Theater Playscripts
CALIGULA AND THREE OTHER PLAYS
Written by Camus, Albert
Also includes The Misunderstanding, State of Siege, and The Just Assassins.
WIFE OF WILLESDEN
Written by Smith, Zadie
Zadie Smith's first time writing for the stage, a riotous twenty-first century translation of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic The Wife of Bath "Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. She plays many roles round here. And never Scared to tell the whole of her truth, whether Or not anyone wants to hear it. Wife
I'LL BE SEEIN' YA: A PLAY: WITH THE INSOLVENCIES
Written by Baitz, Jon Robin
Two searing, incisive plays from Jon Robin Baitz, Tony Award nominee and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. Allie Murchow, a retired Hollywood makeup artist, is stuck inside her apartment, stuck in her daydreams of bygone celebrity and glamour, and stuck on hold with her pharmacist.
INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM WITH A KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES
Written by Kushner, Tony
"Offers the chance to banquet on rich and delectable passions and ideas, washed down with lashings of wit. . . . Its big argumentative poetry screams out that history matters."--The Nation
WARHOLCAPOTE: A NON-FICTION INVENTION
Written by Roth, Rob
An enthralling play based on lost tapes between two cultural giants and friends--Andy Warhol and Truman Capote. In 1978 Andy Warhol and Truman Capote decided to write a Broadway play. Andy suggested that he record their private conversations over the period of a few months, and that these tapes would be the source material for the play. The tapes were then filed away and forgotten.
STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY
Written by Hare, David
For forty uninterrupted years, Robert Moses was the most powerful man in New York. Though never elected to office, he manipulated those who were through a mix of guile, charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City's workers, he created parks, bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors.
KUNG FU
Written by Hwang, David Henry
An exhilarating biographical play about international icon Bruce Lee from three-time Pulitzer finalist David Henry Hwang.
CLYDE'S
Written by Nottage, Lynn
A funny, moving, and urgent new play from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage.
LUNGS
Written by MacMillan, Duncan
'I could fly to New York and back every day for seven years and still not leave a carbon footprint as big as if I have a child. Ten thousand tonnes of CO2. That's the weight of the Eiffel Tower. I'd be giving birth to the Eiffel Tower.' In a time of global anxiety, terrorism, erratic weather and political unrest, a young couple want a child but are running out of time.