VOYAGER (full length)
Trapped in a confined space and at odds, four contentious characters confront one another. Just before a storm cuts their contact with the outside world, the radio reports the apparent interception of one of the Voyager spacecraft—and of a message from its interceptors. For each of the characters, the event has profound implications…and consequences.
MOTHER’S DAY (full length)
While on vacation, an American couple in a troubled marriage stumbles into a blood-curdling encounter in a Latin American village rife with drugs and violence. Not only is their marriage in danger; so are their lives.
THE GRAVITY OF LOVE (full length)
An ageing father and young son seem unable to resolve their differences. Into their lives comes an enigmatic stranger who inadvertently, and through misadventure, transforms their lives.
SHAMAN (full length with music)
In this dark comedy, innocence confronts ambiguous Reality. A young boy, estranged from his dysfunctional family, undertakes a perilous Vision Quest to the fanciful, nether realm of the feckless Ancestors—they who created us and the world as we know it. Will he survive his ordeals? Can he find his way back to Bronxville, New York?
synopsis, about the composer, script sample, and music sample (coming soon)
CHILD’S PLAY (one act)
A twin brother and sister reunite for their 50th birthday after years of tense separation. They bring strongly different agendas to their meeting, but as they try to sort them out, something of far greater import emerges—a long-hidden issue from their childhood.
A STRIKING OCCURRENCE (short)
In a frank homage to Eugene Ionesco, absurd, homicidal mayhem breaks out in a library where a mother and son are researching the sinking of the Titanic.
THE NEWS HOUR (short)
Two couples, best friends, get together because one of the couples has important news to share. The sharing reveals a secret with the potential to break one couple apart, while at the same time bringing the other closer together.
DÉJA VU (short)
A long-since divorced couple find themselves sharing a motel room to change clothes before a wedding. Reminiscences of their past together and updates on their present lives make a bittersweet mix of nostalgia and seduction.
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (short)
Two lonely singles, living in the same apartment building, are brought together–with the unlikely help of a dead rat.
IS ANYBODY OUT THERE? (monologue)
Desperate to find Mister Right, a young woman decides to make a home video for a dating service. She comes off as shy, other-worldly, strange and even flaky. But is she really?
synopsis and full script
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