The Exception

Product Code: E18000

Limited Streaming Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 120 min.

A brilliant painter. A fiery personality. An influence on Rembrandt and Velazquez. The talk of 17th-century Rome. The exception to all the rules—Artemisia Gentileschi, a teenage girl! The Exception tantalizingly blends fact and fiction in a provocative, entertaining, and timely drama about this controversial artist. This play examines the nature of the creative spirit and the limitations of even the most all-consuming love.

Learn Me Somethin'

Product Code: L89000

Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

Jameson Jones and his mother earnestly believe in school as a place to learn, but nonetheless find themselves propelled through a wonderland of scary officials, bizarre classrooms and inscrutable committee meetings.

Detective Sketches and Other Short Plays

Product Code: D23000

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

A collection of five short plays. Detective Sketches (Trouble Is Eating My Pants): A private eye gets tangled in deception and death when he takes a dangerous case in this spoof of film noir. Escape from Groovytown: A man flees his trendy hipster neighborhood for the gritty side of town, only to find he can’t stay away. Falling Through the Cracks: A nearly homeless woman confronts her son on the subway. Somewhere on the Coast of Belize: Two Manhattan men try to dump a barge of garbage on a struggling nation. At Night in the Asylum: A haunting choral piece that equates the fears of city dwellers with those of a madhouse.

A Holiday Dream

Product Code: HE3000

Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

This interactive play is about Tim, a boy with low self esteem who won't join his family in a holiday get together. He dozes off in his room and an elf visits him and gets his help in rescuing Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood, etc.

Stages

Product Code: SZ7000

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

A play within a play in various styles throughout theatre history. Rehearsal is conducted as an exasperated director and stage manager attempt to deal with an ever-changing script.