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A modern-day Sabbath dinner is unfolding in Jerusalem, but this is no ordinary gathering. When Salah, a Harvard educated Palestinian who seeks peace with Israel, unexpectedly arrives at the invitation of his girlfriend, the evening turns into a web of political intrigue rooted in idealism and radical differences. Meet the Artists

Join us as we talk with Chris Hencke, the playwright of  The Emperor's New Clothes: The Rest of the Story .

After the Emperor has exposed himself as a fool (by walking naked through the town square), he seeks to blame his Minister for the resulting riot. While the Emperor and the Minister debate the issue, the riot spreads and the kingdom crumbles. Meet the Artists

Join us as we talk with Mike Ackerman, the playwright of  After .

Hank and Daisy have just made it to the afterlife and meet the administrator tasked with orienting them to their new existence. When Daisy is rejected from entry, the three work to determine what she must accomplish on Earth in order to join Hank. Meet the Artists

Join us as we talk with Germaine Shames, the playwright of  Beautiful Findings .

Lise Meitner, often called “The Mother of the Atomic Bomb,” worked in Germany for over 30 years. When she arrived in Berlin from her native Vienna in 1907, she was among the first women to seek a place in science; when she fled for her life in 1938, she was one of the last (converted) Jewish academics not yet expelled by the Nazis. Meet the Artists

Join us as we talk with Vicki Riba Koestler, the playwright of  I'm Here .

When one woman appears to be at a low point in her life and needs a helping hand, three others, all virtual strangers to each other, combine forces to support her. It’s a difficult task, being that they’re all stuck in a hospital. Meet the Artists

Join us as we talk with Barbara Blatner, the playwright of  Marilyn Monroe in the Desert .

When Marilyn Monroe finds herself lost in the desert, can she overcome death with the help of two blind wanderers?  Marilyn Monroe in the Desert  is a Magical, Comical Dream Quest. Meet the Artists

Join us as we talk with Dan Borengasser, the playwright of  The Puck Project .

For her master’s thesis, Nora wants to write about Shakespeare’s  A Midsummer Night’s Dream , but she struggles to come up with an original take on it. She finally decides to compare the traditional love in the play with a love that can be artificially induced like with Puck’s magic potion—or possibly through the techniques of modern neurobiology. As it turns out, her approach may be a little too...

Join us as we talk with Julie Pearson Little Thunder, the playwright of  A Southern Fantasia .

In 1897 Alabama, two Slave spirits—one African-American, one Indigenous—watch over a rural community that includes Okcate, a half black/half Muscogee Creek woman. When she and a white man fall in love, the Spirits' desire to fend off threats from a caste-based society upsets the precarious balance of their own limbic status. Meet the Artists

Join us as we talk with John Minigan, the playwright of  Covenant .

How do we become entrenched in the beliefs we hold and what, if anything, can get us to walk away when those beliefs lead to chaos and destruction? Jordan’s mission to infiltrate and report on an apocalyptic religious community has ended in disaster. Questions from an unseen interrogator trigger and inform Jordan’s memories of her time undercover, force her to confront the series of choices she ma...

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Join us as we talk with Andrew Biss, the playwright of  The Treachery of Images .

A young student is brutally raped and murdered. Her parents, Tom and Christine, are now confronted with the daunting task of processing their grief and attempting to come to terms with the horror that befell their child. The paths they take in doing so, however, couldn't be starker in contrast. Christine has withdrawn into a deadened world of suppressed rage and bitterness that has left her in...

Join us as we talk with Dan Borengasser, the playwright of  The L-Word .

Rebecca Bishop is frustrated. After seven years, her boyfriend, Scott Billings, still avoids making any long-term commitment about their future. As a result, she decides, with the reluctant help of her best friend/employee, Michael Allen, to look into online dating, not necessarily to find someone else, but rather, as she puts it, “to understand my options.” Nevertheless, she does discover a guy w...

Join us as we talk with Xavier George, the playwright of  Mommy-Person .