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Science Night
By Stephanie Neuerburg
While serving detention for something she may or may not have done, Lauren and her science teacher realize they might be more similar than they think. Playwright Perspective I wrote Science Night as a junior…
Side Effects May Include…
By Lisa Loomer
About A look at the pills we take to keep chasing the American Dream…at any cost. The readings will be followed by talkbacks about the play and the development process, which includes a week of…
Silueta
By Chris Shelton, Diana Burbano, and Tom Shelton
Silueta is a two-person play inspired by the true story of Ana Mendieta, a Cuban-American performance artist and sculptor, whose life ended in a harrowing 34-story fall from the SoHo apartment she shared with her husband,…
Southbridge
By Reginald Edmund
A white widow has been assaulted and an angry mob is at the jailhouse door demanding the sheriff lynch the accused. The only way to untangle the truth is for the accused, a young Black…
stains
By Sarah Cho
Masks are required following CDC guidance for Jackson County and in accordance with Actor’s Equity Covid Protocols. At the door, please also be prepared to show photo ID and either proof of vaccination or a negative…
Tail of the Bell
By Gabriel Neustadt
Eric is a recent college graduate working as an SAT tutor to pay the bills. Tonight he arrives at the Tarzana home of one of his wealthy students but finds that her mother, Michelle, is…
The Breakfast at the Bookstore
By Lisa Langford
Synopsis It’s 1973, five years after the 1968 Glenville Uprising, started by a shootout between police and Black nationalists. Dot wants to be an activist and support the Black liberation movement by opening a revolutionary…
The Communist Revolution: A Ninth-Grade European History Project (There Will Be a Practical Demonstration)
By Grace McLeod
Friday, October 23, at 4:00 pm PT Sunday, October 25, at 4:00 pm PT Synopsis Sasha takes her ninth-grade European history class project to the extreme by pitching a tent in the backyard of her…
The Exceptionals
By Bob Clyman
For the past five years, a team of highly regarded scientists has been studying the development of “exceptional” children. To create these children, the team selected a small group of mothers with “superior genetic scans”…
The Good Bet
By Bob Clyman
Mark, a respected moral philosopher, is convinced that people are fundamentally good. Ben, who investigates intellectual property theft, is equally convinced that every seeming act of kindness is simply a more indirect route toward self-gratification….
The Gun Show
By E.M. Lewis
Synopsis In The Gun Show, E.M. Lewis takes aim at her own relationship with firearms, from her experiences in a farming community in rural Oregon to the big cities of Los Angeles and New York….
The Harder Courage
By Leslie Slape
Sheriff Ben Holmes arrests and ultimately hangs Robert Day for first-degree murder in this drama based on actual events of 1891-92. During eight months in jail, the talkative, emotional prisoner and the bashful, quiet sheriff…