By the People Contemporary American Play Festival

Western Reserve Playhouse presents By the People, a nine-play contemporary American festival. The Amish Project by Jessica Dickey (Sept. 11–13) opens with Waiting on Mom Who Already Left by John Busser, The Clean Plate Club by Arianna Rose, and Checkerboard Chicks by Allison Fradkin. American Moor by Keith Hamilton Cobb (Sept. 18–20) opens with The Execution of a Midlife Crisis by Timothy Ritley, Veteran by James W. Perry, and Sorting Through M&Ms by Rishi Chowdhary. Italian American Reconciliation by John Patrick Shanley runs Sept. 25–27. All ShortCuts return Sept. 27 at 8 p.m. Details: thewrp.org/mainstageseason/bythepeople