Literary Library
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson & Hugh Wheeler
The Blackwood family was once prominent in their small town, but a tragedy left the surviving family members isolated. Constance never leaves the house, Uncle Julian is preoccupied with the…
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Far Away by Caryl Churchill
In a post-apocalyptic future, Joan grows up in a society where dystopian powers have seeped into every aspect of life, and the line between good and evil grows increasingly blurred….
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Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus by Taylor Mac
Set in the year 400, immediately following the violent events of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, this play follows two servants, Gary and Janice, who are left to clean up the…
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The Moors by Jen Silverman
A young governess named Emilie has arrived at a decaying manor in the bleak english moors. She’s expecting to care for a child and meet the master of the house,…
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Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz
Anna in the Tropics follows a Cuban American family-owned cigar factory in Ybor City, Florida. A lector, a well-dressed man hired to read literature to the workers, reads from Leo…
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Marisol by José Rivera
Marisol is a young Puerto Rican woman from the Bronx who works as a copy editor in the city, but after a visit from her guardian angel, she learns of…
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By the Bog of Cats by Marina Carr
A loose retelling of the Greek myth of Medea and set in a dreary Irish bog, By the Bog of Cats follows an Irish traveler named Hester Swann whose lover…
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Father Comes Home From the Wars by Suzan Lori-Parks
Father Comes Home From the Wars is a loose three-part adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey set in the American South during the Civil War. The play centers on an enslaved man…
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Concord Floral by Jordan Tannahill
Concord Floral is a one-million-square-foot abandoned greenhouse where teenagers go to hang out, make out, and everything in between, but when a a startling discovery is made, ten teenagers must…
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Cost of Living by Martyna Majok
Cost of Living follows two couples: a wealthy woman and her caregiver navigating her recent paralysis and a truck driver and a woman with cerebral palsy as they reconnect after…
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The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel
Anna, a school teacher in Baltimore, discovers she has a new deadly disease called ATD, or Acquired Toilets Disease. In pursuit of a cure, she grabs her brother, Carl, and…
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BLKS by Aziza Banks
After a personal crisis, Octavia faces a lack of support from her partner. Her solution? Dropping her and embarking on a chaotic odyssey through New York City with her two…
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Ruined by Lynn Nottage
Set in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a civil war, Ruined, at its core, is a hopeful story about the endurance of women without shying away from fully examining…
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Wish You Were Here by Sanaz Toosi
Wish You Were Here is a hilarious and impactful play about the relationships we create and leave behind in our 20s. The play follows a group of five Iranian women…
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A Girl in School Uniform (Walks Into A Bar)
Written by Lulu Raczka Date Published 2018Length of Material 96 pages SummarySet in an alternate reality uncomfortably close to our own, A Girl in School Uniform (Walks Into A Bar)…
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The Wonderful World of Dissocia
Written by Anthony Neilson Date Published 2004Length of Material 121 pages SummaryLisa Jones is on a journey. It’s a colorful and exciting off-kilter trip in search of one lost hour…
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Wasted
Written by Kate Tempest Date Published 2012Length of Material 73 pages SummaryThree twenty-somethings have to deal with the reality of life setting in. The parties and drugs and drinking become…
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Rabbit Hole
Written by David Lindsay-Abaire Date Published 2005Length of Material 169 pages SummaryLindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play (2007) examines a family’s grief and recovery after losing a young child to an accident….
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Yen
Written by Anna Jordan Date Published 2015Length of Material 120 pages SummaryHench is sixteen, Bobbie is thirteen. They live alone with their dog, Taliban, playing PlayStation, watching porn; surviving. Sometimes…
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The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie is a memory play, and its action is drawn from the memories of the narrator, Tom Wingfield. Tom is a character in the play, which is set in St. Louis in 1937. He is an aspiring poet who toils in a shoe warehouse to support his mother, Amanda, and sister, Laura. Mr. Wingfield, Tom and Laura’s father, ran off years ago and, except for one postcard, has not been heard from since.