

In the wake of the September 11 attacks, New York City fire captain Nick has the monumental task of writing eulogies for eight of his men who were killed. Unable to adequately put his memories and sentiments into words, he enlists the help of Joan, a news editor and former journalist. Nick and Joan come from completely different worlds and, were it not for the attacks, never would have met. United through tragedy, Nick and Joan discover a shared humanity as they craft poignant remembrances of "the guys". The play is somewhat autobiographical; playwright Anne Nelson based the character Joan on herself and her own experiences as a foreign journalist in Central America. One of the first plays written immediately after September 11, Nelson's one-act is a sensitive examination of loss, connection, and the power of language.


Barefoot in the Park is Neil Simon's classic romantic comedy about what really happens after "happily ever after" begins.
Newlyweds Corie and Paul Bratter have just finished a blissful honeymoon and are moving into their first apartment—a tiny, drafty fifth‑ or sixth‑floor walk‑up in Manhattan with a leaky skylight, no bathtub, and far too much rent.
Corie is a free‑spirited optimist who sees the charm in every imperfection, while Paul is a buttoned‑up young lawyer who prefers order, caution, and central heating. Their opposing personalities are tested as Corie attempts to spice up their lives by fixing up her anxious mother, Ethel, with their eccentric neighbor Victor Velasco, leading to a disastrous double date on a freezing night that pushes the Bratters to the brink.
Over the course of a few chaotic days, slammed doors, hurt feelings, and one memorable fight, the couple must decide whether they can embrace each other's differences and meet in the middle—perhaps even learning to run "barefoot in the park" together.
Simon's hit play later became the beloved 1967 film Barefoot in the Park, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda as the irrepressible Corie.

In the shadows of a remote laboratory, ambition becomes obsession — and obsession becomes catastrophe.
Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist of extraordinary brilliance, consumed by a singular and dangerous question: what if the boundary between life and death is not a wall, but a door?
Driven by an insatiable hunger to unlock the secrets of creation itself, Victor assembles the unthinkable — a being constructed from the remains of the dead — and through sheer force of scientific will, brings it to life.
But creation carries consequences Victor never anticipated. The Creature he breathes into existence is not the triumph of science he imagined. It is something altogether more complicated — powerful, desperate, and achingly alone.
Rejected by its creator and cast out by a world that cannot bear to look at it, the Creature's longing for connection curdles into rage, and its rage into revenge.
As Victor's world begins to crumble around him — his loved ones threatened, his sanity fraying, his god-like ambitions collapsing under their own terrible weight — he is forced to confront the question at the heart of Mary Shelley's timeless masterpiece: in the act of creation, who is truly the monster?
Tim Kelly's adaptation brings Shelley's gothic classic to vivid theatrical life — equal parts chilling suspense, psychological drama, and profound moral reckoning. A story about the hubris of unchecked ambition, the cruelty of rejection, and the terrifying cost of playing God.
Frankenstein is not simply a horror story. It is a deeply human one.
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