In this absurdist tragicomedy, Horst, an everyman, is waiting for a dinner date to arrive. Graben, a long-forgotten near-acquaintance recognizes him and again intrudes into the much-sought serenity of his life. Dramatica Press plays are designed to enhance readability of the stageplay format by creating a new ergonomic layout and using color to easily differentiate between character names, dialogue, parentheticals, and stage directions. Characters Horst (pronounced "Horst") has been living on his own in New York for the last five years. His daughter lives in upstate New York, which is the primary reason he made the move to the Big Apple. He hasn't quite found the employment that is stable enough for him to feel very comfortable in his new environs. He lives in a sparsely furnished apartment, and can often be seen eating string cheese while looking at the city from his bedroom window. Aware of the cosmopolitan aspects of living in the big city, Horst found a framed print of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" to hang on his wall, adding contrast to an otherwise maudlin collection of black and white photos of his daughter. Graben (pronounced "Grayben") through the last five years, since he last saw Horst, Graben has grown more bitter and more cynical. He's been surviving in New York, where every opportunity, just around the corner, has mysteriously eluded him. His father recently died, and this has made his relationship with his mother more strained than ever. Confusing self-loathing with self-deprecation-a quality he never had-he has ramped it up a notch or two. A user and abuser surviving by his street-smarts, he wouldn't know friendship even if it kicked him in the groin. Readings and Productions Staged Reading, 2003 Sawtooth Writer's Conference. Reading, 2004 Playwright's Retreat, Sundance, UT. Production, Center for the Arts, Elon University (2006).

In this dark comedy, the overbearing owner of a Fortune 500 company visits the home of a former employee---with a few surprises. FINALIST - 2005 Theatre Publicus Prize for Dramatic Literature Dramatica Press plays are designed to enhance readability of the stageplay format by creating a new ergonomic layout and using color to easily differentiate between character names, dialogue, parentheticals, and stage directions. Characters TOM MORGAN - Father. Hard worker. Unfortunately the compensation for all this work has not been commensurate with the effort. To add injury to insult, he was recently downsized by the Glasgow Corporation about 7 weeks ago. ALATHEA MORGAN - His wife. Housewife. Strong, but knows when to step back and let Tom feel useful. LESLIE MORGAN - Their daughter of 17 years. A pregnancy waiting to happen. ANDY MORGAN - Their son of 20 years. Probably involved with drugs. Wears a T-shirt that proudly reads "Wiener Takes Fall." SHELDON GLASGOW - The overbearing owner and chairman of the Glasgow Corporation, a Fortune 500 Company. A portly man who enjoys the best things in life, because he can afford them.

Two blokes are scheduled for execution at Paradais Island, the notorious military prison, and have the occasion to reminisce about the past and face their short future together. Dramatica Press plays are designed to enhance readability of the stageplay format by creating a new ergonomic layout and using color to easily differentiate between character names, dialogue, parentheticals, and stage directions. Finalist - Moondance International Film Festival Stageplay Competition Characters CARROTS - Male. Late thirties to early fifties. Carrots is markedly a fish-out-of-water in this environment. Whatever he did---probably some kind of financial crime---landed him here unexpectedly. TENBENNY - Streetwise male. Late thirties to early fifties. Tenbenny always knew what the risks were-and that he could end up in a merciless place like this. Smart enough to be dangerous but dumb enough to get caught. GUARD - Wears military beige khakis. Guard wears a beret or other military hat appropriate for low-ranking military personnel. OFFICER - Wears military beige khakis.* Officer wears visor cap or other military hat to distinguish him/her from the Guard. Officer also wears MacArthur shades and carries a horse whip. * Guard and Officer can be played by the same actor.

In this award-winning comedic tragedietta, Fitch Todd, a dried-out composer, has lost all motivation to live; his publisher conspires to pull him out of his doldrums for selfish reasons. Dramatica Press plays are designed to enhance readability of the stageplay format by creating a new ergonomic layout and using color to easily differentiate between character names, dialogue, parentheticals, and stage directions. Characters FITCH TODD - Fitch is an older man, a bed-ridden composer, safely in his sixties (his glasses make him look like Trotsky). MEREDITH TODD - His wife, is a woman in her late forties or early fifties. EARL BROWNING - His publisher, is a distinguished looking, silver-haired gentleman (a cross between Colonel Sanders and Lenin), probably in his early seventies. He is using this opportunity to 'test the waters' with Meredith. Readings, Staged Readings, Productions, and Awards: Workshopped at the Salt Lake Acting Company Playwright's Group with SLAC dramaturg Mike Dorrell, Winter 2002. Reading at the Salt Lake Acting Company Playwrights Group Christmas Reading, December 15, 2002. Joan Mullaney read Meredith Todd, Dan Larrinaga read Fitch Todd, and Kurt Proctor read Earl Browning. Reading at the Center for New Words, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 22, 2005. Official Selection - Women in Theatre (WIT) Play Reading Series, North Hollywood, California, July 24, 2004. Winner - New Voices/New Words Playwriting Contest of the Center for New Words, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 16, 2004. Winner - Moondance Seahorse Award, 2005 Moondance International Film Festival Stageplay Competition, Boulder, Colorado, May 14, 2005. Winner - 2006 Silver Spring One Act Festival. Produced at the Silver Spring Stage, Silver Spring, North Carolina, August 17-20, 2006.

In this experimental, existential absurdist comedy, characters in a play converse about their predicament, lambaste the playwright, or defend him, and eventually come to grips with their quantum mixolydean reality. Dramatica Press plays are designed to enhance readability of the stageplay format by creating a new ergonomic layout and using color to easily differentiate between character names, dialogue, parentheticals, and stage directions. Characters GATWICK - The older distinguished gentleman of the lot, in or past his fifties. He speaks in measured, drippingly wet, high-brow English. Think Jim Broadbent. RUFUS - The younger man in his thirties. He speaks with a rapidfire working-class English accent with strains/hint of affectation or education, whichever is the least obnoxious. MIDGET - Shorter than the others. Almost childlike, he might appear to pull on Gatwick's trousers in a non-literal way. He always reacts without words. Awards and Productions: Winner - 2003 Experiments in Ink V Playwriting Competition Production, Department of Theatre, University of Utah, February 12-15, 2004.

In this dramatic one act play, a gentleman arrives to pick up a young woman on the day of her release from a psychiatric hospital. Dramatica Press plays are designed to enhance readability of the stageplay format by creating a new ergonomic layout and using color to easily differentiate between character names, dialogue, parentheticals, and stage directions. Characters EMMA - A southern girl of twenty-five. An unexpected respite at the psychiatric hospital has truncated her life as she knew it. A daddy's girl. MR. PARRY - A tall, bespectacled, disheveled man, about fifty: a very dapper southern gentleman who wears kindness on his face. The kind of guy who would give twenty bucks to some kids who offered to wash his car for five. NURSE - A rotund, female nurse. A no-nonsense kind of gal, but one who has compassion written all over her face. Her bark is louder than her bite. ORDERLY 1 - Non-speaking role, preferably male. ORDERLY 2 - Non-speaking role, preferably male.

A post-post-modern novella. A prolegomenon. A cyberpunk manifesto of dystopian proportions.