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Your summer blockbuster - live on stage! It's murder, mayhem, Samurais, and a deep sea adventure. Only the detectives, cops, a Genet prison, or hell itself could await these cinematic characters. |
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666 PSYCODUCTIONS INC. IN ASSOCIATION WITH PRODUCIONES YLLANA Writer: YLLANA Collectively Director: David Ottone Four death row convicts meet their fate, and keep you laughing constantly without words. GREAT PSYCHO-VISUAL COMEDY. "TRULY FABULOUS-DISGUSTINGLY HYSTERICAL" Times, London "MASTERWORK OF BLACK HUMOR" L´Express, Paris "Might beat the boys to hell by laughing yourself to death." Scotsman, Edinburgh 1h 30m International Madrid, Spain Comedy www.yllana.com |
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Deathwatch The Dialectix Group Writer: Jean Genet, Translated by David Rudkin Director: Aaron Sparks Two men share a prison cell with a notorious killer. One is in love with him. One wants to become him. Four female actors explore Jean Genet’s Deathwatch in the U.S. premiere of Obie winning playwright David Rudkin’s translation. 1h 30m Local Brooklyn, NY Drama Comedy www.deathwatch.artistupgrade.com |
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EXILES FROM THE SUN Exiled Productions Writer: Brent Cirves Director: Brent Cirves A full length modern tragedy (and at times, black comedy) about a man who kills another man in the first moments of the play and then takes his own family hostage over the course of a long and terrifying night. 2h 0m National Woodberry Forest, VA Drama Comedy www.exilesfromthesun.com |
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GRAVEYARD SHIFT The American Tragedy Musical Renegade Zombie Writer: Ren Casey Director: Ren Casey Choreographer: Sydney Skybetter Sex, Death, Zombies! This show has two of those three! A Zombie Virus is spreading and our heroes at ValueVille Superstore must survive the night. Lives are lost, love is found...and we learn what it means to be truly living. 2h 0m National Los Angeles, CA Musical Comedy www.graveyardshift.info |
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Hint Writer: Joe Maloney and Bonnie Milligan, Based on the show originally conceived and performed by the Backyard Players In this new murderous musical comedy, ten money-hungry guests conspire to find the final fortune of their late friend, Willy, after his last living heir is murdered. Who will find the treasure first? Who will make it out alive? 1h 30m Local Manhattan, NY Musical Comedy www.hintthemusical.com |
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Scattered Lives Samurai Sword Soul Director: Yoshihisa Kuwayama Choreographer: Yoshihisa Kuwayama the sword rips through flesh...all is lost. Shido stumbles through drunken battles against countless warriors in search of his way back to Bushido. Samurai underscored by a driving fusion of traditional Japanese and rock. Sure to be a "Thriller". 0h 50m Local New York, New York Performance Art Drama www.samuraiswordsoul.com |
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Stress Positions Snapping Turtle Productions Writer: Daniel Sweren-Becker A desperate Colonel confronts a detainee who won't break. As both men reach the limits of their endurance, their struggle reveals that the trauma of torture can have shocking consequences. 1h 30m Local NYC, NY Drama www.stresspositions.com |
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Terranova Monreale Productions in Association with StageFace Productions Writer: Pamela Monk and Dennis Loiacono Sixteen year old immigrant Josefina Terranova, abused, bound between the Old World and the New, brutally kills her family choosing freedom by deadly measures in 1906 New York. Murder or self defense? Terranova chronicles the price of her survival. 1h 45m Local New York, NY Drama monrealeproductions.com |
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The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer Weeping Spoon Productions Writer: Tim Watts An Australian “micro-epic...that touches our hearts." - West Australian. Alvin Sputnik is Earth’s last hope. He must venture to the bottom of the ocean to find his wife’s lost soul and save humanity.“…touching, magical, absorbing and transporting.” - Luke Milton. 0h 50m International Perth, Australia Solo Show Puppetry www.weepingspoon.com/AlvinSputnik |
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THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL Genesis Repertory Writer: Robert Liebowitz Director: Mary Elizabeth MiCari A black comedy about people in the red. Business barons, Jerry Case & Leon Lipkin had the world in the pockets of their tailored suits ... then they made one "tiny" mistake. Now they must eliminate the competition. 1h 10m Local Brooklyn, NY Comedy Drama www.genesis-repertory.org |
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The Confessional The Cohort Theatre Company Writer: Jayson Akridge Director: Jayson Akridge Mild-mannered teacher, Stanley Prentiss, confesses to a horrific murder which may or may not have happened. The detectives on the case must journey into the innermost darkness a human soul is capable of in order to discover the truth. 2h 15m Virginia Beach, VA Drama www.theconfessionalplay.com |
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The Doctor and the Devils Rag 'N Bone Theatre Company Writer: Dylan Thomas, Adapted by Daniel Balkin Director: Daniel Balkin A haunting crime drama by poet Dylan Thomas, based on the true story of body-snatchers turned mass-murderers. Devils brings to shocking life the tale of the young Doctor Rock, whose brilliant medical discoveries require an ever-fresher stream of corpses. 1h 30m Local Manhattan, NY Comedy Performance Art www.thedoctorandthedevils.com |
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The Unlikely Adventure of Race McCloud, Private Eye Momentum Repertory Company Writer: Tom Hoefner Director: Tom Hoefner To find his missing secret-agent family, the second-most clueless detective in Westside City (and his super-genius niece Cookie) must face off against vampires, a Sphinx, "Perfect" Troopers, a masked vigilante and more in this comic-book style comedy/adventure. 2h 30m Local Manhattan, NY Comedy FringeHIGH www.racemccloud.com |
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Thirty Minutes or Less Scamillante Productions Writer: Jonathan G Galvez Director: Eliana Meira Rantz When a Chinese food delivery boy (who's not even Chinese) stumbles upon a murder scene, he is thrown into a media spin where race, perception, and chicken wings become more important than he ever imagined. 1h 45m Local Linden, NJ Comedy Drama www.30minsorless.com |
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Thruline NightWind Productions Writer: Kevin Horne Seven stories of extraordinary events and the heroism and insanity they breed. A battered chain necklace links each unique tale, clasping together loss, hope, forgiveness, control, harm, memory, and revenge in a chain of stories set in the aftermath of life-altering moments. 1h 30m Local Manhattan, NY Solo Show Drama www.kevinlawrencehorne.com |