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Three Sisters

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

A masterful new translation of Chekhov’s exploration of yearning and disillusionment.

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Evening Plays

By Richard Maxwell

Three new dramas, written as a response to Dante's Divine Comedy.

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A new collection of monologues or scenes from plays written by women, trans, and nonbinary writers, nominated by hundreds of professional artistic directors, literary managers, professors, directors, and dramaturgs.

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He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box and Other Plays

By Adrienne Kennedy

Adrienne Kennedy's acclaimed play about an interracial love affair in the 1940s, in a volume with two other plays: Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side and Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?

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Is God Is / What to Send Up When It Goes Down

Two Plays

By Aleshea Harris

Two extraordinary plays from a bright new talent in American theatre.

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The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do?

Two Plays

By Larissa FastHorse

Two essential plays by award-winning Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse.

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Coming to Terms: American Plays & the Vietnam War

Edited by James Reston Jr.

An inspiring and often poignant collection of plays written in the era of the Vietnam War, from some of the most revered American playwrights, reflecting on the social and political ethos of a pivotal moment for America.

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Two for the Show

Scenes for student actors

Edited by Brian Kennedy

A fascinating collection of short scenes for two actors. Drawn from the work of Canada's premiere playwrights, the thirty-nine different scenes have been chosen by an experienced drama teacher, with easy directions and theatre terms explained.

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Perfect Pie

By Judith Thompson

A potent drama set over the course of a single afternoon. A reunion between two long-estranged women brings to light a buried memory and two teenagers' wild secret.

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Danny, King of the Basement

By David S. Craig

A heartwarming play about a boy who creates an imaginary world to deal with the instability and hardship of his daily life.

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The Drawer Boy

By Michael Healey

A multi-award winning, bitter-sweet tale of the power of storytelling, friendship, and the very thin line between truth and fiction.

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Into the Woods

By Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

A modern musical twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales.

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A Dybbuk and other tales of the supernatural

By Tony Kushner and Joachim Neugroschel

The classic Yiddish tale by S. Ansky, adapted by Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America, and Joachim Neugroschel.

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Out From Under

Texts by women performance artists

Edited by Lenora Champagne

A collection of provocative, ambitious texts by women performance artists.

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Pacific Overtures

By Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman

Exploring the opening up of Japan to American influence and using motifs from Japanese theatre and music, this is one of Sondheim's most adventurous musicals.