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Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven

Stephen Adly Guirgis takes his signature style to another level in this play about the harrowing, humorous, and heartbreaking inner workings of a women’s halfway house in New York City.

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Premiere Year
2019
Premiere Theater
Atlantic Theater Company
Premiere City
New York, NY
Premiere Creative

Cast: Victor Almanzar,  David Anzuelo, Elizabeth Canavan, Sean Carvajal, Patrice Johnson Chevannes, Molly Collier, Liza Colón-Zayas, Esteban Andres Cruz, Greg Keller, Wilemina Olivia-Garcia, Kristina Poe, Neil Tyrone Pritchard, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Andrea Syglowski, Benja Kay Thomas, Viviana Valeria, Pernell Walker, and Kara Young; Director: John Ortiz

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The Lady Matador’s Hotel

A theatrical adaptation of  Cristina García's lush, sensual novel. The Lady Matador’s Hotel follows the denizens of a luxurious hotel in the capital of an unnamed Central American country in the midst of political turmoil. There is the matadora in town for a bullfight. There is an ex-guerrilla now working as a waitress in the hotel. And there is a colonel who committed atrocities in the country’s long civil war. Each day, the pull of revenge and desire draws them closer and closer together. 

Premiere Year
2019
Premiere Theater
Central Works
Premiere City
Berkeley, CA
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Cast: Rudy Guerrero, Sylvia Kratins, Gabriel Montoya, Steve Ortiz, Neiry Rojo, and Erin Mei-Ling Stuart; Director: Gary Graves

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Hookman

It's freshman year of college and Lexi's life is falling apart. Ever since the mysterious death of her high school best friend, Lexi has found herself stalked by a tall, dark, hook-handed stranger who has been seriously cramping her style. In this existential slasher comedy, Lexi learns what it means to grow up -- and it's not pretty.

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Premiere Year
2015
Premiere Theater
Encore Theatre
Premiere City
San Francisco, CA
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Cast: Taylor Jones, Sarah Mattes, Devin O’Brien, and Aily Roper; Director: Becca Wolff

Major Production Year
2019
Major Production Theater
California Repertory Company
Major Production City
Long Beach, CA
Major Production Creative

Director: Lisa Sanaye Dring

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Origin Story

Margaret doesn’t know who she is or what she’s aiming for. Forced to work two jobs to pay down her debt, she wades through office triviality at The Services Corporation by day and by night she works the drive-thru of The Burg, a 24/7 fast food restaurant. But through co-workers and friends, Margaret’s existential muddle begins to resolve as connections are found in the most unsuspecting of places. Funny, satirical, and surprising, Origin Story is an offbeat look at the quarter-life crisis and how to connect in an unconnected world. 

Premiere Year
2019
Premiere Theater
WaterTower Theatre
Premiere City
Addison, TX
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Director: Tiffany Nichole Greene

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Antonio’s Song: I Was Dreaming of a Son

A poetic journey of a dancer, artist, and father questioning the balance of his passions — art, culture, family. A story that, questions and challenges the legacy of stereotypes: of manhood, race, fatherhood. This solo/movement drama explores the sins of our fathers and mothers — as well as the gifts that our parents bestow upon us.

Premiere Year
2019
Premiere Theater
Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University
Premiere City
Shepherdstown, WV
Premiere Creative

Co-creator and performer: Antonio Edwards Suarez; Director: Marc Clements

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Ms. Blakk for President

Meet America’s first drag queen presidential candidate—Ms. Joan Jett Blakk—as she announces her bid to run for President of the United States. It’s Chicago, 1992, and with the AIDS crisis at its height, Joan and the newly formed Queer Nation Chicago have an urgent agenda. Joan sets off on an exhilarating and dangerous journey to drag queer politics out of the closet and into a future where ALL are visible and ALL have a place at the table. Inspired—but not bound by true events, Ms. Blakk for President takes us into the heart and mind of one of Chicago’s most singular and radical citizens.

Premiere Year
2019
Premiere Theater
Steppenwolf Theatre
Premiere City
Chicago, IL
Premiere Creative

Cast: Patrick Andrews, Jos N. Banks, Molly Brennan, Daniel Kyri, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Jon Hudson Odom, and Sawyer Smith; Co-author and Director: Tina Landau

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Samsara

Americans Katie and Craig are having a baby with Suraiya, a surrogate from India.  As all three “parents” anxiously wait for the baby to be born, flights of fancy attack them from all sides, in the form of an unctuous Frenchman and a smart-mouthed fetus. A whimsical take on modern day colonialism.  

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Premiere Year
2015
Premiere Theater
Victory Gardens Theatre
Premiere City
Chicago, IL
Premiere Creative

Cast:  Behzad Dabu, Arya Daire, Joe Dempsey, Lori Myers, and Jeff Parker; Director: Seth Bockley

Major Production Year
2019
Major Production Theater
Coeurage Theatre Company
Major Production City
Los Angeles, CA
Major Production Creative

Cast: Aarón Alonso, Joe Calarco, Nardeep Khurmi, Katie Pelensky, and Pooja Shah; Director: Rebecca Wear

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The Song of Summer

That song on every radio and wedding DJ’s playlist — that catchy earworm that’s inescapable for an entire summer — the “song of the summer” …there’s more to it than everyone knows. There’s more to know about its singer, too — like why he snuck away from a concert and traveled hundreds of miles to visit the home of his childhood piano teacher. What – and who – he finds there could change his career and his life. A touching story about how revisiting the past can change our future. 

Premiere Year
2019
Premiere Theater
Trinity Repertory Company
Premiere City
Providence, RI
Premiere Creative

Cast: Tina Chilip, William Derby, Anne Scurria ,Charlie Thurston, and  Joe Wilson, Jr.; Director: Taibi Magar

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Wolf Play

In a world where people struggle to have children, one American couple decides to 'un-adopt' their young Korean son because they have a newborn at home. After an internet chat room search for the right family, the father 're-homes' the boy with a lesbian couple, where one half is desperate for a child and the other half is fighting for her career. As the boy — who thinks he’s a wolf, but is really a puppet – adjusts to his new life, he forms bonds with the unlikeliest of culprits while the rest of the adults squabble about what is ‘best for the child.' Wolf Play is a messy, funny, and moving theatrical experience that grapples with where family allegiance lies.

Premiere Year
2019
Premiere Theater
Artists Repertory Theater
Premiere City
Portland, OR
Premiere Creative

Cast: Ayanna Berkshire, Chris Harder, Christopher Larkin, Tamera Lyn, and Vin Shambry; Director: Dámaso Rodríguez

Major Production Year
2020
Major Production Theater
Soho Rep.
Major Production City
New York, NY
Major Production Creative

Director: Dustin Wills

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Shipwreck: A History Play About 2017

A group of well-meaning liberals gather at a farmhouse in upstate NY for a relaxing weekend. A son adopted from Kenya struggles to feel connected to his new family and country. And the 45th US President sends a history-altering dinner invitation.

There is plenty of blame to spare as snow piles high, mountains crumble, and the wounds of the 2016 election break open. The mythology of America is re-written in real time as we are forced to grapple with the legend of a frightening New York man made from gold.

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Premiere Year
2019
Premiere Theater
Almeida Theatre
Premiere City
London, UK
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Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Fisayo Akinade, Raquel Cassidy, Risteárd Cooper, Elliot Cowan, Tara Fitzgerald, Adam James, and Justine Mitchell; Director: Rupert Goold

Major Production Year
2020
Major Production Theater
Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Major Production City
Washington, DC
Major Production Creative

Director: Saheem Ali

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