“Laughing wild amid severe woe.” perfectly describes the fiercely ironic comedy of Christopher Durang’s most recent play (which takes its title from this Thomas Gray quotation via Samuel Beckett) and…
The Tony Award-winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art, Copenhagen is an explosive reimagining of the mysterious wartime between two Nobel laureates to discuss the atomic…
It is Christmas of 1183, and Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine are, for once, together in the drafty castle at Chinon. For all their regal status, they…
Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have literary masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. But without Henry Codell and John Heminges, we would have lost half of Shakespeare’s plays forever! After the…
Sex Diary of an Infidel weaves a cunning web of truth, lies, self-delusion and depravity, set against the backgrounds of Manila and Melbourne. Jean, an award-winning journalist, travels to the…
These six plays span nearly twenty years of theatre and display the range of Lillian Hellman’s dramatic gifts. The Children’s Hour (1934), her first play, was considered shocking at the…
White With Wire Wheels (1967) satirises a culture of masculinity expressed in cars, booze and work. Women are marginalised, trivialised and ultimately disposable. This provocative and unconventional comic play throws…
The collection of six plays by David Henry Hwang bears eloquent witness to the scope and richness of Chinese-American literature. Capturing the spirit, the struggles, and the secret language of…
This hilariously scathing play takes us back to the pivotal moment when the finished script that would change their lives…fell from the ceiling while they were working on something else.…
There are friends we can’t imagine living without. Morgan and Jimmy were kids together, whirling around the porch on hot summer days. They’ve been friends forever, and by now they…