Coffee & Fools
Synopsis: (Drama) Brian, a young aspiring writer, and the resident poster boy for Romantics ‘R Us, struggles with post collegiate life as his ex-girlfriend suddenly reappears in his life after his roommate and best friend, Nicole, bursts into the apartment after a shopping trip and unceremoniously delivers the news that “She saw Debbie.” After years of not seeing Debbie, Brian becomes consumed by the thought of Debbie being in the same state, same city, possibly the same neighborhood as him, and pesters Nicole with every question that comes to mind: “How’d she look?...what was she wearing?...A jacket?...A hat?...Her hair? Does she still drink hazelnut butterscotch coffee?” Nicole finally cuts him off with a simple slip of paper: Deb’s phone number. Believing all good writers are tortured, Brian is forced to answer the question that has been plaguing him since the end of his relationship with Debbie and risk resolving the angst that has been fueling his career: “Can people change?” After days of waffling over what to do, Nicole, like every good friend who is willing to catch you when you fall, and laugh at you on your way down, takes Brian to a small gallery near Midtown, the type of place you’re bound to find the type of guy who thinks he’s the next Picasso, and in this specific case, that guy is Debbie’s new fiancé, Spencer. Spencer, who insists everyone calls him “Spence,” wears a leather fedora, lives his life by a gold-leaf book of clichéd Chinese proverbs, and staunchly conforms to non-conformity while writing lyrical non fiction essays about things like poison ivy. Although annoyed by Spencer’s “artiste” ways, Brian is focused on his past with Debbie. He is left to salvage what he can understand and forget what he cannot, or else run the risk of loosing who he has always been. Premiered at The Backdoor Theater, 2006. Directed by Jeremy Mosher and Darren St. George. One Act.
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Running time: 45-60 minutes
Total pages: 37 Pages
Number of actors: 2 male; 2 female
The Man Who Came To Breakfast
Synopsis: (Comedy) After a severe dip in the popularity polls, and at the suggestion of His publicist and campaign manager, God agrees to hit the old campaign road again to give a boost to his public image. Searching for a way for God to connect with masses on a more personal level, they agree that He should arrange a series of brunches with different families – dinners would be strictly out of the question since the last one didn’t go so swell. His first stop, a family named the Olfrums, is the quintessential, middle-American family at face value. However, as the breakfast progresses, Mrs. Olfrum (aka Bunny) tries to do everything within her power to keep the family’s eccentricities from unraveling and jeopardizing their eternal future. Meanwhile, Mr. Olfrum (aka Walter), a Vietnam veteran, who rarely listens to his wife, thinks that another one of his wife’s friends, “Bob,” is visiting for breakfast and tries to debate the ethical responsibilities of war, life, and politics with the big man. Having recently discovered the power of her relatively new teenage breasts over men, Suzanne, their over-sexed daughter, attempts to seduce God and all of His grandeur. Things quickly spiral out of control when Grandma dies, and Mr. Snuffles, the purebred, show quality, Persian cat sets off a chain reaction of the cosmic sort. Premiered at The Backdoor Theater, 2003. Directed by Ethan Downing. One Act.
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Running time: 30 minutes
Total pages: 21 Pages
Number of actors: 3-4 male; 3-4 female
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