Chess is a metaphor for romantic and political rivalries during the Cold War. At the center is a love triangle: the ill-mannered American Grandmaster, the intense Russian champion who plans to defect, and the Hungarian-American female chess second who finds her loyalties and her love tested from both sides. From Bangkok to Budapest, the players, lovers, politicians, and spies all struggle to get the upper-hand.

Winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards, "The Foreigner" is an inspired comic romp by the Milwaukee Rep's own, the late Larry Shue. The play demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters must deal with a stranger whom they think knows no English.

Set in present-day Dublin, "Shining City" takes place in the disheveled office of Ian, a former priest turned therapist. Ian is visited by John, a middle-aged man who has recently lost his wife in a tragic accident. John is having trouble sleeping and is desperate for help, but Ian has his own troubles, including a new baby and a crumbling relationship. John reveals the source of his insomnia: he's been visited by the ghost of his dead wife and is now terrified to return home. In this contemporary ghost story, Mc Person explores what it means to lose faith - in God, in relationships, and in oneself.

"American Enterprise" is the song-filled, true story of the George Pullman empire in Chicago. At the height of the Industrial Revolution, Pullman built the utopian workers' community outside of Chicago which bore his name. l As political and economic forces devastated the railroad markets, his fortunes, and the nation's, the ideal world Pullman created, he largely destroyed.