Monthly Archives: August 2020

As evidenced by its prominent sign, we have returned to the Dunne & Donnegan School of Songwriting – with its stool, microphone stands and a bale of hay. For the first time, we see both grizzled old DUNNE and sparkly … Continue reading →

AGNES and JOAN, two well-heeled ladies at the turn of the 20th century, stand in AGNES’s drawing room. A number of veiled paintings are arrayed around the space. When lights rise, they are mid-conversation. AGNES And you know I’m so … Continue reading →

The lights snap on in a well-appointed beach house. BARRY enters with a darling tote containing a Yorkie slung over his shoulder and a Yorkie. BARRY Wow – you, guys! This place is even more gorgeous than you said! BENJI … Continue reading →

We are in a research lab on the Starship Unmitigated. Communications Specialist TIFFANY and Ensign BUZZ, both humans, enter a room where four alien scientists are working diligently at their stations. TIFFANY So, this is Lab Five. You’ll be starting … Continue reading →

INTERIOR – GENERAL OFFICE DOUG is scurrying out of his EMPLOYER’s private office. EMPLOYER I don’t care what it takes – get it done! DOUG stumbles into BRETT’s cubicle. BRETT looks up from his computer. BRETT Mission impossible? DOUG How’d … Continue reading →

We hear the sound of singing bowls as DR B comes wafting into the view of her webcam. DR. B Fruitful day, strangers and friends… Of course, to me, even strangers are friends… And, of course, many of my friends … Continue reading →

LUCY and SKY are sitting on bean bag chairs across from each other in a bedroom decoratedi with incense burners, lava lamps and psychedelia. LUCY I don’t know. I’m nervous. SKY Come on, it’s just acid. LUCY It’s not “just … Continue reading →

#31plays31days We have returned to the Dunne & Donnegan school of songwriting – as before, we see a stool, a microphone stand and a bale of hay.. A woman whose evident life ambition was to be Dolly Parton enters. DOTTY … Continue reading →

#31play31days Y9 22 of 31 Forever Christmas JULIE is working at a Christmas store, wearing a Santa hat but not looking holly jolly – playing with phone behind the register. FUSSY, a stout but colorfully-dressed, middle-aged woman stands near her, … Continue reading →

DANNY and FANNY are walking arm and arm to her parents’ front porch. At the door, she accepts a perfunctory kiss on the cheek, but when she turns to step inside, he has not let go of her hand. She … Continue reading →