Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the
most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello. The play is a
satirical tragicomedy. It was first performed in 1921 at the Teatro Valle in Rome with
shouts from the audience of "Manicomio!" ("Madhouse!").
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been
written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play
features one of Shakespeare's most famous and oft-quoted speeches, "All the world's
a stage," and is the origin of the phrase "too much of a good thing."
Euripides' Hippolytus Timberlake Wertenbaker Translation Synopsis: Furious that
Prince Hippolytus will not worship her, Aphrodite, goddess of love, seeks revenge.
Infecting Hippolytus’ stepmother, Phaedra, with an overpowering desire for him,
Aphrodite’s retribution will sweep both prince and queen to a brutal end.
The House of Bernarda Alba by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca: The
play explores themes of repression, passion, and conformity, and inspects the effects
of men upon women. Bernarda's cruel tyranny over her daughters foreshadows the
stifling nature of Franco's fascist regime, which was to arrive just a few weeks after
Lorca finished writing his play.
Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical set in prohibition era Chicago. The music is by
John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a
satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice, and the concept of the
"celebrity criminal."
Footloose is a musical based on the 1984 movie of the same name. The music is by
Tom Snow (among others), the lyrics by Dean Pitchford (with additional lyrics by
Kenny Loggins), and the book is by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.
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