Comedies (5)
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
3m, 5w
A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, MISS BENNET continues the story, only this time with bookish middle-sister Mary as its unlikely heroine. Mary is growing tired of her role as dutiful middle sister in the face of her siblings’ romantic escapades. When the family gathers for Christmas at Pemberley, an unexpected guest sparks Mary’s hopes for independence, an intellectual match, and possibly even love.
Love/Sick
by John Cariani
2-9 m/w
A darker cousin to Almost, Maine, John Cariani’s LOVE/SICK is a collection of nine slightly twisted and completely hilarious short plays. Set on a Friday night in an alternate suburban reality, this 80-minute romp explores the pain and the joy that comes with being in love. Full of imperfect lovers and dreamers, LOVE/SICK is an unromantic comedy for the romantic in everyone.
Bump
by Chiara Atik
2m, 10w
A car mechanic on the verge of becoming a grandfather, a community of expectant mothers on a pregnancy message board, and a pregnant woman in colonial New England each question the mechanics of childbirth. Based in part on the true story of Jorge Odón and the birthing device he invented in his garage, BUMP spans time and space in an effort to grapple with the mystery and the miracle of maternity.
Round and Round the Garden
by Alan Ayckbourn
3m, 3w
Annie's brother-in-law Norman has persuaded Annie to go away with him secretly for a weekend. Their plans are ruined by the arrival of Annie's brother, Reg, and his wife, Sarah who, when she finds out about the "dirty week-end," calls Norman's wife, Ruth, to come and put a stop to her husband's philandering. The situation is made more complicated and hilarious by the presence of Annie's (not terribly perceptive) friend Tom. Norman finds himself spurned by all three women and is left protesting with injured, immature innocence that he only meant to make everyone happy. ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN is part of The Norman Conquests trilogy.
Paint Night
by Carey Crim
0m, 6w
Six women get together 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. But as the alcohol flows (and truths and insecurities are revealed) six carefully curated lives begin to show their cracks. PAINT NIGHT is about what happens when we let shed our Instagram #blessed lives and get hilariously and heartbreakingly real.
Dramas (3)
This Random World
by Steven Dietz
2m, 5w
We may want to believe that serendipity brings us together, but is that just a myth? Mining the comedy of missed connections, THIS RANDOM WORLD asks the serious question of how often we travel parallel paths through the world without noticing. From an ailing woman who plans one final trip, to her daughter planning one great escape and her son falling prey to a prank gone wrong, this funny, intimate, and heartbreaking play explores the lives that may be happening just out of reach of our own.
Boy
by Ann Ziegler
3m, 2w
Inspired by a true story, Anna Ziegler’s BOY explores the tricky terrain of finding love amidst the confusion of sexual identity, and the inextricable bond between a doctor and patient. In the 1960s, a well-intentioned doctor convinces the parents of a male infant to raise their son as a girl after a terrible accident. Two decades later, the repercussions of that choice continue to unfold.
The Copper Children
by Karen Zacharias
4+m, 5+w
THE COPPER CHILDREN tells the story of possibly one of the largest single kidnapping cases in U.S. history; in which Irish immigrant children were removed from New York City and transported via orphan trains to Arizona to be adopted by Mexican American mining families who had suffered infertility and stillbirths as a result of air and water pollution from copper mining. While the Mexican American families were initially selected because they were Catholic, they were deemed unsuitable and the Irish children were instead placed with white, Protestant families. THE COPPER CHILDREN takes a sharp look at the collision of good intentions and bad behavior, blending humor, tragedy, joy and unsentimental social commentary.
Dramedies (1)
Cry It Out
by Molly Smith Metzler
1m, 3w
Jessie is a corporate lawyer in a Manhattan firm. Lina is a community-college dropout and born-and-bred Long Islander. They don’t seem to have much in common, but marooned at home with infants, they strike up a fast friendship. In the yard between their houses—as far as their baby monitors will reach—they bond over sleep deprivation, unreliable childcare, and “having it all.” CRY IT OUT is a candid comedy with dark edges about the absurdities of being home with a baby, the power of female friendship, the dilemma of going back to work, and who gets to make which hard choices in the tinderbox of parenthood and class in the United States.
