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Molly Sweeney, by the great Irish playwright Brian Friel, tells the story of married couple Molly and Frank, who live in a remote Irish village. Molly has been blind since birth, but now a surgeon - Mr. Rice - believes he may be able to restore her sight. In a series of interwoven monologues, Molly Sweeney takes us into the minds of three people with very different expectations of what will happen when Molly regains her vision.

Mulberry is a three-story Victorian in the Hamptons, the perfect summer retreat for the Bradley family. Forty years ago a family was murdered in the house. Now, the bloodstains have been washed away, and the grisly killings are just a chilling local legend. But something unseen still waits in the shadowed hallways and antique furnished bedrooms.

A darkly satirical play written at the height of the AIDS crisis. As a young woman is diagnosed with a mysterious new illness, she and her beloved brother flee to Europe in search of a cure...and to escape the pain and uncertainty of the future.

All fairies love playing games and tricks, and Thistle is no different. So, when she gets bored one day while watching to make sure no children are in trouble near the stream, she decides it’s time for a bit of fun. But the other fairies quickly get fed up of her tricks, and when a small boy really does need help, they don’t believe her.

Lily is a water fairy, which means it’s her job to make sure everyone who lives on her pond is safe and happy, so when Mrs. Frog’s tadpoles are stolen, it’s up to her to rescue them. Will Lily be able to find the missing tadpoles and get them home safely to Mrs. Frog?

All the mice of the castle were very happy until Princess Hazel became sad. Nobody can figure out why she’s so sad; she has everything a mouse princess could ask for. But nothing seems to make her happy. That is, until an orphaned little field mouse named Fern arrives. Now it looks like there may be a way to make everyone happy once again.

When Vinnie the zombie smashes his way in to the fruit and vegetable shop where six-year-old Annie is waiting in hiding for her mother to come back for her, Annie isn’t sure what to do. But Vinnie isn’t like other zombies. A vegetarian in life, it looks like Vinnie may also be one in death, and it may not be Annie who’s in danger after all.

Finding Rebecca in this small, isolated village was the only thing that helped Frankie cope with moving here with her widowed father - in fact, Rebecca's friendship helped her cope with everything. But now something isn't right...not with Rebecca, not with Rebecca's old friend Shirley who is suddenly back in the picture, and not with Frankie's entire world. More alone than ever, Frankie must explore the curvatures of her hurt without Rebecca by her side.

Brownies share the woods with the fairies, but - unlike the fairies - the brownies are very naughty. They love playing tricks, love stealing anything travelers happen to be carrying through the woods, and love getting people lost. So when one of them spots Ella carrying a basket of goodies, he just can’t resist trying to steal them from her.

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, gorse fairy Flora Hawthorne is up to her neck in flowers, chocolate, and all things romance. She has no time for love, until she comes face to face with her own personal Cupid, and the sparks fly! Looking to settle down, Cupid Tharin Terize wants fairy Flora Hawthorne to be his valentine, not just for one night, but for the rest of time. Now, all he has to do is convince her.

Filicity is a platypus who loves music and has only one question on her mind.... Why can’t a platypus be musical? She’s heard the birds singing, she’s heard the music coming from the wonderful musical box with buttons that the humans call an iPod, and she’s heard the instruments of the travelling musicians on their way to the nearby town. All of them sound beautiful to her, and she longs to make music too! Determined to find a way to be musical, Filicity sets off on a quest.

Left behind in the attic, Holly the Christmas angel sets off to claim her usual place on top of the Christmas tree. But doing this isn’t going to be as easy as it sounds; just finding the right room will be tricky.

Every time a child gets lost in the woods, the fairies help them find the right path home; being careful not to let any grown ups see them, of course. But when Bluebell the fairy comes across a blind girl lost in the woods, she has a new challenge on her hands. Just pointing the way isn't going to be enough this time. Can Bluebell find a way to show the little girl which path to take to get home? Or is this one child the fairies can't help?