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THE HOLY MOTHER OF HADLEY NEW
YORK
Comic Drama, 90 Minutes
4-7M, 5-7W
Flexible Set
A dark, lyrical, funny play about community, motherhood, and the
investments we make in belief.
In the small town of Hadley, New York, a grieving woman sees the Virgin
Mary in her kitchen window. How do her neighbors respond to the sighting?
Or to the revelation that the Holy Mother will appear again this time in
the parking lot of Arvid Gurney’s gas station? Just as a snowball picks up
mass and speed the voices of the townspeople propel us forward unearthing
in their path the raw emotional landscape of Hadley.
Co-Produced by New Georges and Ripe Time (2001), NYSCA Grant Commission
(1999).
THREE FLIES
One-act Comic Drama, 20 Minutes
1M
Single Set
A lonely man fearing the three flies in his hotel room are an omen of
impending doom is compelled to repeatedly visit the sleeping stranger next
door.
Nada (1990), Baca Downtown (1993).
OTHER PLACES
Drama, 75 Minutes
2M, 2W
Flexible Set
A house that breathes. A family that disappears one at a time. A world
where storytelling is more that entertainment; it’s a matter of life and
death.
New Georges (1993).
SUMMER
One-act Comic Drama, 20 Minutes
1M, 1W
Single Set
An elderly couple look back on their life together and realize with
bitterness that each has a completely different version of events. A
funny, brutal look at the sometimes-irreconcilable nature and passion of
marriage.
Brooklyn College Graduate Directing Class Projects (1999), New Georges
Watch This Space Festival (2000), New Georges at Joe’s Pub (The Joseph
Papp Public Theatre), 2000. Published (1992) by Viking Penguin in Telling
Tales (new one-act plays).
WIDOW’S WALK
One-act Comic Drama, 15 Minutes
1M, 1W
Single Set
A dying and hallucinating woman, in trying to comfort her distraught son,
insists that his father was actually a nineteenth-century sea captain who
died three times, continually leaving her alone to wait for his return.
Reading New Georges (1997), Ensemble Studio Theatre October Fest
(1997).
FEEDING THE MOONFISH
One-act Comic Drama, 45 Minutes
1M, 1W
Single Set
A young man slips away each night to talk to the fish that feed at the end
of a dock. A teenage girl hides herself in his car to see where he goes. A
ghostly and surreal story of loneliness, violence, and a young man’s fear
of himself.
About Face Theatre Company (1989), Edinburgh Festival, (Green Candle
Theatre Company) (1993), New York, Seattle, and Philadelphia Fringe
Festivals (1994-2000).
LAST OF THE WHYOS
Drama, 160 Minutes
7-10M, 3W(Doubling)
Flexible Set
Eddie Farrell is a murderous gangster living in late nineteenth-century
Manhattan. What happens when he falls out of time and lands on the beach
at Coney Island 100 years later? What occurs when he meets his alter ego—a
modern day businessman with the same name?
A highly visual and cinematic play. A complex narrative of intertwined
stories. A cast of characters including evangelists, gangsters, retired
sideshow freaks and a sea lion trainer. A story of identity and what it
means to finally claim your self.
Reading Nada (1996). Workshop New York Theatre Workshop Just Add Water
Festival (1999). Reading Target Margin New Works Festival (2000).