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Rodgers & Hammerstein's only musical written directly for the screen is now a stage musical that's had critics raving from coast to coast. Set against the colorful backdrop of an American heartland tradition, State Fair travels with the Frake family as they leave behind the routine of the farm for three days of adventure at the annual Iowa State Fair. Mom and Pop have their hearts set on blue ribbons, while their children Margy and Wayne find romance and heartbreak on the midway. Set to the magical strains of an Academy Award-winning score and augmented by other titles from the Rodgers and Hammerstein songbook, State Fair is the kind of warm-hearted family entertainment only Rodgers & Hammerstein could deliver!

Winner! Three 1947 Donaldson Awards, for Best Book, Best Lyrics and Best ScoreNominee: Seven 2005 Helen Hayes AwardsWinner! Two 2005 Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical and Outstanding DirectorThis ensemble musical chronicles nearly four decades in the life of an Everyman, Joseph Taylor, Jr., from cradle through a mid-life discovery of who he is and what his life is truly about. The first musical to be staged by a director who also served as choreographer (the legendary Agnes de Mille), Allegro followed a unique structural format traveling from Joe's birth through his childhood, from college dorm to marriage altar, and on to his career; from the tranquility of his small Midwestern hometown to the hectic din of big city life, in a series of vignettes and musical sequences dazzling in their simplicity and stunning in their impact. Ahead of its time theatrically, Allegro remains timeless in its appeal.

New virtual version! From the award winning playwright of End Days, Deborah Zoe Laufer, comes a story about three twenty-something roommates who are glued to their video games. They are masters of the virtual worlds behind the computer screens in their Las Vegas basement. When one of them uses his gaming skills to land a job with the National Security Agency launching actual drones and missiles, online battles begin to have real consequences. Leveling Up is a fresh, contemporary look at how we navigate the blurry line between worlds both virtual and real and what it means to grow up.

Winner! 1993 Olivier Award, Best Musical RevivalWinner! Five 1994 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a MusicalWinner! Three 1994 Drama Desk AwardsNominee: Seven 1994 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical RevivalWinner! Two 2018 Tony AwardsNominee: Eleven 2018 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a MusicalWinner! Five 2018 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding OrchestrationsNominee: Twelve 2018 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical RevivalIn a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the gentle millworker, Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent 'up there.' Billy is allowed to return to earth for one day fifteen years later, and he encounters the daughter he never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father's reputation as a thief and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. How Billy instills in both the child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity is a dramatic testimony to the power of love.

In dusty, time-warped Indian villages, the last camels plough the land, last charkhas spin and last handlooms weave. The global ¿outside¿ pushes in via Western culture, technology, huge land and agro-chemical contracts and the desire for a ¿number 2¿ illegal route abroad.Zameen (Land) is set in the cotton fields of Punjab, India. Baba, an ageing Sikh cotton farmer, toils away in his fields, struggling against the vagaries of nature and the modern world. His dutiful daughter Chandni dreams of escaping her fate. Her wastrel brother Dhani dreams of ¿Amrikä. When the moneylender Lal¿s son Suraj returns from the outside world, Chandni and Dhani reflect on faded lives and aspirations and reach for ¿phoren¿ dreams. A final reckoning on Babäs land draws out truths, forcing the family to the brink of collapse, in a world changing fast and losing its values.Rooted in Punjabi farming and folk culture, ancestral land and soil, Zameen was written before mass Indian farmer protests against the increasing corporatisation of agriculture, rising farmer suicides and decimation of small farmers. Facing a climate change catastrophe, Zameen captures a world in transition, as nature, tradition and globalisation violently collide around small village lives ¿ lives steeped in a history of toil, struggle ¿ and resilience.

'Sometimes it feels so exposing just walking in the village. I told Jimmy toignore it at first, he tried to, but it's isolating he said, eyes on you, not a wordspoken. Even when you meet their eyes they don't look away. Like they have aright to, like you're a spectacle, an object.'Olivia has recently moved into her great-uncle's farmhouse. She's not local, butshe knows her way around. Matty is a gamekeeper, but he doesn't often tellanyone. He's wary of newcomers.These unlikely strangers find themselves beside a stream on the longest nightof the year.Pentabus and Theatre by the Lake present a brilliant new drama from award-winningplaywright Lorna French that explores loss, love, prejudice, race andbelonging.

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"Why does living where you're from have to be such a political act?"On a farm on the border, a fence is in need of repair after being destroyed by vandals. When Sinead finds Henry hungover in her field, she ropes him in to help. But rebuilding a fence is more complicated than it seems. What begins as a simple task soon turns to talk of their past, a reliving of old memories, and a relentless competition to come out on top.A timely and powerful reflection on 100 years of the border in Ireland and how it has impacted those who live along it. Inspired by 100 testimonies from real people who live on the border.

Winner of the Alfred Fagon AwardDebra wants a simple candle lit remembrance, Lenny is desperate to forget, and activist Alex thinks it's everyone's duty to provoke change. Having missed her mother's funeral, Gina finally turns up a year late. Amid recurring memories, intensifying relations and mixed news reports on escalating knife crime, each walks in and out on each other, struggling to make sense of an increasingly troubled time. A story of two sisters, responsibility, loss and love

Balancing the high expectations of the previous generation, the doctrines of their Muslim community, and the demands of secular Western culture, Azeem Bhatti and his wife Saima struggle to straddle the gap between their Pakistani heritage and their British upbringing.With deep compassion, Hammaad Chaudry brings to life a recognizable and unforgettable family, and with sharp intellect, asks potent questions about the challenges of integration and assimilation for immigrants in today's global world. As witnesses, we are all forced to confront pressing questions about the nature of belonging and our own internal prejudices about that which is "other."

A Twisted Christmas Carol is a Texas spoof of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol. It's Christmas Eve in a small west Texas town, and cantankerous barbecue joint owner Buford Johnson gets in an argument with his wife Darla, tells her he's skipping Christmas, storms out of the restaurant, goes four-wheeling in his pickup, gets hit by a twister, rolls his truck, and goes into a coma. He comes back in his dream where he's visited by ex-business partner, Hank Walker, who plays the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future. Hank takes Buford on a journey similar to Scrooge's in A Christmas Carol, only Texas-style.

Five women get together for their birthdays, each with her own story, to drink, celebrate, commiserate and support each other as they negotiate through marriage, work, divorce, birth and kids, while solving the problems of the world.Cheryl, Karen, Monica and Abbie started Birthday Club five years ago when their friend Jennifer was diagnosed with cancer, as a support group to help her get through it. When Jennifer recently passed away, they had an opening for a new member. However, it's not easy to join Birthday Club. Birthday Club is very exclusive, and there's a three-year waiting list. They bring in Sarah as a potential member, but first Sarah must make it through the "interview," and agree to abide by the eight rules of Birthday Club, to be considered an official member.One by one, they reveal their personal, work and family issues, and when one of them admits she went out with another's husband, the vodka hits the fan. The question is: Will Birthday Club survive, or will Rule #5 end it forever?

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Ex-boxer Spinks is myopic, poor and lonely, his one companion being the alcoholic Kingsley. To gain attention, he pretends to win the Lottery and is soon receiving freebies and handouts from people hoping to get a share of his fortune and, for the first time in ages, advances from women.

Determined not to be a burden to her family in her old age, Mrs Hopkins lives alone in a flat but is always cheerful and ready for a chat with anyone who drops in. On the happy occasion of her eighty-first birthday, cards and presents arrive from family and friends, as well as an unknown Visitor who brings a bunch of flowers. The trusting Mrs Hopkins immediately admits her, but as the Visitor's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and sinister the action builds to a frightening intensity, until fate plays an unexpected and merciful hand. This gripping drama, with its chilling suspense, warmth and pathos, is simple to stage and makes an ideal choice for all-female groups.

Lynchburg, Virginia. The former site of a thriving cotton mill is now an impoverished neighborhood. Deeply affected by all the recent killings of young black men like himself, Ruffrino, a 14-year-old militant, incites riots at school and online. As Ruffrino grows more and more at odds with his mother and grandfather, his anger builds beyond containment. Meanwhile, the family home literally sinks into the cotton field, and no one but Ruffrino seems to notice.

A TEMPORARY FUNERAL FOR DARREN MCDUFFY by Brianna BarettAn eclectic group of mourners gathers to pay tribute to a troubled young man in this dark absurdist comedy. THE GAME by Lindsay CarpenterIn an ambiguously medieval setting, two people, "Her" and "Him," move through the phases of their lives by playing games and toying with love.HOW TO SAVE THE POLAR BEAR by A.R. CorwinAn ambitious journalist and camera operator get more than they bargained for when they encounter a jaded, media-savvy polar bear.VARIABLE RATES OF KINDNESS by Cayenne DouglassWhen a successful bank manager recognizes a downtrodden credit applicant, both women are forced to reckon with their painful shared past.BREAK THROUGH by Erika HakmillerAs a fraternity prank, college student Cameron breaks in to the apartment of a young straight couple, somehow opening up a candid and amusing exploration of masculinity.THE COMPANION by Matthew LibbyA chance encounter between an embittered truck driver and a synthetic near-human leads to a poignant contemplation of life and death.LADY BUG HEAVEN by Tony MantiaWhen six-year-old Emma innocently asks, "What's going to happen to me when I die?," her parents are thrown into an existential crisis.

3 m / Drama / Interior Nelson is the story of a young man caught between two worlds. By day, he works as a low-level assistant to a film talent agent. By night, Nelson is the camera man for an underground, gang-related videotape series. As the videos become increasingly dangerous and popular, Nelson develops an overwhelming obsession with a C-List actress. Eventually, Nelson's two worlds collide with disturbing, unsettling results. The play is a darkly comic look at the guilt dream of a man trying to find something authentic in a world of two very different kinds of film. "A funny-creepy play by Sam Marks" - Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times "Marks continues to offer a fresh urban voice. Nelson grabs your ear from the outset with its halting staccato street talk, and in the fine office scenes, Nelson's racist boss attacks him with a Mamet-like patter of disdaining sarcasm." - Time Out New York

Full Length, Satire Characters: 4 male, 3 female Simple settings A man wakes up one morning and decides he must kill himself. He is angry with himself for not hitting his wife every time she has an independent thought (as Abraham and Moses would have done). After she dies and God reveals to him that he is the new Prophet, the man takes a new wife, dresses her in slave chains, and begins to preach his newfound gospel of male domination. Simultaneously humorous and disturbing, Bradshaw's Prophet explores controversial issues in startling and unexpected ways. "Fasten your seatbelts. PROPHET, Thomas Bradshaw's lacerating satire,...hurtles from rambunctious mockery to real horror. This is situation satire with a vengeance..."-The New York Times This play contains scenes of a graphic sexual and violent nature that may not be suitable for all audiences.

Drama Characters: 8 male, 1 female Interior SetSet in 1970 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh that is served by a makeshift taxi company, Jitney is a beautiful addition to the author's decade by decade cycle of plays about the black American experience in the twentieth century. "Explosive... Crackles with theatrical energy."-N.Y. Daily News "Could be described as just a lot of men sitting around talking. But the talk has such varied range and mus

Musical comedy Book and Lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden Music by Cy Coleman Based on a play by Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur and also a play by Bruce Milholland Characters: 17 Principal roles, plus chorus (doubling possible) Whether performed with elaborate scenery or on a simple scale, this brilliantly comic musical appeals to audiences everywhere. As in the classic original, the story concerns the efforts of a flamboyant theatrical impresario Oscar Jaffe to per

Based on the true story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two 19-year-olds who murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago in 1924, Thrill Me focuses less on the murder itself than on the relationship between Leopold and Loeb.

A remote cottage in the woods for a weekend of peace and quiet is just what Geoffrey and his vivacious wife need to get away from London's hectic life. But a chain of eerie events soon turns the long awaited holiday into a nightmare!|5 women, 4 men