Theater Masters' Take Ten Vol. VI

<p><strong>A TEMPORARY FUNERAL FOR DARREN MCDUFFY</strong> by Brianna Barett</p><p>An eclectic group of mourners gathers to pay tribute to a troubled young man in this dark absurdist comedy. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>THE GAME</strong> by Lindsay Carpenter</p><p>In an ambiguously medieval setting two people Her and Him move through the phases of their lives by playing games and toying with love.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>HOW TO SAVE THE POLAR BEAR</strong> by A.R. Corwin</p><p>An ambitious journalist and camera operator get more than they bargained for when they encounter a jaded media-savvy polar bear.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>VARIABLE RATES OF KINDNESS</strong> by Cayenne Douglass</p><p>When a successful bank manager recognizes a downtrodden credit applicant both women are forced to reckon with their painful shared past.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>BREAK THROUGH</strong> by Erika Hakmiller</p><p>As a fraternity prank college student Cameron breaks in to the apartment of a young straight couple somehow opening up a candid and amusing exploration of masculinity.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>THE COMPANION</strong> by Matthew Libby</p><p>A chance encounter between an embittered truck driver and a synthetic near-human leads to a poignant contemplation of life and death.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>LADY BUG HEAVEN</strong> by Tony Mantia</p><p>When six-year-old Emma innocently asks What's going to happen to me when I die? her parents are thrown into an existential crisis.</p>