Plays

REAL ESTATE examines the increasing precarity of life under late-stage capitalism. Sandy, a sunny academic who finds solace in the Wood Wide Web and the ethics of trees, and Henry, her depressed philosopher husband, inherit his father’s Manhattan co-op—only to find the co-op board has other ideas. When Sandy’s mother Ethel, an aging actress and rabble-rousing activist who has become homeless, arrives on their doorstep, matters grow considerably more complicated.

“Real Estate by Waltrudis Buck is a sharp, darkly comic portrait of modern urban life, blending biting satire with emotional nuance. Set against the pressures of New York real estate and family strain, the play captures the absurdities of class, bureaucracy, and generational conflict with wit and precision. Its richly drawn characters and layered humor make for a compelling, intelligent, and deeply entertaining theatrical experience.”

Drawing on Greek epic and Norse mythology, Lebensborn or The Johanneid follows Johanna, a Polish woman of German lineage, after her young daughter Eva Maria is abducted under the Nazi Lebensborn program. Her search becomes a journey through war, loss, survival, and the fierce endurance of maternal love.

Helen has been moved to a different wing of her retirement home. Something strange is happening: she hears voices from the closet and stops eating. Her daughter Lilly can get no answers from the staff. When she returns from a wedding out of town, she finds her mother has met with a gruesome fate.

Can you afford morals in show business? Three ambitious people attempt to manipulate their way to success and face unexpected results.

The mayor prepares to meet the press and defend his decision to cut funding for a museum exhibiting a painting he considers obscene. His harassed PR man feeds him quotes from John Stuart Mill, while Ruthie prepares his coffee just so. If only he could keep his mind from wandering to his latest drag outfit.

An aging, Trump-hating actress who considers herself homeless finds her park bench occupied by a real homeless man—and learns a few things.