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A one-act that scrutinizes life in a senior-living facility in a warm-hearted, semi-surreal way. Smoothly and artfully staged and acted, it's as funny as it is touching.

A battle of wits, means, and consciences, scripted in iambic pentameter, adds up to a zippy, funny, and ultimately dark comedy that requires close attention – and repays it handsomely.

This pandemic-era family drama sustains a tricky balance of tragedy and comedy most of the way thanks to a star turn by Mel House.

Hoping for redemption through forgiveness, a white convict tries to convince his victim's sister he's no longer the man who beat her brother to death in a racist rage.

The specter of his wife's advancing Alzheimer's disease throw Johnny (Gordon Clapp) and his family into a dizzying whirlpool of anxiety as family secrets threaten to bubble to the surface.

Richard Masur stars as an old man bowed with tragedy who strikes up a friendship with the troubled little girl next door. In the process both reveal the raw tenderness of their respective lives.

A smart, crisply written book by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel links a sequence of superb musical numbers, recounting in the best musical-theater tradition the little-known story of the U.S. Army's WWI female telephone switchboard operators.

Through his stilted, abrupt, truth-blurting observations, it's the character with Asperger's who reveals the deepest truths about human relationships in this tour-de-force play by 'Dietland' writer Catya McMullen.

Nearly six decades into his career, Ayckbourn maintains his sure touch on both the page and the stage, while his depictions of the long view of life continue to deepen. Brilliantly written and beautiful acted, his new time-shifting masterpiece engages both heart and mind.

A confusing play about teenage angst, with a twist that seemed to perplex many in the audience.