DescriptionLyman Felt has it all: wealth, success, power, and the kind of good, solid wife he needs. Oh, and he also has another wife, the kind of earthy, sexy woman he wants. Lyman juggles his artful lie until a car accident on the slippery slope of Mt. Morgan lands him in a hospital bed - with two wives in the waiting room. But really, is there any such thing as "just an accident"?
DescriptionDr. Melanie Laidlaw is a scientist developing the first use of ICSI, short for intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Her collaborator, Dr. Felix Krankenthaler, turns out to have his own ideas about how to implement their new procedure. The wild card is Melanie's new lover, Menachem Dvir, a fellow scientist. This darkly comic menage a trois plays out not only in bedrooms and labs, but also in test tubes and under the microscope. A Brave New World indeed!
DescriptionWas it a failure of imagination that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs? An inability to cope with change? In Dinosaur Dreams, Bob meets, falls in love, and plans a wedding with Paula - then she disappears. In a dark comedy filled with extraordinary wit and insight, playwright Tom Szentgyorgyi explores how we deal with change and loss. Performed by a full cast starring Amy Pietz, Kevin Kilner, Judy Blue, Linda Kimbrough, Lusia Strus, Greg Vinkler, Ann Whitney, and Kenny Williams.
DescriptionWinner of the 2001 Olivier Award for Best New Play, Blue/Orange sets the stage for a clash of wills between two psychiatrists: one is a new, inexperienced doctor just starting out, the other is his well-established mentor. The diagnosis and treatment of a young black man named Chris, who claims to be the son of African dictator Idi Amin, sparks a conflict between the two doctors. As Chris becomes a pawn in their battle, listeners are left wondering who, if anyone, is sane in this dark, edgy comedy.
DescriptionA timely and hauntingly beautiful new opera with libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Leroy Aarons and score by accomplished composer Glenn Paxton. Scandal erupts in the White House - and in the national press - when Thomas Jefferson's longtime love affair with his slave mistress Sally Hemings is revealed.
DescriptionThe year is 2076, the nation's Tri-Centennial. Guns are outlawed, but the last "seven surviving weapons" are in captivity and on display in your city zoo. Billy the Kid's Colt.45, Andrew Jackson's Dueling Pistol, a retired Military Rifle, a backwoods Hunting Rifle, a playful plastic Toy Gun, an unfinished Nuclear Handgun, and the flashy Saturday Night Special. In plotting and executing their escape they see for the first time what they were really made for and why they can never be free. This full-cast production features Yeardley Smith, Edward Asner, Tyne Daly, Bruce French, Robert David Hall, Tommy Hicks, Ella Joyce, Marnie Mosiman, and James Reeder.
