"Lifestyles of the Rich and Aging" (PG)

or
"Long Lost Love"

A radio play set in a utopian retirement community. 4 females, 2 males. Can be staged as readers' theatre with live sound effects.

SYNOPSIS
A man visits a not officially open retirement community to find his long lost love, while three chatty walkers try to help him patch things up.
  • Recorded in May, 1998, at the Talking Information Center, Marshfield, MA, a nonprofit radio reading service.
  • Staged reading April, 1998, Playwrights in Renaissance series, Avery Point Playhouse, University of Connecticut—Avery Point , Groton, CT.
  • Staged reading November, 1997, at the Groton Senior Center, Groton, CT.



  • "Arrowhead" (PG)

    A children's play set in a small place in the woods. 1 adult female, 1 adult male, 2 child females, 3 child males.

    SYNOPSIS
    Five elementary-age children and their camp counselor spend a weekend on an archaeological dig on an old Native American battle site. The counselor has returned to where she camped as a child, and the same old man still lives there. The old man regales the children with ghost stories to impart a crucial lesson about violence. As we save artifacts, we save humanity.
  • 1999 One-Act Festival, Warner Theatre Center for the Arts, Torrington, CT.
  • Produced February, 1999, by Pier One Theatre, Homer, AK.
  • Second place 1997 Alaska Native Plays contest, University of Alaska, Anchorage.
  • Staged reading May, 1996, Local Playwrights' Festival at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT.



  • "Caller ID" (PG)

    A comedy set in a college student union. 1 principal female, 1 principal male; 4 extra roles.

    SYNOPSIS
    An anxious man in his late twenties returns to his alma mater to lecture on computers. A young coed pesters him while he attempts to call his old girlfriend. The play, a comedy about stalking the stalker, features unorthodox applications of high technology to human relationships.
  • 2007 Fringe Festival, White Oaks Drama, White Oaks Secondary School, Oakville, Ontario.
  • June 1999 One-Act Play Weekend, Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre, Waterloo, Ontario.
  • Published 1998 by International Readers' Theatre, a division of Blizzard Publishing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  • Radio version produced January, 1998, by Monmouth College WMCR Radio, Monmouth, IL.
  • 1996 Off-Off-Broadway Original Short Play Festival, Harold Clurman Theatre, New York.
  • Produced September, 1995, by Performers' Co-op of New London, CT.



  • "Frank Capra Gets His Wings" (PG-14)

    A surreal drama set in no specific time or place. 1 female, 1 male.

    SYNOPSIS
    A cynical woman commits suicide, and on entering the afterlife incurs a man who must interview her before she can proceed to another place. She confronts her life, her choices, and the consequences. The man has a vested interest in ensuring she completes the interview.
    The play's title comes from the indirect relationship of the play to Frank Capra's acclaimed movie, It's A Wonderful Life, bittersweet yet life affirming. The themes in "Frank Capra Gets His Wings" include the pain of childhood and the fear of having children.
  • Produced Fall 2006 in 4 Plays: An Evening of Misplaced Affections, Harlequin Productions, Cayuga Community College, Auburn, NY.
  • Published 1998 by International Readers' Theatre, a division of Blizzard Publishing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  • Produced by Prairie High School, Vancouver, WA, for the 1997 Lower Columbia College Theatre Competition, where it won best actress and runner-up best director awards.
  • 1995 One-Act Festival, Warner Theatre Center for the Arts, Torrington, CT.
  • Semifinalist 1995 Drury University One-Act Playwriting Contest, Springfield, MO.
  • Produced September, 1995, by Performers' Co-op of New London, CT.
  • Staged reading May, 1994, Local Playwrights' Festival at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT.


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