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SHRIMP & GRITTS: SHE'S GONE Comedy The lives of Shrimp, the lesbian mayor of a small coastal town, and her drinking buddy Gritts, a retired Merchant Marine captain, are upended when Gritts' partner of many years leaves without warning. As their friendship struggles to survive, an indie lounge act, a young duo with troubles of their own, provides the soundtrack and counterpoint to this story of love, loss, and healing. |
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PERDIDO BEACH Drama A family tries to rebuild itself after Gabe, the 17-year-old son of single mom Verne, returns home after serving two years in the California Juvenile Justice system for his peripheral involvement in the shooting death of a gay man. Set entirely inside the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Verne finds herself in a crisis that challenges her identity as mother, friend, and lover to the people who depend on her the most. |
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THE FINAL LEG Dark Comedy A triple amputee dying of complications from diabetes agrees to be escorted by his two grown children to an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland. He’s got every reason to go through with it, but is there more to do before he dies? |
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THE NINCOMPOOP Period Comedy A Medieval painter of frescoes, known far and wide as a nincompoop, gets the big idea to paint the ceiling of his local church in Florence, and his so-called friends hatch a plan to humiliate him before his wife, God, and all of Florence. |
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I HEAR AMERICA BARKING Zany Comedy A man relocates to the Oregon coast, where he plans to write an epic screenplay of Lewis & Clark that will win back his former lover. But an accidental death, a forbidden affair, and a wacky political campaign steer him hopelessly off course. |
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INVENTING KENYA Historical Drama This new play explores the complex and evolving relationship between a world-renowned paleontologist and a political activist who would become Kenya's first president. |
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