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    Oohrah!

    Bekah Brunstetter has an impressive résumé, with many works mounted Off-Off-Broadway, but "Oohrah!" is her Off-Broadway debut.

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    August: Osage County

    "August: Osage County" represents a quantum leap for Tracy Letts, who came into prominence with his poor-white-trash potboiler "Killer Joe" and the psychological thriller "Bug."

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    Race Music

    Playwright Warren Bodow's "comes to playwriting as a second career." On the evidence of "Race Music," giving up his day job may not have been the most advisable decision.

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    The Night Is a Child

    Though Charles Randolph-Wright's 2008 play centers on a frequently explored theme, the tragedy is softened by a bittersweet tone and the lyrical beauty.

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    Visiting Mr. Green

    Sometimes the truth about ourselves, as well as a genuine emotional connection, emerges from the most unlikely set of circumstances.

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    Bright Ideas

    The idea that parents might sign up their newborns for their alma maters at birth is absurd enough on its face.

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    St. Joan and the Dancing Sickness

    Somewhere in rural Louisiana in 1999, a community is forced to face up to the cruelty and corruption of its state government.

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    The Seagull

    If we'd never tried to move culture along, we'd still be living in caves. All trying is worth the effort. But not all trying leads to the optimal results.

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    Sorry, We're Closed

    Cody Goulder's play is a slow-moving slice-of-life set in a shabby bar in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.

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    Adeline's Play

    Like the characters in Kit Steinkellner's play about putting on a play, someone was too kind to the theatermakers.