ONE-ACT PLAYS:
THE LAKE AT CALVARY- This cautionary piece explores child abuse, and it’s results in a off-beat and stunning way. Dr. Franklin Masius is on the surface a respectable neurosurgeon with a wife and two young sons. When Masius takes the boys on an off-season excursion to an isolated lake, Steven and Lennox plot their final solution to a situation they can no longer stand. Violence, language, and adult themes. 1 man, 2 boys Single set
THE LAST 20 MINUTES - A reluctant "family man" takes us through the shortcomings of his life in the last twenty minutes before his death in this slice of life and slice of throat character study. 2 men, 2 women Single set
THE PSI-INITIATIVE - The much younger boyfriend of a mother of two teens takes the boys for what he hopes will be a bonding adventure in the mountains near Denver, but one night the trio see something that they should have and now are being held captive by an unknown government agency. But, how far will the Cloak and Dagger like agents go keep the three silent about what they stumbled upon? 4 men, 1 woman, 1 boy
NATURAL ENEMIES - A single mom brings her new boyfriend home to meet her coniving, hostile, acid tongued son, but the boy might've met his match in this tale of awkward eggshell walking and more. 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy Single set
THE SOUL'S MIDNIGHT - An elderly woman hovers between life and death with her son, daughter and grandchild at her bedside. This deathwatch/vigil is only interrupted by the reflections of those that are about to be left behind, and what the future holds for them without her. 2 men, 1 woman, 1 girl Single set
CHRYSALIS - In the not to distant future a "New Order" rises... Abortion is illegal, and you must have a license to procreate. Children born out of wedlock are now rounded up and placed in an education facility known as the Quad. Intensely trained and tested throughout their lives, at the age of 10 they are given one final evaluation to determine their worth, and whether or not they will be allowed to live to age 11 and beyond. 2 men, 1 woman, 1 boy
REMEMBRANCE- A bittersweet tale of redemption and death with dignity. Cal is a fifty-something ex-cop, dying of spinal cancer, and in terrible pain as he enters the end stage of the disease. "Anybody" is a boy with a past he can’t remember due to a head injury. Dilly is the only nurse in the hospital who can cope with Cal’s tirades. Through unlikely circumstance man and boy meet and a wary friendship develops. Cal tries to help "Anybody" cope with the prospect of returning to the family he can’t remember, as he also hopes to manipulate the boy into furnishing him with the means to his end. 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy Single set
CRYPTIC- Mystery, murder and the occult in 1947 Los Angeles. This period piece follows the exploits of the Satin Strangler, pursued across the San Fernando Valley by Det. Sgt. Hance of the North Hollywood police department. When his leads dry up Hance goes to Santa Monica to enlist the aid of beachfront palm and tarot reader; Madame Zola. Although Zola is a complete charlatan, she does protect the unlikely personage of a real psychic, Amber, a 10 year old girl with prophetic dreams and acute abilities in psychometry. But, can Amber divine the answer to the riddle of the strangler, as the killer closes in on them all. 2 men, 1 woman, 1 girl 1 boy or girl
SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE - An acerbic, political talk show host, who detests children, discovers a liason he had thriteen years ago has produced for him an unknown, unwanted heir. He divides his time between doing his show against declining ratings, and waiting for the results of the DNA tests to come back, confirming or denying the newly orphaned girl's claim to him, and his money. 3 men, 3 women, 1 girl
RACE - A young girl is trapped in her grandfather's old safe, rapidly running out of oxygen. The grandfather cannot be reached, and is the only one who knows the combination. Now the girl's only hope rests with a career criminal, and expert safe-cracker, much to the chagrin of the girl's father, the man who sent him away to prison. 3 men, 4 women, 1 girl Single set
THE BRIDGE - A thrity-something burn-out, hovers between life and death, after a terrible auto accident. He finds himself at the base of a small bridge in a wooded area, where a muse-like youngster questions him about his past, while engaging him in the silliest of childhood games, to help him decide whether to fight to go back and finish what, up till now, has been a wasted life, or is he set on giving up and crossing to the other side. 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy
THE DOCTOR'S LOUNGE - The goings on in the lounge area of an Orlando ER. A Pakastani doctor obsessesed with Indian tea, a psyche consult who faints at the sight of blood, and a grisled attending whose affair with his Vietnamese head nurse has caused a rift between him and his daughter, as a traffic accident remands their wife/mother to trauma unit. 3 men, 2 women, 1 girl, 1 boy Single set
WEEKENDERS - An over-indulgent weekend fatther, his fed up kids, the weekend they have it out, as their worlds collide over KFC and video games. 1 man, 2 boys Single set
THE WINNING TICKET - A lifelong gambler is threatened with death by a loan shark's musclemen. No sooner do they leave than the man's young nephew comes roaring in excited about the winning lotery ticket he got a bum outside the quickie mart to buy for him. The boy can't cash it, and he doesn't want his mother to know about it just yet, so he goes to his uncle for help, but will the temptation of getting out from under his gambling debts prove too much for him? A dim street kid from the apartment upstairs may hold the answers. 1 men, 2 boys Single Set
THE REVENGE SOCIETY - Three 8th Grade Nerds plot revenge against the "cool" kids from the sanctum of their secret meeting place: the basement of Roger Staubach Jr. High! But will the end of the year "prank" they have scheduled prove too much for one of the club's members? And will the befuddled janitor who walks in on their planning session have more to mop up than ever before? 1 man, 3 boys Single Set
A SECOND PASS - On a street corner in a tough neighborhood of inner city New York, Jonesy, a recently deceased teen street kid, accompanied by God, comes back down to earth to straighten out his "marginal material" status with heaven. To do this he must talk Zach and Nick, two brothers in peril of being seperated into foster care, from making the same mistake that cost Jonesy his life. 2 men, 2 boys, Single Set.
SCENARIO...- A writer brainstorms ideas for a play, with the reluctant assistance of three characters (or are they actors) who struggle to act out the scene that he is constantly "evolving," suffering through endless type-o's, and unwelcome plot twists. 2 men, 2 boys.