Greatest Thief of All

Two codgers rocking on the front porch. Dialogue pacing is slow and steady.
Henry: Stole everything I had.
Ezra: Yep.
Henry: Left me with nothing.
Ezra: Nothing.
Henry: Shoot! Even stole my wife.
Ezra: Say what?
Henry: STOLE MY WIFE.
Ezra: I heard that.
Henry: After 32 years of marriage.
Ezra: Long time.
Henry: Stolen away. Just like that.
Ezra: Just like that.
Henry: Stole my boy away [...]

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Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate’s Daughter

Persons Represented
Romeo – Captain in the FBI
Ethel – daughter of Paul Onious, the Pirate
Titus Whitus – Section head, Anti-Piracy – FBI

Act I Scene 1
[A Starbucks in the Capital City]
Romeo:
Sweet caffeine tears of the one true goddess;
Bitter taint removed with filtered bodice.
Latte mischievous, so forward and bold.
Mid-summers delight, a frappe served cold.
But alas! ‘Tis been most [...]

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Blood Brothers

(1950’s. Prison interior. Wooden electric chair is center stage. Stage Right: red phone on a small table. Stage Left: wall-panel with dials, gauges, and large breaker switch with safety catch. Center Stage: above and behind chair is institutional-type clock that moves the minute hand with a loud Click-Clack. Onstage is PRIEST with CONVICT bound to [...]

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