The Plays

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Pride, Pursuit, and Decapitation

(Orgueil, Poursuite, et Décapitation)

by Marion Aubert

Translated by Kimberly Jannarone and Erik Butler

Directed by Carey Perloff

A ferocious and unsparing comedy in which a mad playwright conjures up a whirlwind of hilarious unhinged scenes in lurid color to depict the everyday insanity of our world.   …Read More

 

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Out There

(A L’Ouest)

 

by Nathalie Fillion

Translated by Emily-Jane Cohen and Michelle Haner

Directed by Amy Mueller

While global markets collapse and sound investments dissolve, Jean, a depressed man in his forties, propelled into euphoria by a new anti-depressant, prepares to sell off the family’s properties. A highly charged Chechovian family drama for the 21st century.   …Read More

 

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by Samuel Gallet

Translated and Directed by Rob Melrose

Built like a puzzle, and set in a slightly futuristic megalopolis surrounded by a wasteland, Gallet’s play is neither a strictly realistic piece, nor a thriller, nor a hallucinated vision of the future, but all three simultaneously.   …Read More