NOBODY GETS PAID
Solos, duos and trios tell the story of a jazz club from inside out. The club owner laments "Memory is a mistake and there ain't no cure for it." Musicians debate the word "professional." They also tell jokes. Form, function and lingo sing the lives behind America's original art form.
1 f, 3-8 m
MRS. JENNINGS' SITTER
*Great Plains Theatre Conference Mainstage Selection
In an affluent suburb of everyday America, a kleptomaniac high school babysitter catches Mrs. Jennings lying to her husband about the authenticity of a new handbag. Accusations accompany blackmail and the two women enter into an embattled, frequently comic contest for insight involving prescription pills, Ding Dongs, motherhood, world religion and scrapbooking.
2 f
MOUNTAIN LION
* Great Plains Theatre Conference Playlab Selection
Boyd and Peggy's dog may or may not be missing. There may or may not be a mountain lion lurking about. Their baseball star son may or may not be an arsonist. Something is definitely wrong in suburban America.
1f , 2m
Ten-minute Plays
BROWN SPOTS AND BIRD WOUNDS
A careworn caregiver is hanging apples off her coat rack, much to the concern of her significant other. Poetic imagery and language fight for memory and family stories.
2 actors
ASSHAT POETRY
Goethe and Schiller decide to write Die Xenien, a collection of poetry, to humiliate their detractors. Humor, bromance and theatre history combine in this tribute to friendship.
2 actors