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1989 - The Heidi Chronicles

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Wendy Wasserstein; Follows Heidi Holland from the 1960s to the 1980s and how events like the feminist movement affect her personal and professional life.

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2005 - Doubt: A Parable

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John Patrick Shanley; Set in a Catholic school, the play revolves around Sister Aloysius' suspicions about a priest's inappropriate relationship with a student, without clear evidence, raising themes of morality and uncertainty.

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1993 - Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

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Tony Kushner; The first part of a two-play epic drama dealing with the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, set against a backdrop of politics and spirituality.

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1973 - That Championship Season

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Jason Miller; The story of four former basketball players and their coach reuniting to reminisce about their championship season, which devolves as secrets surface.

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2012 - Clybourne Park

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Bruce Norris; A play that deals with race and real estate in a changing neighborhood, split between 1959 and 2009, acting as both a prequel and a response to 'A Raisin in the Sun'.

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1961 - Becket

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Jean Anouilh; The complex friendship and eventual conflict between King Henry II of England and Thomas Becket, who becomes the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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2001 - Proof

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David Auburn; Catherine, the daughter of a brilliant, mentally ill mathematician, must prove the authorship of a groundbreaking proof while also grappling with her own intellectual and emotional future.

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2016 - The Humans

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Stephen Karam; An exploration of the anxieties of the modern American family, depicted through a Thanksgiving dinner at a daughter's New York apartment.

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2007 - The Coast of Utopia

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Tom Stoppard; A trilogy of plays set in 19th-century Russia, focusing on the lives of Russian intellectuals and revolutionaries against the background of sweeping historical changes.

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1949 - Death of a Salesman

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Arthur Miller; An American tragedy that follows Willy Loman, an aging salesman who can't accept change and failure.

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1967 - The Homecoming

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Harold Pinter; A drama about a man who returns home after a long absence to introduce his wife to his male-dominated family, leading to unexpected conflict and unsettling power dynamics.

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2019 - The Ferryman

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Jez Butterworth; Set in 1980s Northern Ireland, it portrays a large family as they prepare for the annual harvest with undercurrents of past trauma and political conflict.

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1963 - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Edward Albee; A dark comedy that portrays a couple, George and Martha, in a volatile and bitter relationship, explored through their interactions with a younger couple.

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2013 - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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Christopher Durang; A comedy set in Pennsylvania where middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia's lives are disrupted by the visit of their sister Masha and her much younger lover, Spike.

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1982 - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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David Edgar; An adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel that follows young Nicholas in his adventures and attempts to support his mother and sister after his father's death.

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1955 - The Desperate Hours

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Joseph Hayes; A suspenseful melodrama about a family taken hostage by three escaped convicts.

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1979 - The Elephant Man

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Bernard Pomerance; The life of Joseph Merrick, who was severely deformed, and his journey from a sideshow act to becoming the toast of London society, exploring themes of beauty and dignity.

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2000 - Copenhagen

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Michael Frayn; A historical drama imagining the meeting between physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in 1941, touching on themes of friendship, morality, and atomic warfare.

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2010 - Red

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John Logan; Based on the career of painter Mark Rothko, focusing on the period when he was working on the famous Seagram murals and his relationship with his young assistant.

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1984 - The Real Thing

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Tom Stoppard; Explores themes of love, adultery, and the complexities of marriage through the relationships of two couples involved in the theater world.

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