nine-Tenths is an anthology of nine ten-minute scenes that take the audience through a wide variety of styles, characters, and worlds. Gary wants to propose, until his girlfriend—from the future—arrives to stop him in Tempus Fugit. A corporate team building outing gone wrong in Loanly Ladies. A humorous look at the modern world of dating in Swipe....

NOBODY'S FLOOD

Barry has returned home to Brooklyn to be with his family one year after his younger brother's death. His mother is anxious and slightly unbalanced. His father doesn't know how to help his wife. They are all planning on going to the cemetery together. As the play oscillates over several years, the Rosenstein family's life is seen, before and after the death of their youngest...

NONE LIKE US

Who is your best friend, most loyal confidant, and also the biggest pain in your ass? Your siblings. Meet brothers William and Benny and their sister Ro. Now adults, each holiday they meet at their hometown bar to escape the drama of holidays with their parents and blow off steam. But the Partridge siblings are about to learn that, despite their best efforts, they can’t...

PLAYING BRIDGE

A collection of nine plays that have one thing in common, they all take place on a bridge. A diverse, highly entertaining piece of theater that has drama, comedy, science fiction, farce, absurdist and pathos all wrapped up into one amazing play! For professional rights, please contact customer service.

SAINT PETER'S ESCORT SERVICE

When entering the uncertainty of the afterlife, everyone is first drawn to the light at the end of the tunnel––a celestial place where one will either meet Stella or Cessal, employees of competitive escort services that are literally out-of-this-world. The two of them, frenemies at best, wittingly engage in the age-old conflict of good versus evil as they roll out the red...

SERIAL KILLER BARBIE THE MUSICAL

A social outcast gets her bloody revenge in Serial Killer Barbie, a darkly comedic musical. Barbie just wants to be a member of her high school’s popular elite, led by three divas who go by the collective name, “the Debbies.” But when the mean-spirited trio make Barbie betray her kindhearted gay best friend as part of her initiation, she snaps—and that’s when the...

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Charles Dickens's masterpiece about the people of France and Britain during the Reign of Terror is vividly brought to life in Ben Kingsland's brisk, bold adaptation. Justice, sacrifice, class, love, and duty are put to the test as leaders are beheaded and a people rebel. As blood flows in the streets, is anyone truly innocent?

TEARS OF THE SOUL

1968. The most turbulent year in America. Racial unrest and violent protests in the streets. Social division and a nation on the verge of collapse. Internal family and external community tensions fueled by differing political perspectives. Tears of the Soul is set for two months and four days during the sanitation workers strike in Memphis, TN. There is a war raging in...

THE VULTURES

It’s a dark and stormy night at the mansion on Westmount Estate. As the guests arrive for the reading of a will, the mysterious housekeeper declares, “The relatives are swooping in like a wake of vultures ready to pick the carcass clean.”

Who will ultimately inherit the fortune? Will it be the charming realtor, the handsome male model, the dimwitted nail technician,...