December 8-9, 2023
Santa Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Written by Patrick Gabridge
Mom and Dad have never quite gotten around to telling their 30-year-old son, Jeffrey, the truth about Santa Claus. This Christmas, they finally spill the beans about some family secrets including the big one.
The Even-Littler Match Girl
Written by Edward Bloor
An older window dresser - no fan of the December holidays - has a run-in with a young department store worker who adores the Christmas season.
The Noir Before Christmas
Written by John Minigan
On Christmas Eve, Mary Claus brings a missing persons case to private detective Jack Frost. Who’s missing? The Fat Man himself! Can Jack find Santa and save Christmas? Will his ex-lover Rudee learn to lay off the peppermint schnapps before her nose goes permanently red?
A Christmas Presence
Written by Felix Racelis
A veteran actor auditions for "A Christmas Carol" and reads for an up-and-coming director, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Yes, Santa Claus, There is a Virginia
Written by Bill Brohaugh and Lisa Holt
In 1897, Santa himself guides the editorial writer of The New York Sun as he writes the classic “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus.”
September 29-30, 2023
Pre-War
Written by Jennifer O’Grady
In her New York City apartment building, Elena -- traumatized by a recent loss and struggling with agoraphobia -- encounters Clara, her older, Czechoslovakian neighbor. During a heartfelt conversation, the two women discover they have more in common than they realize.
Winner of Seven Gold Medals
Written by Ken Green
While performing a mundane household task, a mother and grown son discover some long-forgotten mementos. These act as a catalyst for them to revisit the unexamined past and come to grips with both the present and the future.
Grandma and her Bar Mitzvah Boy
Written by Ernie Joselovitz
Alan is struggling in school and studying for his Bar Mitzvah when his maternal grandmother comes to live with his family for a year. Much later, he looks back upon this time with gratitude for his Grandma’s profound influence on his life.
June 16-17, 2023
Can You Hear Me Now?
Written by Morey Norkin
Bell and Watson invent a way to revolutionize communication. If only they can find enough string.
The Audition
Written by Steven Otfinoski
A theater director thinks he’s seen everything when an actor auditions for him whose crowning role is the title character in “Waiting for Godot.”
The Sirius Interview
Written by Barbara Alfaro
Tad Sirius, an international dog superstar, is interviewed on a major television network.
The Waiting Room
Written by Steven A. Shapiro
Peter and Wesley, two people brought together with the aspiration of returning to a measure of normality, unearth that which is messy, heartbreaking, and undeniably painful. Did we mention this is a comedy?
May 5-7 2023
HUNKER DOWN
Written by Robert F. Benjamin
A spunky older woman clashes and banters with a crusty, whimsical curmudgeon. They experience isolation in May 2020 and then a year later, grapple with their changed reality and the need for engagement. Can social distancing spawn an unlikely, lasting friendship? Or more?
March 24-25, 2023
OSCAR & WALT
Written by Donald Steven Olson
On his first American lecture tour in 1882, Irish poet & playwright Oscar Wilde, calls on his literary hero, the venerable poet Walt Whitman. Cultures clash, egos flare, words fly and secrets emerge as these two geniuses face off in one unforgettable meeting of hearts, minds, and poetry.
February 10-11, 2023
Speed Dating
Written by Curt Strickland
A widow and a widower – each deeply affected by loss – reluctantly attend a dating meet-up in a hotel conference room. Their back-and-forth banter leads somewhere different than they expected.
One Night Stan
Written by Adam Szudrich
Three women recount their dates with Stan in a rat-a-tat barrage of lust, self-doubt, and questionable dance moves. A comedy about seeing the same things through very different eyes.
Expectations
Written by Jennifer O’Grady
Novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Kate Dickens speak about the legal separation he initiated after 22 years of marriage and nine children—narratives that differ substantially from each other. A play about power and women's lives.
The Pickup
Written by Donald Loftus
He sees her and gives her the eye. She sees him and flirts back. And then, just when it appears something is going to happen, the cell phone rings.