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Ellie’s a recent college graduate. She often perceives thing differently from her mother,Janet. What Janet reveals about Ellie’s recently deceased dad will profoundly affect Ellie’s understanding of things.Bernadette Armstrong directs Camille Ameen and Elaine Mello.Bara Swain is the playwright. The exceptionally prolific Greenwich Village-based writerhas created numerous plays for both adult and juvenile audiences. There have been over 80 live productions and over 50 virtual productions of he...

In the late 1960s, Grace has become a teen mom at 16. Her daughter has been taken away from her, against her will. Her boyfriend, the little girl’s father, has been killed on the battlefield while serving in Vietnam. Now, Grace is determined to do whatever is necessary to get her daughter back. First, Grace will have a reckoning with her own mother.The playwright, Sandra Cruze, performs her work as a solo piece. Grace is extracted from a full-length, full-cast (nine) play. Cruze’s previous wo...

Ludlow has been overweight his entire life, from childhood through adulthood. He’sdepressed about being fat, but his mom is about to give him an entirely new perspective on things.Yunyi Zhu directs Justice Davis and Zelda Kimbal.F.J. Hartland is the playwright. Based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, he is the recipient ofan M.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University. The prolific writer’s previous plays includeGames of the Mind, A Piano Player with Sad Brown Eyes, What the Puck?, Tina, Be a Guest, Smo...

Two priestesses are debating the beauty of Cleopatra outside her chambers. The discussion ends up being about far more than beauty as the older priestess tries to convince the younger one that sometimes beauty should stay in the eye of the beholder.This is a comedy about power that takes a few sharp jabs at history.Yuniy Zhu directs Goreti da Silva as Akila and Monique Gonsalves as Anat.Kevin Broccoli is the playwright. His most recent play, The Jelly Bean, was a selection at the Pittsburgh N...

A young sex researcher is conducting interviews with men and women forty years hissenior finding many of their answers quite surprising and just a bit unnerving.Bernadette Armstrong directs Joyce Hananel as Mavis and Matthew Scott Montgomery as Alan.Rich Rubin is the playwright. Based in Portland, Oregon, he is a member of theDramatists Guild and is the recipient of six playwriting awards. His full-length plays include Caesar’s Blood, Costa Rehab, Cottonwood in the Flood, Marilyn/MISFITS/Mill...