Original Plays
By artistic director, Claire F. Martin
By artistic director, Claire F. Martin
THE WAYWARD TRIPTYCH;
or, America in Pieces
(4 women, 4 men)
A 12-part feminist anthology about three viruses plaguing the never-less-United States: imperialism, nepotism, & capitalism.
Produceable as twelve 30-minute one-acts, three disparate productions, or one three-part repertory.
or, America in Pieces
(4 women, 4 men)
A 12-part feminist anthology about three viruses plaguing the never-less-United States: imperialism, nepotism, & capitalism.
Produceable as twelve 30-minute one-acts, three disparate productions, or one three-part repertory.
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Wayward Daughters
(or, The Empire Play) Ancient history gets an American facelift in this political drama about four women who witnessed the rise of the Roman Empire. |
Wayward Sisters
(or, The Dynasty Play) Nepo-baby nonsense takes centerstage in this family drama about four women who witnessed the rise of the Tudor dynasty. |
Wayward Mothers
(or, The Money Play) Renaissance meets Realpolitik in this fiscal drama about four women who witnessed the rise of capitalism under the Medicis. |
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The Poet's Comedy
(4 women, 4 men) This 5-act pastiche of Restoration comedy charts the decade-long career of law student-turned-playwright William Congreve via 5 Neoclassically unified rehearsals of his 5 plays. |
Murder Under the Big Top
(5 women, 5 men) When a Gilded Age debutante is found dead on the grounds of a mysterious circus, her little sister, aspiring sleuth Sylvie Telford, resolves to catch the killer. |
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Larkspur: A Maid Marian Story
(2 women, 3 men) Fact, fiction, and feminism combine in this 13th century romp that reimagines the real life of Lady Matilda Fitzwalter as an origin story for Robin Hood's famous heroine. |
The Declaration of Evelina
(1 woman, 1 man) In 18th century London, a quixotic young editor named Will Lowndes matches wits with aspiring authoress Fanny Burney over her revolutionary first manuscript, Evelina. |
Jane Austen Collection
By artistic director, Claire F. Martin
By artistic director, Claire F. Martin
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Sense and Sensibility
(5 women, 3 men) The Dashwood sisters—dutiful Elinor, passionate Marianne, and precocious Margot—weather romance, heartbreak, and loss in Georgian England. |
Pride and Prejudice
(4 women, 2 men, 1 flexible) Sparks fly when wisecracking heroine Elizabeth Bennet crosses paths with a snobbish aristocrat named Mr. Darcy in this iconic story |
Mansfield Park
(3 women, 3 men) A splendid country manor, paid for by the colonial slave trade, serves as the backdrop for this devastating dual coming-of-age story. |
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Emma
(2 men, 2 women, 4 flexible) Local it-girl Emma Woodhouse fancies herself a matchmaker and her wry friend Knightley fancies her a troublemaker in this Regency rom-com. |
Persuasion
(1 man, 1 woman, 4 flexible) Eight years after being persuaded to give up the love of her life, Anne Elliot gets a second chance at happiness when he returns from war. |
Lady Susan
(3 women, 2 men) After an adulterous scandal ruins her reputation, 35-year-old Lady Susan Vernon hatches a plan to reclaim her position in society. |
Other Literary Adaptations
By artistic director, Claire F. Martin
By artistic director, Claire F. Martin
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses
(4 women, 2 men) |
Arabella
(2 women, 2 men) |
As the French Revolution rages, 15-year-old Marie-Thérèse awaits news of her mother, Marie Antoinette, while reading Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses. |
Spoiled teenage bookworm, Lady Arabella Kennington, must write her own happy ending after an unexpected tragedy.(From Charlotte Lennox's 1752 novel, The Female Quixote.) |
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The Count of Monte Cristo
(2 women, 4 men) |
Belinda
(3 women, 3 men, 2 flexible) |
Beautiful Little Fool
(3 women, 4 men) |
Thirteen years after being framed for a crime he didn't commit, French sailor Edmond Dantés escapes from prison and embarks on a quest for vengeance. (From Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel.) |
An aspiring authoress gets entangled in a mysterious scandal involving a runaway heiress, an eccentric young scholar, and her extravagant summer hostess. (From Maria Edgeworth's 1801 novel.) |
25-year-old debutante Pam Buchanan Pam is shaken out of her apathy when a distant cousin named Nick Carraway bequeaths her his unfinished memoir. (From F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel.) |
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A Tale of Two Cities
(3 women, 3 men) |
War and Peace
(7 women, 7 men) |
A transnational love triangle kindles inside a London courtroom and a hero is born on the eve of the French Revolution. (From Charles Dickens's 1859 novel.) |
This two-play, repertory adaptation chronicles the lives of six extraordinary young people coming of age in Napoleonic Russia. (From Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.) |
Classical Play Treatments
By artistic director, Claire F. Martin
By artistic director, Claire F. Martin
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SHAKESPEARE
1592 • Two Gentlemen of Verona 1594 • Romeo and Juliet 1594 • Love's Labor''s Lost 1595 • Richard II 1595 • A Midsummer Night's Dream 1597 • Henry IV, Part One 1597 • Henry IV, Part Two 1598 • Henry V 1598 • Much Ado About Nothing 1599 • Julius Caesar 1599 • As You Like It 1600 • Hamlet 1601 • Troilus and Cressida 1604 • Measure for Measure 1610 • The Winter's Tale 1611 • The Tempest |
RESTORATION
1675 • The Country Wife 1676 • The Man of Mode 1677 • The Rover, Part I 1686 • Venice Preserv'd 1692 • The Old Bachelor 1693 • The Double Dealer 1695 • Love for Love 1696 • The Relapse 1700 • The Way of the World 1700 • The Beau Defeated 1707 • The Beaux' Stratagem 1709 • The Busie Body |
18th CENTURY & Beyond
1730 • The Game of Love and Chance 1773 • She Stoops to Conquer 1777 • The School for Scandal 1778 • Animal Magnetism 1779 • The Witlings 1779 • The Times 1780 • The Belle's Stratagem 1791 • Wild Oats 1841 • London Assurance |
All scripts available upon request.
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