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I'm Tired of Looking for Barrymore
Cast: 2M Time: Now Place: A cemetery 15 pgs.
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A father and son try to talk through walls that have taken their lifetimes to build. They have not seen each other in a long time and may not see each other again. Each yearns to make contact with the other, in fact has need of the other, and yet each wants to maintain the safety of the status quo. Their struggle to communicate takes place as they wander through Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills, looking for the grave marker of John Barrymore.
The Paradigm
Cast: 2M Time: Now Place: Park Bench somewhere in the Bronx
Two brothers meet weekly to catch up with each other. Something is different today. The normally more passive of the two keeps introducing new ideas, new thoughts, new questions. This far from welcome challenge to the normally mundane nature of their relationship and intellectual pecking order, causes confusion and frustration on the part of the dominant brother. This is a comedy of serious intent.ARareAndFleetingThing.pdf
A Rare and Fleeting Thing
Cast: 1F 1M Time: Now Place: Power office on the top floor of a high-rise office tower
A loyal but drab and aging secretary confronts her younger boss, a corporate hotshot, after he has her terminate her own employment. This comedy with a serious purpose shows her pursuit of grace in the midst of despair as she ultimately forces her boss to walk a mile in her shoes.
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'Til the Garden Comes
Cast: 1F 1M Time: Some point in the future PLace: Living area of a small home
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An absurdist look at the increasing alienation of humanity from the rest of nature fostered by technology and marketing. A middle-aged couple lives dependent on television for all their information, intellectual guidance, and material needs. Their complacency becomes challenged when the wife, Lillian, becomes enchanted by a flower that appears in a commercial and eventually inspires her to want to create a garden. She and husband Roscoe soon learn that they have so surrendered to the world of TV, that there is no longer any outside world - they’d neglected to notice that their house no longer even has doors or windows. As Roscoe struggles to keep their existence and behavior within the rules required for them to achieve their ultimate goal - becoming sexy - Lillian, guided by her heart, is determined that she will somehow make the garden a reality - and is willing to part ways with Roscoe and the TV if necessary.