A voyeuristic prefiguring of Samuel Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape,” and a hilarious and heart-breaking window on the last moments of youth. Reeling on his 39th birthday, an actor’s obsessive identification with Beckett’s famous character compels him to examine his own quixotic life: his fears, his failures, and his search for (and forfeiture of) love, all […]
A searing drama about bureaucratic chaos in a post-Roe America. After her transcontinental flight is diverted to Dallas, a pregnant woman inexplicably finds herself trapped in a room with a female lawyer who will decide her future. Can Nessa escape this Kafkaesque world of legal precedents and constantly changing laws?
Emery is happy living in her treehouse, communing with her plants. Her sister Hazel is miserable, working at the only diner in Millerville to support herself and her sister. Luanne is yearning for something, anything to bring meaning into her life. When Emery’s YouTube videos of her plant experiments accidentally start a cult—a CULT!—all three […]
Conceived and Created by The Educational Theatre Association and The Cincinnati Black Theatre Artists’ Collective Featuring Monologues by Candice Handy, Ariel Mary Ann, Derek J. Snow, and Torie Wiggins Finding Voice: New Works for Young Theatre Artists of Color features newly created monologues and works from four dynamic Cincinnati Ohio Black playwrights written for use […]
TRW presents ten compelling short works—heroes and villains, from earthly issues to supernatural ones—by established and emerging playwrights in this third volume of our popular series.
In 1976 Andy Warhol, having re-invented himself as the portrait painter of the rich and famous, travels to Tehran commissioned to take polaroids of the Shah’s wife. Amidst taking in the Crown Jewels and ordering room service caviar, Warhol encounters a young revolutionary who throws his plans into turmoil and opens the pop icon’s eyes […]
The Next Narrative™ Monologue Competition, Vol. 2 features newly created works from eleven of America’s leading contemporary Black playwrights that engage students in artful exploration of 21st century themes, while instilling confidence in all to find their voices. The program objectives are to introduce students to today’s leading contemporary Black writers, expose students to acting […]
The Next Narrative™ Monologue Competition, Vol. 1 features newly created works from twenty of America’s leading contemporary Black playwrights that engage students in artful exploration of 21st century themes, while instilling confidence in all to find their voices. The program objectives are to introduce students to today’s leading contemporary Black writers, expose students to acting […]
Five actors, three characters, one story: Ten years ago, Ken and Chris were teacher and student. Now, as principal and teacher, Ken uses a student’s suspiciously high grade as license to grill Chris until the young teacher is forced to confront both past and present. While most plays question the audience, TEACH’s gender and racial […]
THE DOWNFALL OF RAFAEL TRUJILLO explores the last five years of the life of the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. He ruled the Dominican Republic with an iron fist for 31 years. The play begins with the infamous kidnapping and murder of Professor Jesús Galíndez and follows the resulting fall-out, which leads to the downfall of […]
Jess is tanking in Physics, so her mom, Doris, hires Lloyd to help her pass. But she’d rather study his son, the survivor of a lightning strike that killed his girlfriend a year ago, and tattooed his body with elegant scars. When Lloyd and Doris hit it off, these two broken families are bound ever […]
Imagine STEEL MAGNOLIAS with modern day issues, as six women gather for a much-needed girls’ night out. The plan is to eat, drink and create works of art at a local Paint and Sip night studio while celebrating a bride to be. But as the alcohol flows, so do their thoughts on motherhood and womanhood, […]
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Playwright Beaufield Berry on Channeling Her Ancestors Through Playwriting
In Conversation with Abby Rosebrock
Martyna Majok’s Legacy Has Only Just Begun
Cori Thomas, author of LOCKDOWN, talks about her past, who inspired her characters, and more.