Behind The Fear uncovers the hidden controversy about HIV that the United States government doesn't want you to know exists; since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, top scientists and doctors have questioned the validity of HIV as a deadly virus, or even as a virus that exists at all. Nicole Zwiren takes on the topic of whether or not HIV is really a harmful virus, by interviewing doctors, scientists, journalists, and patients who have been involved...

It's a special night for the Buoitton Family. Charles and Linda, an extremely wealthy couple, invite their closest friends and family members to dinner. Before dinner is served, Charles raises the glass for a toast to his family and falls face forward on his plate. Linda confesses that she poisoned him and everyone in the room to get the money. The guests have one choice: kill one person among them and take the blame for both murders to get the antidote...

First published in 1899, this graphic depiction of urban American life centers around its title character, McTeague, a dentist practicing in San Francisco at the turn of the century. While at first content with his life and friendship with an ambitious man named Marcus, McTeague eventually courts and marries Trina, a frugal young woman who wins a large sum of money in a lottery. The greed of the majority of the characters in the novel creates a chain...

As a young Jewish man in 17th century Amsterdam, Baruch de Spinoza excelled as a theological student; but as he encountered free-thinking Protestants, atheists, and radicals in this relatively tolerant city, he began to question his religion and the nature of God. As a result, he was branded a heretic and faced excommunication.

The year is 2076, the nation's Tricentennial. Guns are outlawed, but the last seven surviving weapons are in captivity and on display in your city zoo. Billy the Kid's colt .45, Andrew Jackson's dueling pistol, a retired military rifle, a backwoods hunting rifle, a playful plastic toy gun, an unfinished nuclear handgun, and the flashy Saturday night special. In plotting and executing their escape, they see for the first time what they were really...

Eight highly diverse works from one of America's most prolific and versatile authors, this collection includes an exclusive dramatization of Oates' bestselling novel American Appetites, two comedic plays The Perfectionist and The Truth Teller, four short stories Gulf War, Black, The Key and Tone Clusters, as well as her libretto for Black Water: An American Opera, composed by John Duffy.

Two one-act plays by Joyce Carol Oates. The Key: a hilarious perverse encounter between a vacationing suburban housewife, recently separated from her husband, and a prosperous businessman. Tone Cluster: a chilling trig-comedy that takes the form of an interview between a middle-aged, middle-class American couple and the media. Two full-cast L.A. Theatre Works performances featuring Edward Asner, Hector Elizondo, Don Reed, Joyce Van Patten and JoBeth...

Gulf War and Black are two one-act plays by acclaimed American author Joyce Carol Oates. Gulf War: An affluent young couple entertains an older couple for an evening of cocktails and politics during the Gulf War. But as the evening continues, the conversation take a bizarre and absurd tone Black: In this evening of cocktails and dinner, a couple anxiously awaits the arrival of an ex-husband. As the wine glasses are drained, the evening becomes dark...

Maureen Barnett (Tony Award winner Kelli O'Hara) was once a singer renowned the world over. Now though, things couldn't get much worse. She's stuck performing in dives, her daughter hates her, and she's recovering from a severe nervous breakdown that leaves her petrified in front of large crowds. Prospects couldn't look bleaker, when in walks Amelia Storm (Academy Award winner Shirley Jones), an aging chanteuse, offering Maureen the ability to see...

Joe Caruso virtually has it all: Family pride and fearless determination drive him to join the Marines to take part in today's War on Terror. Upon his return home Joe tries to fall back into normal life with the help of his family and friends, while coping with his life changing overseas battle.