Origin Theatrical

Plays

THE VACANT LOT

In the last moments of her life, Melissa Cole searches for peace. But in her desire to not be another person in a hospital bed dying from AIDS she lan ...

VALENTINES AND KILLER CHILI

With a face like a roadmap and eyebrows like two McDonald's arches, Jackie isn't much to look at. But with her dazzling green fingernails and a beehiv ...

THE VELDT

Two doting parents provide their children with a fantasy playroom in which their dreams come true. Bradbury began this work by writing down a word aro ...

THE VELOCITY OF GARY (NOT HIS REAL NAME)

"It's not that Gary doesn't say 'I do' several times a day. He does. And it's not that he has a reputation for saying 'I don't.' He doesn't. Everyone ...

THE VELVETEEN RABBIT

"There are two ways to be real," the Skin Horse says. "The first is when you are real to one special child, and the second is when you are real to ...

A VERY GRAMMATICAL FAMILY

Here is something new in the way of plays—one that teaches the parts of speech by dramatizing their actions in a lively play. Billy hates his English! ...

THE VERY GREAT GRANDSON OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

The (very) great grandson of the master sleuth is trying to make it as a private eye, his mind filled with beautiful girls in dire straights who will ...

THE VETERANS

Summermead House is a care home for retired Variety performers. The residents relish reliving their past glories on stage, whilst belittling the ot ...

VICE AS IN VERSA

Percible Nimby, a witty, refined and oh-so-gentle dress manufacturer, has always been considered the sissy of the family. He decides to change that im ...

VICKY

Here's a new approach to Saki's story, The Open Window, which brings a special freshness to it. Vicky is a teenage girl with a lively imagination. She ...

VICTOR HUGO - IN REHEARSAL

A troupe of student actors is assembled on stage to rehearse an episode from Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. The episode is entitled "The Candlesticks o ...

VICTORIA AT 18

It's a clash of wills between Victoria and her mother, the strong-willed Duchess of Kent, who has always refused to let her daughter grow up. Vicky mu ...

THE VIEW FROM SUNSET TOWERS

This highly theatrical play offers 15 major roles for actors who also portray a wide array of secondary characters. Comprised of interwoven tales of l ...

VIRTUE VICTORIOUS (OR ONLY A MOTHER'S LOVE COULD SAVE HIM)

Treachery and deceit! Geoffrey Badum, the villainous relation of Old Cedarchest, richest laundry owner in New England, has wormed his way into his cou ...

A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS OR THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

On Christmas Eve, 1822, Clement Clark Moore's house is not as quiet as a mouse—in fact, everyone is stirring. The three children await the arrival of ...

VOICES FROM ARIEL: TEN-MINUTE PLAYS REFLECTING THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE

This unique collection of 10 short plays was commissioned and produced by Theatre Ariel, one of the country's leading theater companies dedicated to J ...

VOICES FROM THE SHORE

Joel and his best friend of many years, Lucas, are awaiting friends to attend a senior-year, spring-break, beach party. Joel seems abnormally tense as ...

VOICES FROM WASHINGTON HIGH

Violence...in the cities... on the streets... in our schools. From today's headlines, Voices from Washington High confronts violence in the hallways o ...