Six Short Plays

Six short plays performed between 2009 and 2019. Potions and Pets is a one-act comedy on the theme of if your pets could talk. One Step Braver is the true story of Ellory Schempps protest against the reading of Bible passages and The Lords Prayer in his Abington Pennsylvania high school in 1956 which led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1962. The Reunion that Wasnt tells the story of an American veteran of World War II who returns to the town on Italy where he fell in love with a local girl but his meeting with the girl-turned-woman forces him to face a picture of himself completely at odds with his self-image. Remembrance is a family story centered on a woman nearing death in a hospice who talks for her nephew about the meaning of life and death and who reveals a secret to her brother that makes him realize he isnt the only person dealing with unbearable memories. Was Justice Served? contrasts the actions of a World War II veteran who liberated a German prison camp with his court-martial for mistreating an SS officer. Male Bonding is a humorous look at the shallowness of mens emotional lives.