Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
The Mystery of Irma Vep and other plays
Five exotic plays from the famous Ridiculous Theatre of New York.
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Humpty Dumpty and other plays
Three plays from one of the most singular and exhilarating commentators on American life.
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Dirty Story and other plays
Three plays from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Doubt.
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Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Other Plays
A collection of plays from the experimental writer-director Young Jean Lee.
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Liars, Thieves and Other Sinners on the Bench
A uniquely American writer and performer, Carson has spent fifteen years working with peoples' stories in communities across America, crafting more than thirty plays from the oral histories she has collected.
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Oh, Wild West!
In this trio of plays, Culture Clash rewrites California’s past in the performance troupe’s own irreverent comic style, interweaving pop culture with their home state’s local history. Includes plays: Chavez Ravine, Water & Power and Zorro in Hell.
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Shakespeare's Will
Vern Thiessen, winner of the Governor General's Award for his play Einstein's Gift, gives a voice to one of the most silent characters in history: Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare.
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Boleros for the Disenchanted and other plays
Four new plays that interweave love and politics, from the screenwriter of The Motorcycle Diaries.
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East/West Quartet
Four plays - spanning a decade - from the leading Chinese-American playwright.
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Chekhov's Three Sisters and Woolf's Orlando
Adaptations of two classic works through the unique lens of playwright Sarah Ruhl.
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100 Monologues
A definitive collection of all of Eric Bogosian's monologues, originally performed as part of his six off-Broadway solo shows.
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The Hallway Trilogy
A series of connected plays—Rose, Paraffin, and Nursing—that together form a dark and compelling exploration of what binds people together and drives them apart.
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Five Plays
Five plays by a major American playwright, all set in the author’s home state of Idaho, demonstrating his extraordinary knack for exposing, without condescension or easy moralizing, the pathos in marginalized lives.
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The Kilroys List: Volume One
97 Monologues and Scenes by Female and Trans Playwrights
A collection of monologues and scenes from The Kilroys List, a vetted collection of plays written by female and trans writers, nominated by hundreds of professional artistic directors, literary managers, professors, producers, directors, and dramaturgs.
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The Detroit Project
Three provocative dramas, Paradise Blue, Detroit ’67 and Skeleton Crew, making up a play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit.
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The List
The riveting story of a woman haunted by internal regret when she fails to critically prioritise her world
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Three Sisters
A masterful new translation of Chekhov’s exploration of yearning and disillusionment.
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