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Who gets to decide if a woman has children, and for whom? A comedy about reproductive rights and the environment. For years Martin is thought to be the last frog of his species, living alone in an amphibian lab, under the observation of a scientist eager to make her name in the field. Fate strikes and Esther is discovered living by herself in the rain forest, the last female frog. She is captured and brought to the lab, instructed that h...

Dramatic ComedyCharacters: 3 males, 1 femalesWINNER! 2009 Ted Schmitt Award for the world premiere of an Outstanding New Play - Los Angeles Drama Critics CircleOrange County, California, 1975. For Walter Wells, it's the happiest place on earth. He has a beautiful wife. Two great kids. A house with a pool. Contentment. Until fate strikes a devastating blow, leaving Walter with no reason to put the pieces of his life back together. He resists at...

It is 1970 and Virginia Moore is in love with Glenn, and she is ready to change the future by marching against the war in Vietnam, and for equal rights for women. After being knocked unconscious by a beer bottle at a rally, she lapses into a coma. As her husband and sister visit, forty tumultuous years pass. While they share all she is missing, Virginia experiences an entire life for herself in Paris, and travels the world. When she miraculous...

…Myatt excels at using small details to evoke larger truths.… BIRDER explore[s] fatherhood, mortality, the post-recession economy and the illusory nature of the American dream… BIRDER revels in quirky, meta-theatrical artifice, complete with flashbacks, overt symbolism and fourth-wall puncturing monologues. Its protagonist, the accountant Roger, is a poor excuse for a dad…. Roger has always played by the rules in pursuit of an affluent lifesty...

BOATS ON A RIVER, a new play by Julie Marie Myatt, can be distinguished both by what it is and by what it is not. What it is, is a play by an American playwright that reaches beyond the borders of this country, to examine life in other parts of the world and to use that examination as a prism to reflect back on our own culture. In that regard, it is a singularly refreshing departure from the navel-gazing that occurs in much of American theater...

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For many urban dwellers, daily life includes walking the dog surrounded by strangers and neighbors for whom you have only a passing acquaintance, whose personal stories you can only guess, imagine, or project upon them through the various waves hello, small talk about the the weather, or random gestures of kindness. What happens when you cross through the threshold of strangers, into their apartment? What stories have they been keeping behind ...

Combat photojournalist Matthew Milton is charged with flying from Afghanistan to pick up his sister, Lizzie, after a two month stint in rehab for heroin addiction. Lizzie's wealthy Connecticut lifestyle is no match for her desire to get high, and Matthew's own addiction to war is masked by his sense of duty to show the public the truth behind our endless wars. With no where else to stay, Sergeant Mac Johnson, just retired, comes home to stay w...

…In returning to a familiar theme, the wandering away from and abandonment of small town America to seek fortune and enlightenment, Myatt scores by unusually and effectively staying with those who have been left behind rather than with the one who has left. The result is a beautifully written reflection on time and place, and the inconstancy of love and loss.… The play follows the investigations of a private detective hired by a couple to find...

…Myatt excels at using small details to evoke larger truths.… JOHN IS A FATHER explore[s] fatherhood, mortality, the post-recession economy and the illusory nature of the American dream… In impeccably spare dialogue rarely longer than single-sentence exchanges, fragments of John's troubled past come to light during his encounters on a trip to reconnect with what's left of his estranged family.… It's utterly compelling naturalism rendered with ...

Alice intends to end her life in the Badlands of South Dakota, alone, in nature, only she keeps being saved by a Cowboy, out on a silent retreat. It could be an American romance story, but Alice didn't ask to be saved. She doesn't want saving by the Cowboy, and she certainly doesn't want it from the Man who has driven across country, and who has walked miles and miles to come and take her back home. Men are the cause and reason for her despair...

The period between life and rebirth involves 49 days and three states of Bardo according to The Tibetan Book of the Dead. On a clear day and in a fit of bravery, Clyde Macey follows his unrequited love for a stranger named Syvia, only to enter this Bardo cycle when his car hits a tree. He can't let go of his life alone, and the Bardo is scary, vast, and painful. And, he's American, he hasn't prepared for this Tibetan ritual of passage. With th...

When U.S. Marine Jenny Sutter returns from Iraq, she lays down her rifle but isn't ready to pick up her children. Buying some time, Jenny takes a one-way trip to a misfit desert community called Slab City, where its kind residents gently nurture her wounded spirit, and nudge her back to her own humanity.

American expatriate Sidney Webb and Sister Margaret, his British colleague, work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution.After a surprise raid on a brothel, an eager young U.S. lawyer places three liberated orphans under Sidney and the Sisters care.The girls (played by young women in the performance) begin the inspirational process of recovery under the loving watch of their new protectors. An excitingl...

American expatriate Sidney Webb and Sister Margaret, his British colleague, work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution. After a surprise raid on a brothel, an eager young U.S. lawyer places three liberated orphans under Sidney and the Sisters care. The girls (played by young women in performance) begin the inspirational process of recovery under the loving watch of their new protectors. An excitingly ...