Yasmina Reza Dramatists Play Service Serge and Yvan THE STORY: How much would you pay for a white painting? Would it matter who the painter was? Would it be art? One of Marc’s best friends, Serge, has just bought a very expensive painting. It’s about five feet by four, all white with white...
Peter Raby Dramatists Play Service Rochefort and D’Artagnan D’Artagnan and De Wardes THE STORY: Everyone is familiar with the renowned adventures of D’Artagnan and his three fellow musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, as they fight for king and country—with frequent detours involving...
Harold Pinter Dramatists Play Service Ben and Gus The darkly comedic tale of two hit men waiting for the delivery of their next victim.
Harold Pinter Samuel French Aston and Davies “An old bum receives shelter in a cluttered room of an abandoned house. His samaritan is a gentle young man whose kindness is so casual that he seems almost indifferent. Dirty, tattered, unkempt, itching and scratching, the tramp is by turns wheedling,...
John Osborne Dramatic Publishing Jimmy and Cliff The play is about an angry young man, Jimmy Porter, who looks back because he has so little incentive to look ahead. The words pour out of him, a flood of satire and invective. The words are often cruel, but they are also vibrant and colorful. They sting...
Miguel Pinero A Mermaid Dramabook Longshore and El Raheem This powerful drama of prison life is set in a house of detention where a group of young convicts-predominantly black and Puerto Rican-taunt, fight, insult, and entertain one another in an attempt to preserve their sanity and to create a semblance...
Robert Schenkkan Dramatists Play Service Patrick and Michael THE STORY: 1792. Michael Rowen returns home from Louisville with news that Kentucky has become a state and with a young black slave woman he has bought with the idea of breeding a second family. Morning Star fears his treachery, remembering...
John Rustan and Frank Semerano Samuel French Thug and Spuds A slime-ball named Coins Fontaine has cashed in. When his account is closed, there’s evidence of foul play. Who would want to kill Coins? Everybody! The fingers of suspicion especially point to Coins’ hot young widow, a woman with...
Sarah Ruhl Samuel French Lorenzo and Frank Tilly’s melancholy is of an exquisite quality. She turns her melancholy into a sexy thing, and every stranger she meets falls in love with her. One day, inexplicably, Tilly becomes happy, and wreaks havoc on the lives of her paramours. Frances, Tilly’s hairdresser,...
