{"title":"10-Minute Interpretation Bestsellers: Scripts for speech competitions","description":"\u003cp\u003eFind your next HI, DI, or Duo here, ready to download and perform today! Publishers include: Mushroom Cloud Press, SpeechGeek, Drama Tree, Tibetan Treefrog, and more!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"copy-of-tibetan-treefrog-publishing-duo-interp-package","title":"Tibetan Treefrog Publishing: Duo Interp Package","description":"\u003cp\u003eTibetan Treefrog Publishing was created to specifically produce selections for forensic competition. The editions can contain original Prose, Poetry, Humorous\/Dramatic pieces, Duets and even Oral Declamation written by our staff. Each edition contains between five to seven pieces. Our staff is comprised of people who have taught and competed at both the national high school and college level. We know what wins! We also understand the importance of finding new material. By purchasing Tibetan Tree Frog materials you will have that edge. Be the one who brings winning pieces to your team. They will thank you for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOUR PHILOSOPHY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Our goal in coming together was to create new and competitive pieces for the forensic circuit. Both coaches and students often struggle to find texts that are not overdone. We also understand that many excellent texts are unable to be cut due to various factors. With dwindling budgets, coaches need to maximize their buying power. We strive to write ready to compete, affordable selections. Some cutting may be necessary for specific event guidelines but all our pieces range from 7 to 15 minutes in length. TTF is dedicated to the production of a quality, product that will give our customers a competitive edge. We will not allow a piece to be published that we are not 100% sure can be a winner. Other companies have sprung up over the years mimicking our approach but you will find when it comes to the heart and soul of what makes a company like this work, writing, no one comes close. Our proven track record at local, state and national tournaments is proof that what we are doing, works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTE: TIBETAN TREEFROG PUBLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY ONLY AVAILABLE FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The DUO Package comes with 18 DUO scripts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5 Lessons I Learned My 1st Year of Teaching\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appropriate Diet for a Pet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBad Therapy\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dude Attorney at Law\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dyslexic Dave\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Evolution of Manford\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ghetto Blaster\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gone Batty\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Grim Reaper is a Hot Chick\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I Love All of Yous\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Indian Rap All-Star\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jack in the Box\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Learning Along the Way\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mrs. Needy\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e If I could Script a Date\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Surprised We Haven't Met Before\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Toilet Paper Ration\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Wallflower\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tibetan Treefrog Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Digital Only","offer_id":70598492,"sku":"ttf-duointerp","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/1942\/products\/tibetan_treefrog_publishing_14.png?v=1579886286"},{"product_id":"speechgeek-nationals-prose-poetry-supplemental","title":"SpeechGeek - Nationals Prose and Poetry - Selections for oral interp events","description":"\u003ch3\u003eIn this collection, we've compiled 10 years of poetry and prose published for students attending NSDA Nationals in need of pieces for supplemental events. \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut these stories and poetry programs can be used all year! If you're searching for prose and poetry selections for UIL, NSDA, or local and state competitions, then look no further. We've bundled together over a dozen short stories and collections of poetry to help you prepare for competition and NSDA supplementals. They're all competition eligible with ISBN and copyright information included. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on making an immediate impact with less preparation, these scripts are particularly good for novice performers, as well as experienced students looking to add more interp events to their competition schedule. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrab this set and start competing today with pieces proven to win at the highest level!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 4.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eBreaking the Water\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eLorraine White\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eA fisherman braces for his second child's birth while a coworker's betrayal and an old grief threaten to pull him under.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eLorraine White\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eEight months into his wife Christine's pregnancy, a career fisherman tries to steady himself against the ordinary chaos of the job, the memory of a stillbirth they never talk about, and the fear that comes with risking his life at sea for a paycheck. When the fishery folds and the coworker who tipped him into a bar fight needles him about supporting his family, something in him finally snaps. He makes it to the hospital in time to learn his daughter was born safe, and the relief breaks over him like water.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 13.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eMan of Steel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eJoseph Conway\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eA man who hasn't felt a single emotion since his wife's death tries everything from therapy to a wilderness survival retreat to feel something again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJoseph Conway\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJohn can't cry at his wife Sarah's funeral, and can't cry for four years afterward, so he's run out of ideas: therapy, religion, diets, a six-week solo wilderness retreat meant to shock him back to life. Nothing works, until a terrified, tethered deer collapses on top of him during a desperate moment in the woods and dies in his arms. The grief he couldn't access for years finally breaks loose, and for the first time since Sarah died, he feels something: devastating, overdue, and almost like relief.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 13.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eThe Shepherd of Chi-town\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eDoug Osgood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eA street performer explains the art of controlling a crowd from a safe emotional distance, and the one day it cost him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDoug Osgood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eA Chicago street performer breaks down his technique for working a crowd, the jokes, the timing, the practiced charm he's used since childhood to keep people laughing instead of looking too closely at him. It's a skill that keeps his girlfriend at arm's length and strangers delighted, until a woman in his audience silently mouths the word \"please\" while a controlling companion hauls her away. He finishes the show instead of chasing after her, takes home his earnings, and spends the night wondering what kind of man stays in character even when someone is actually asking for help.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 13.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eMixed Up\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eMeredith Stein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eA teenage girl whose family once hid an interfaith marriage from her grandmother discovers her mother has prejudices of her own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMeredith Stein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eGrowing up, the narrator's biggest family secret was that her Catholic mother and Jewish father never told her Jewish grandmother the kids weren't being raised in the faith. She assumes that kind of quiet bigotry died with her grandmother, until her mother objects to her friendship with a Black classmate, Marcus, and the easy chemistry the two of them share. The confrontation forces her to recognize that the prejudice she thought was a relic of an older generation is alive in her own kitchen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 13.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eCutting Cords\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eTrevor Anders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eFraternal twins separated by an ocean and years of resentment find their way back to each other in one halting phone call.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTrevor Anders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eOn the day of his older brother's wedding, held in rural Kentucky while he's stranded at a gas station in England, the younger of two estranged fraternal twins forces himself to make the call he's been dreading. What should be a short, awkward exchange of pleasantries turns into something neither brother expects: a quiet, genuine declaration of love and a request to be carried along in spirit, however far apart they've grown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 13.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eCould've Been Worse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eTrevor Anders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eA disastrous blind date ends early, and a best friend's running list of ways it could've been worse turns out to be exactly what's needed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTrevor Anders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAn aspiring writer's blind date collapses the moment his date asks if he's ever been published, and spirals further when he responds with an increasingly unhinged superhero fantasy in front of the entire restaurant. After she storms out, his best friend Jeff, working the room as a waiter, talks him back from humiliation with an absurd list of ways the night could have gone worse, and a $6.66 check scrawled with a joke that says more than any pep talk could.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 13.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eSecond Opinion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eSteven Guthrie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eA lonely man who loves his twice-weekly doctor visits gets a diagnosis he refuses to accept.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSteven Guthrie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFifty-six-year-old Mr. Ellison treasures his routine checkups, the small talk, the human touch of a hand on his pulse, more than almost anything else in his life. When his doctor finally tells him that his months of unexplained symptoms are rooted in loneliness rather than illness, he's offended rather than relieved, and immediately starts dialing for a second opinion that will tell him something he'd rather hear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 13.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eMy Week as the Other\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eIsabelle Owens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eA furious mother's letter to her son's principal turns into a sharp, unflinching account of what life as a woman actually costs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eIsabelle Owens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eWhen her son's English teacher assigns students to \"pass\" as someone unlike themselves for a week, inspired by Black Like Me, Isabelle Owens' son spends his week presenting as a girl. Her letter of complaint starts out sounding like outrage over propriety, then pivots hard: she isn't angry that her son wore makeup, she's furious that anyone thinks a week of play-acting could prepare him for what womanhood actually demands, and she lays out exactly what that life is like, line by line.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 13.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eWhy I Tutor at the International Center\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eGrace Bruenderman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eA college tutor's awkward lessons with an adult refugee student turn into a real friendship, until he's targeted by the kind of ignorance she can't teach him to answer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eGrace Bruenderman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eWhat starts as a resume-building volunteer gig and a crush on the center's receptionist turns into something unexpectedly tender as the narrator and her student, Abdulghani, stumble through basic English together, word by word. She comes to see the poetry in the way he describes his own language, right up until he's confronted outside the classroom by bigoted college students, and she's left wondering whether she's taught him anything that will actually help him survive their hate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 13.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eGrowing Up Girl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Nava\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eA reimagined fairy tale about settling for \"good enough,\" paired with a locker-room portrait of thirteen-year-old body image, into one program about growing up as a girl in America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Nava\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Program Builder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eIn \"I Write Lullabies for Working Women,\" a storybook heroine named Goodie Nuff very nearly disappears into a life that is merely fine, before she rediscovers her own ambition and refuses to settle. In \"Sharks Swim with More Honesty,\" a watchful thirteen-year-old navigates a junior high locker room of girls measuring, weighing, and starving themselves toward an impossible standard, and quietly resolves to survive it without losing herself. Together, the two poems trace the pressure to shrink, literally and figuratively, that comes with growing up a girl.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 13.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eMemory Drive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eMichael Hix and Will Schuster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eAn apology for a memory that keeps failing the people who matter most, paired with a child's attempt to conjure a father who was never really there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMichael Hix and Will Schuster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Program Builder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eIn \"I Don't Mean to Malfunction,\" a forgetful partner catalogs the small, painful ways memory keeps letting down someone they love. In \"Giving Up the Ghost,\" a child raised on their mother's stories about an absent father holds makeshift seances, scat-singing into the dark, trying to summon a connection to a man who was never fully present. Both poems turn memory, what it keeps and what it loses, into the thing that defines a relationship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 13.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eMale Pregnancy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eJonathon Harper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eAn anxious countdown to the words \"we're pregnant,\" paired with a gay man's letter making the case that fatherhood isn't only biological.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJonathon Harper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Program Builder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eIn \"On Your Mark,\" a young man counts down the longest hour of his life, waiting to find out whether his girlfriend is pregnant, and realizes mid-panic that he already knows he'll stay. In \"Adoption Letter,\" a gay man writes directly to a pregnant teenager weighing adoption, arguing with aching sincerity that the one thing he can't do for a child is the only thing that actually separates a father from a mother.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 13.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eRedefining Romance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eSarah Carpenter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eA grand romantic gesture that backfired in a school parking lot, paired with a woman reclaiming her name from a boyfriend who'd rather call her \"Kitty.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSarah Carpenter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Program Builder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eIn \"Charging at Windmills,\" a young woman replays, mistake by mistake, the day she sewed a soccer player his own superhero cape and was humiliated for it in front of his teammates. In \"Kitty,\" a woman traces a relationship built on cutesy, diminishing pet names to its breaking point, and finally demands to be called by her own name. Both poems insist it's long past time for women to stop waiting to be chosen and start doing the choosing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SpeechGeek","offers":[{"title":"Digital Only","offer_id":530724573,"sku":"SGNATLIT","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/1942\/files\/Prose_Poetry-Nationals13.png?v=1792635711"},{"product_id":"the-story-of-us-by-samantha-powell","title":"The Story of Us by Samantha Powell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSummary: Throughout the entire show- Kelsey and Andrew appear to be getting ready for some sort of presentation.  And then it hits- the conversations Kelsey is having with Andrew are a figment of her imagination and her way of holding on to the boyfriend who sacrificed his life so that his peers could live. 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Comedy, duo, whatever. \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Places\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLike an inappropriate PG-13 summer comedy movie squeezed into a 10-minute HI or multi-character duo. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElvor’s Discount Body Parts\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA spooky, gothic HI monologue \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Penguin Suit\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA pitch-black emo zero-to-hero HI or Duo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(225, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlus, Classic Clyde, with many pieces revised\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eThe Merchandise King, Everyone’s Gonna Die, Everyone’s Still Dead, A Girl’s Guide to Science, Dr. Wilderness, The Mother-Daughter Dialogues, The Disappointing Son, Calvin Coolidge vs. the Dinosaurs, 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Swans, The Altos, Sister of Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSwipe Up!\u003c\/em\u003e Plus, the original “two-character duo cut” of \u003cem\u003eEveryone’s Gonna Die\u003c\/em\u003e, never before published\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e100ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eNew for 2024-25\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eKaty and Sara WILL Get Tickets to the Ages Tour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e by Tom Mizell\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Quickies\" \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ewill\u003c\/span\u003e see their pop star's tour, even if they need to rob a bank\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eFairytale Feud \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eby Clara Holz and Lily Heckert\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003cbr\u003eSnow White vs. Rose Red\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eA.I. Speechbot \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eby Forrest Musselman\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, MF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003cbr\u003eCould you replace a speech performer with a robot? Get ready to find out.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eD \u0026amp; Me \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eby Steve Dubois\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, MF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003cbr\u003eDepression is something you live with every day... in this case, literally\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eIn Plain Sight \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eby Jennifer Doloski, adapted from a work by Harriet Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, Dramatic Interp\u003cbr\u003eA fugitive slave watches her family from the attic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eThe Big Decision \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eby Mike Noland\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003cbr\u003eFriends don't let friends make rash decisions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eAssignment: Apple \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eby Mike Noland\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF\/MF\/MM Duo, Humorous Interp\u003cbr\u003eA movie about an apple. How complicated could it be?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003ePower Struggle \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eby Robert LaVohn\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003cbr\u003eSuperhero Auditions \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eCassadee and Ketamine Save a Non-Verbal Child From a Well \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eby Collier Kuhlman \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003cbr\u003eI'm not going to try and describe this one.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBabe\u003c\/strong\u003e by Steve DuBois\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHistorical monologue for young women who want to explore their dramatic range\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Organ Ordeal\u003c\/strong\u003e by Parsa Ansari\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFast-paced, witty HI or duo with a queasy twist on the typical who-dunnit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mulligan\u003c\/strong\u003e by AJ Nienow \u0026amp; Brian Sams\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA high school kid tries very hard to be liked\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI Have Recently Returned from Killing the Second Hitle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003er\u003c\/strong\u003e by J. Gone\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA monologue lays out a strange and chilling alternate history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDis-Orientation\u003c\/strong\u003e by Robert W. LaVohn\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA cringe-worthy comedy monologue with a cheeky ending\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe Had Chemistry\u003c\/strong\u003e by Tracy Nuss\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe best lab partner turns out to be a disaster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTalking to Teddy \u003c\/strong\u003eby Jillian Carpenter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA mournful and meaningful dramatic monologue \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrooke Marigold, PI\u003c\/strong\u003e by Kevin Burgun\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eLaw and Order (Ages 4-5 Unit)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinnebago\u003c\/strong\u003e by Elijah Sams \u0026amp; Brian Sams\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA family comedy with a broken heart... \"Funny D.I.\" or \"Meaningful H.I.\" or a \"Really Great Guy-Guy Duo.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Perfect Son\u003c\/strong\u003e by Elijah Sams \u0026amp; Brian Sams\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eChaotic H.I. or Duo with laughs every line \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #e100ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eNew for 2023-24\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sports Atheist\u003c\/strong\u003e by Micah Larson \u0026amp; Brian Sams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA heartwarming satire with tons of laughs that will connect with any audience\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Worst Day Ever\u003c\/strong\u003e by Micah Larson \u0026amp; Brian Sams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eZany multi-character comic book comedy featuring a villain's hilarious redemption\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJunk We Never Said Thank You For\u003c\/strong\u003e by K.R. Schneider\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA two-person piece full of inside jokes and touching moments\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlay Nice\u003c\/strong\u003e by K.R. Schneider\u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA pitch-black relationship comedy or duo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSibling Rivalry\u003c\/strong\u003e by K.R. Schneider\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA duo for two guys ready to put some character work into their comedy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHashtag\u003c\/strong\u003e by Steven DuBois\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA tumultuous meeting between a fan and a YouTube star \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eculture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLover's Island\u003c\/strong\u003e by Stephanie Christensen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn HI or Duo with lots of goofy characters looking for love \u0026amp; fame \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLast Words\u003c\/strong\u003e by Tracy Nuss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA weighty monologue considering what justice really means\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Chess Piece Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e by Tom Mizell: \u003cem\u003eMulti-character banter and big, quick-witted laughs laughs for HI or Duo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDinosaurs Love Chips \u003c\/strong\u003eby Matt Mills: \u003cem\u003eIncredibly high energy cringe comedy monologue \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnder a Curtain of Stars\u003c\/strong\u003e by Matt Mills: \u003cem\u003eStrange, Introspective DI monologue straight out of a Black Mirror episode\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything Bagel\u003c\/strong\u003e by Cam Eickmeyer: \u003cem\u003eDramatic duo with a moving twist and heartwrenching ending\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ruler\u003c\/strong\u003e by Frank Smith: \u003cem\u003eLiterary monologue for nuanced performers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRinging\u003c\/strong\u003e by Frank Smith: \u003cem\u003eA dark, dramatic monologue with a classic dramatic structure and lots of grit\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePress Play\u003c\/strong\u003e by M.K. Hill: \u003cem\u003eMainstream comedy perfect as a duo or HI for new performers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter You \u003c\/strong\u003eby Matt Mills: \u003cem\u003eA duo of manners (and lack thereof) that can be played with two or more characters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eNew for 2022-23\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ad Lib \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Kevin Burgun\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fast-Paced Duo or HI with a Postmodern Twist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnxiety Versus You \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Shawn LaSota\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo-Character Duo or a Charming HI\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeauty \u0026amp; the Beast: Human Resources \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Kevin Burgun\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMulti-character Duo or Ambitious HI\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDinner Dilemma \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Mike Noland\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo-Character Duo \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Furious Fists of Julia  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Kevin Burgun\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMulti-character Duo or Action-packed HI\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt’s an Emergency! \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Lisa Ridarelli \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo-Character Duo \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Leak \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Gavin Barker\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo-Character Duo, Dark Comedy, or a Drama with Laughs \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShakespeare in Like  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Shawn LaSota\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo-Character Duo \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShotgun Diplomacy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Taylor Shann - Historical Satirical HI or Multi-Character Duo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSwipe Up!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo-Character Duo (Although one character goes through a LOT) or High-Energy HI \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6e00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew for 2021-22\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eR.O.R.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Miles Wright [\u003cem\u003eMF Duo or Multi-Character Dramatic Interp]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmily's Post-Apocalyptic Book of Zombie Etiquette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Lauren Hance[ \u003cem\u003eMulti-Character Duo or Humorous Interp]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e20 Questions and a Motive for Murder \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Stephanie Christensen [\u003cem\u003eHumorous Interp, Multi-Character Duo]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRapunzel \u0026amp; Ella’s Magical Hair Salon \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Stephanie Christensen [\u003cem\u003eHumorous Interp (with a heart of gold), FF Duo]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTake Care Of It\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Kevin J. Burgun [\u003cem\u003eHumorous Interp, Multi-Character Duo]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Main Character\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Kevin J. Burgun \u003cem\u003e[FF Duo, Humorous Interp]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne Man’s Trash\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Frank Smith [\u003cem\u003eTwo-Person MF Duo, Dramatic Interp]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Dozen Red Flags\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Briana LaVine Leigh [\u003cem\u003eFF Duo, MF Duo, or Multi-Character Humorous Interp]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eImaginary Friend\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Marisa Grady [\u003cem\u003eTwo-Person MM Duo, Humorous Interp]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Next Table\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Bridget Grace Sheaff [\u003cem\u003eTwo-Person MF Duo, Humorous Interp]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKitchen Sink\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Taylor Shann [\u003cem\u003eDuo, HI… all kinds of funny]\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew for 2020-21\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy All-Time Favorites\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Frank Smith [Dramatic Interp, Monologue]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFighting Stance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Frank Smith [Dramatic Interp, Monologue]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt’s A Girl Problem \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Josephine Kelly [Dramatic Interp, Monologue]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Introvert’s Guide to Quarantine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Mike Noland [Humorous Interp, Monologue]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eScreaming Timmy Must Die\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Steve DuBois [Humorous Interp or Multi-Character Duo]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRush Hour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Stephanie Christensen [FF Duo or Humorous Interp]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Trip Through “Monte Carla”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Elly Bogle [Humorous Interp or Multi-Character Duo]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoccer Moms (and a Dad)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Clint Wooderson [Humorous Interp or Multi-Character Duo]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTutoring Session\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Ellie Lynch [Male \/ Female Two-Character Duo or Humorous Interp]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"\u003eNew 2019-2020 Duos \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeclined \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e[\u003cem\u003eTwo Characters \/ Two Girls\u003c\/em\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot For Sale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Blair Waite [\u003cem\u003eTwo Characters \/ Girl \u0026amp; Guy]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow Much I Love You \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby K.R. Schneider [\u003cem\u003eTwo Characters \/ Two Girls\u003c\/em\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrincess and the P\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Steve DuBois [\u003cem\u003eMulti-Character or Two Characters \/ Two Girls\u003c\/em\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnplugged\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Naomi Yang [\u003cem\u003eMulti-Character \/ All Performers\u003c\/em\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExit Interview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Bridget Grace Sheaff [\u003cem\u003eTwo Character \/ Girl \u0026amp; Guy\u003c\/em\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;Florida Mae Tuesday's Second 6th Birthday\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":55811,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"4\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":15389148},\"12\":0,\"14\":[null,2,2236962],\"15\":\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\",\"17\":1,\"18\":1}'\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlorida Mae Tuesday's Second 6th Birthday\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e by Frank Smith [\u003cem\u003eMulti-Character \/ Two Guys or Guy \u0026amp; Girl\u003c\/em\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9900ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew 2019-2020 Dramatic Monologues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas More Doesn’t Know Me\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eby Sarah Weiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH is for Hercules \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby Taren Pfitzer\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMother’s Day \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby A.J.J. Bourque\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemember One Word \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby Tammie Peters\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Evening with Julia Maggiano \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby Bridget Grace Sheaff\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003eNew 2019-2020 Humorous Interp Pieces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo You Want to Date a Superhero\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Kevin Burgun\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoing Down\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Frank Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohnny Learns Algebra\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Katherine Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNora Wants A Baby\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Forrest Musselman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn a Jam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Matt Mills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOffice Case \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Matt Mills\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;Florida Mae Tuesday's Second 6th Birthday\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":55811,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"4\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":15389148},\"12\":0,\"14\":[null,2,2236962],\"15\":\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\",\"17\":1,\"18\":1}'\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff9900;\"\u003e16 Pieces from our Classic Prose Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, including works by \u003c\/span\u003eKurt Vonnegut, J.M. Barrie, H.G. Wells, H.H. Munro, Virginia Woolf, Philip K. Dick, and more!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew Scripts for the 2018-19 Season \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePinocchio: No Strings Attached\u003c\/strong\u003e by Joseph Lynn \u0026amp; Brian Sams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Commander\u003c\/strong\u003e by Steve DuBois\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff9900;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRevolution\u003c\/strong\u003e by Steve DuBois\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow Tybalt Capulet (Almost) Saved Italy\u003c\/strong\u003e by Kylie Smith \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlaydate\u003c\/strong\u003e by Scott Haan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBirthday Candles\u003c\/strong\u003e by K.R. Schneider\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKTD's\u003c\/strong\u003e by Elizabeth Bogle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9900ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Classics \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Fedora\u003c\/b\u003e by Ray Nesrym and Daniel Smedema \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eFinding Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e by Dave Cameron\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Merchandise King\u003c\/b\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGirls\u003c\/b\u003e by Jason Chou\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eiWant\u003c\/b\u003e by Mann Hoff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhysically Impossible\u003c\/b\u003e by Josh Cohen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eSnow White \u0026amp; The Gucci Stilettos\u003c\/b\u003e by B. L. Houchen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eDepressed White Girl: World's Worst DI\u003c\/b\u003e by Brandon Daley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenny and The Adventure of Tickle Me Elmo\u003c\/b\u003e by JJ Allen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Choppins\u003c\/b\u003e by Frank Joseph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLittle Suzy Sues God for All He's Worth\u003c\/b\u003e by Brandon Daley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bo Show\u003c\/b\u003e by Betty Gerard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirtually Dateable\u003c\/b\u003e by Josh Cohen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Shakespeare's Jersey Shore\u003c\/b\u003e by Hank Frederick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoonraker\u003c\/b\u003e by Marissa Molchansky\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eJack, the Lionheart \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eby Bobby Lebeda\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eEverything Under the Sun \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eby Bridget Grace Sheaff\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFast Food Fairytale\u003c\/strong\u003e by Mitchell Whittenhall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Duffing of Eunice Powell\u003c\/strong\u003e by Tracy Winters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpace Cadets\u003c\/strong\u003e by Brandon Daley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBad Detective\u003c\/strong\u003e by Brandon Daley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiving in Color\u003c\/strong\u003e by Andrew Messer \u0026amp; Jake Nyberg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Bright Side of Death\u003c\/strong\u003e by Carlos Mayas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiss Erma Deveraux’s School for Civilized Young Ladies\u003c\/strong\u003e by Clint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCavegirl Teaches Evolution\u003c\/strong\u003e by Clint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Emancipation of Mister Tinkles\u003c\/b\u003e by Clint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lore of the D-Rings\u003c\/strong\u003e by Elijah Sams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMacaroni on a Hotdog\u003c\/strong\u003e by Sandra Thomas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSon of Scrap Iron\u003c\/b\u003e by Sandra Thomas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Way to the Tree\u003c\/strong\u003e of Life by Shauna Wessely\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe AnyThing\u003c\/b\u003e by Hank Frederick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSingle White Female\u003c\/b\u003e by Kaitlin McCoshen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRhymes with Orange \u003c\/b\u003eby Lauren Bouchard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah’s Excellent Adventure with a Glowing Orb\u003c\/b\u003e by Lawson Powers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Girl's Guide to Science\u003c\/b\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMother-Daughter Dialogues\u003c\/b\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGirl in the Picture\u003c\/b\u003e by Taylor Shann\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ultimate Drama\u003c\/b\u003e by Garlock \u0026amp; Taylor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGood Morning, Glory\u003c\/b\u003e! by Ryan N. Ray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnfunny\u003c\/b\u003e by Mike Beede\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeauty Boot Camp\u003c\/b\u003e by Marissa Malloy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocked Away \u003c\/b\u003eby Martin Aloia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudacity of Nope\u003c\/b\u003e by Josh Cohen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eB*tman \u0026amp; R*bin\u003c\/b\u003e by Olaf Oggleson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Council of Doom\u003c\/b\u003e by Taylor Shann\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCamp\u003c\/b\u003e by Frank Joseph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eBeneath the Puppet Stand\u003c\/b\u003e by Mike Beede\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSesame: Life on the Street\u003c\/b\u003e by Andrew Messer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreat Ideas \u003c\/b\u003eby Lawrence Atkinson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable for Two, Party of Four\u003c\/b\u003e by Andrew Messer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe City Morgue's 2nd Annual Take Your Daughter to Work Day\u003c\/b\u003e by Brandon Daley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eInvestigator Q\u003c\/b\u003e by J. J. Allen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerry: Wizarding-School Dropout\u003c\/b\u003e by Brandon Daley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKid in Control\u003c\/b\u003e by Josh Cohen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRidgeville Elementary School's Extremely Talinted Show\u003c\/b\u003e by Matthew Yasuoka\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald the Life-Sized Talking Spork\u003c\/b\u003e by Spill Major\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Leash on Life\u003c\/b\u003e by Brady Mueller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalvin Coolidge vs. The Dinosaurs\u003c\/b\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Disappointing Son\u003c\/b\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Things You Don't Know About Swans\u003c\/b\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Wilderness\u003c\/b\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHot Dog Time Machine\u003c\/b\u003e by Alan McGuire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHamilton Sasquatch\u003c\/b\u003e by Jeffery Longval and Kagan Hatch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eHo Ho Ho!\u003c\/b\u003e by Taylor Shann\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMay the Best Man Win \u003c\/b\u003eby Max Alanson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFront Porch Chronicles\u003c\/b\u003e by Sydney Ryan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eEveryone's Gonna Die\u003c\/b\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eEverything Falls Off\u003c\/b\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eEveryone’s Still Dead\u003c\/b\u003e by Dudley Rental\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuigi and Mario\u003c\/b\u003e by Ray Nesrym\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Principals of Drugs\u003c\/b\u003e by Lawson Powers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eShrinkage\u003c\/b\u003e by Andrew Messer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003ePost Inferno\u003c\/b\u003e by Spill Major\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuck Surgeon\u003c\/b\u003e by Dudley Rental\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Altos \u003c\/b\u003eby Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOvercooked\u003c\/b\u003e by Paul Owen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFace Baggage\u003c\/b\u003e by Nick Monroy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuds with Spuds\u003c\/b\u003e by Frank Cernik\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eCountdown to Love\u003c\/b\u003e by Andrew Messer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE GR8 TXT MSG WAR\u003c\/b\u003e by Hank Frederick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Assistant\u003c\/b\u003e by Don Trickseven\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTOP!\u003c\/b\u003e by Ray Nesrym\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCountdown to Love\u003c\/b\u003e by Andrew Messer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMinnesota\u003c\/b\u003e by Spill Major\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e4-0\u003c\/b\u003e by Taylor Shann\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eChild's Play\u003c\/b\u003e by Alyssa Zaczek\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy Perfect Feet\u003c\/b\u003e by Andy Hobin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: 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Judges and audiences won’t have seen these pieces 100 times—\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethese performances bring big new energy to the room.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll scripts come ready to use: They’re the right length and tone for competitive performance, with content appropriate for high school audiences. \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo cutting necessary!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrab this set today to save 50% on the best new comedies in all of speech \u0026amp; debate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlays Included\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Furious Fists of Julia\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Kevin Burgun\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMulti-character Duo or Action-packed HI\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou shouldn’t take bites out of other people’s yogurt. Especially not Julia’s yogurt. For while Julia may appear to be a mild-mannered office drone, she has a past. A past as someone whose job it was to kick major butt. Now, she’s after Riley, her coworker who ate the yogurt, and her furious fists will stop at nothing to get her revenge. But wait! Was Riley part of this secret past? Is the ending a surprising battle between the two? The answer is always “more punching” in this parody of the action-revenge genre that will challenge the choreography skills of performers and raise the heartrate of audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeauty \u0026amp; the Beast: Human Resources\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Kevin Burgun\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMulti-character Duo or Ambitious HI\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen a witch curses your employer with a love spell that turns you and all your colleagues into common household objects, it can cause a lot of performance issues and workplace conflicts. In this wry satire, the witch returns to the beast’s castle the morning after placing her curse to walk the coat rack, plate, broom, cup, foot stool, etc. through the ins and outs of their new cursed life in typical corporate human resources style. Want to have a lot of fun with the characters of a well-known animated movie? Then this is the piece for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTake Care Of It\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Kevin Burgun\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHumorous Interp, Multi-Character Duo\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou'll be laughing uncontrollably the first time you read this clever, zany comedy! What happens when your wonderful night of sleep is shattered by a text message sent by two dimwitted scammers? Well, if you are a trillionaire, you hire a band of ex-soldier mercenaries to “take care of it”. The play features so many amazing comedic characters for performers to work with, as the hapless scammers and the far-too-grizzled mercenaries struggle to figure out exactly what “take care of it” means.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSo You Want to Date a Superhero\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Kevin Burgun\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt's the most popular gameshow on the planet! Will the heroic Princess Dana find her true love? Her options include: Steve, a stud ready to settle down; Ryanne, who has a fair bit of attitude; and Trevor, a quiet guy who is quite terrified of Dana’s superpowers… especially once he figures out that her boyfriends tend to get captured by the bad guys. The winner is undecided until the final moment, and there are tons of zippy one-liners and awkward moments along the way. This script is SUPER as a Duo or a Humorous Interp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSwipe Up!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Clyde Hendrickson\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwo-Character Duo (Although one character goes through a LOT) or High-Energy HI\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVal’s addicted to her phone—and a new gadget will take it to the next level. Val just needs her best friend Nik to play along. For 10 rollercoaster minutes, the pair dive inside of TikTok, where Nik is forced to act out viral dances, weird personal stories, insane glow ups, and stuff too strange to explain. Will their friendship survive the next swipe up? Energetic performers with big presences will make many memorable, laugh-out-loud moments with this manic script from Clyde Hendrickson, the king of 10-minute comedies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmily's Post-Apocalyptic Book of Zombie Etiquette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Lauren Hance\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMulti-Character Duo or Humorous Interp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYears after the HN666N7 virus breaks out, most humans have become zombies. In efforts to bring back the decorum of a more civilized society, Emily has written a revised version of her classic book Etiquette. Will the zombies take her advice, or will natural instinct take over? What do you do if you’re shaking hands with someone and their arm falls off? The answer, Emily tells us, is not to eat the arm! Lots of clever laughs and physical comedy in this fun new play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e20 Questions and a Motive for Murder\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Stephanie Christensen\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHumorous Interp, Multi-Character Duo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProfessor Singh and his assistant Priscilla have invited his students over for an end-of-semester “celebration” dinner. The main event is a game of 20 questions, which will reveal Professor Singh’s least favorite student. However, it soon becomes clear how high the stakes are: the “winning” student will be murdered as a lesson to the others! Now the rag-tag gang of students have to band together to escape, even if it means a failing grade. A classic humorous piece with fantastic characters. Our favorite part? Lots of fun to be had with the audience, who unwittingly join the chaos within the flow of the show. One-of-a-kind fun!  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow Tybalt Capulet (Almost) Saved Italy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby JD Holzmann\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe story in this script is familiar: Shakespeare’s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/em\u003e. This time the tragic tale is told from the perspective of a minor character, Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. perspective. Through puns and vanity, the story unfolds in a far more ridiculous manner than you might remember, leading to the titular character's untimely demise.  Whimsy and rhyme abound as familiar characters become fortune’s fools in this delightful new comedy for performers of all levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePinocchio: No Strings Attached\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Joseph Lynn and Brian Sams\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow does Pinocchio the wooden puppet finally become a boy? By trying cigarettes, going to Hooters, and taking extreme measures to rid himself of his nemesis, Jiminy Cricket. Along the way, performers get a chance to try their worst Italian accents, break dance, sing the blues, and of course do Pinocchio’s famously annoying voice. This classic script is finally available again — and it’s ready for your most outrageous students.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a Jam\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby Matt Mills\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen their bus abruptly abandons them in the desert, a teen finds a hyper-competitive jam festival, from which there is no clear escape... 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He’s charged with burglary and assault, and she’s the public defender assigned him. Over 10 taut minutes, the two characters race to understand each other, and find they both want the same thing: to make sure Lamar gets another chance. 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Although the sister is initially defensive when the brother recalls a more toxic environment growing up, she is ultimately able to see that maybe their experiences growing up were sadly too similar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSister of Mercy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA teenage girl accepts that her big brother died in the Iraq War; she's proud of him and his bravery. But when protesters show up at his funeral, claiming his death was God's wrath on a nation of sinners, she reacts with the vicious immediacy of a wronged teenage girl. Now, in her confession, she talks about why she took such drastic action, and why it seemed like the only brave thing to do. 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When they see how the outrageous cost of the tickets, they try to come up with a way to get the money… before eventually deciding to rob a bank. That’s what good Quickies do: They put on a wig and do whatever it takes to see the show. A timely comedy commenting on the fierce fandoms of our most popular pop stars. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eFairytale Feud \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eby Clara Holz and Lily Heckert\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWhose fairytale is this, anyway?! Snow White, a classic beauty who is a bit self-centered, or the rude but bold Rose Red? Depends on who you ask. In this clever twist on the timeless tale, the two performers play two different narrators, who each tell the story from the perspective of their chosen protagonist. Then, each performer also gets a chance to play their princess as well. This double-duality leads to lots of incidents, arguments, and hilarity as the princesses navigate charming princes and strange dwarves. How will the fairytale end? We’ll have to see which leading lady is willing to go the furthest to live happily ever after.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eA.I. Speechbot \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eby Forrest Musselman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eFF Duo, MF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;\"\u003eTwo ambitious speech coaches create the first A.I. \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eSpeechbot\u003c\/span\u003e, aiming to deliver 100% perfection every performance.  But the robot kid quickly goes out of control, speeding through pops, transitions, and sound effects faster than the coaches can keep up! It’s not clear whether the machine will even make it to its first round. The piece pokes fun at the typical movements and sounds made by speakers in interp rounds while providing an opportunity for very fast-paced technical character work by talented performers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eD \u0026amp; Me \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eby Steve Dubois\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eFF Duo, MF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;\"\u003eMacy is a young woman ready to go out, explore the world, and meet new people. Good thing she has her roommate D to tell her when she’s moving a little too quickly. Well, maybe it’s a good thing. Maybe D is keeping her from doing anything at all… A startling and striking duo about living with depression.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eIn Plain Sight \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eby Jennifer Doloski, adapted from a work by Harriet Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eFF Duo, Dramatic Interp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;\"\u003eThis script follows the true story of Harriet Jacobs, known as Linda Brent in her writings, after she escaped slavery in 1835. She spent the next seven years hiding in plain sight, in the attic space of a shed on her grandmother’s property. Her children having been purchased by their free, white father and given to the care of her grandmother only days after her escape – she alternately joyed and agonized as she listened to them grow up, unaware of her presence. In this play, we hear from “Linda” as she does what she needs to do to survive and persevere so she and her children can be free. The work makes for an outstanding duo, with one performer as Linda and the other performer playing multiple characters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eThe Big Decision \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eby Mike Noland\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eShelley is Joy’s best friend, such a good friend that she’s on a first name basis with Joy’s mom and can walk into their house whenever she likes. Shelley is enthusiastic like that, and today she’s got a new grand plan: buy a dog. Problem is she doesn’t know a single thing about dog ownership, and it’s once again up to Joy to talk her out of a scheme. Just like she failed to talk her out of the ice skating incident or the bowling catastrophe… A quick-witted two-character duo with high school best friends who know each other a little too well. And yes, it passes the Bechdel test! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eAssignment: Apple \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eby Mike Noland\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF\/MF\/MM Duo, Humorous Interp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAlex and Taylor, two friends, struggle with a creative assignment to describe an apple in an unconventional way. While Alex is stressed by the lack of clear guidelines, Taylor encourages a free-spirited, out-of-the-box approach. After getting through some distractions, Taylor suggests they make a short film, contrasting their work with the rest of the class's poems and drawings. The pair decides to create a comedic screenplay featuring anthropomorphized fruit, complete with a party scene where apples take center stage. However, their brainstorming hits many snags, not the least of which is they do not have any actual fruit. This chummy and cheeky script highlights the two friends’ contrasting personalities—Alex's need for structure versus Taylor's spontaneous creativity—as they work together to tackle the assignment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003ePower Struggle \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eby Robert LaVohn\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;\"\u003eTwo young superheroes competing to join the Legion of Heroic Guardians. Muscle Mage can control the movements of people around her. Air Controller has absolute power over the molecules of air. The audition quickly goes sideways when Muscle Mage forces Air Controller to dance, and is in turn silenced in a box of air. When their bickering subsides, a telepathic voice reaches through: Learn to work together or lose your chance to join the Guardians! A superpowered two-person duo with lots of zingers and plenty of opportunities to demonstrate your own powers of performance.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\" data-mce-style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eCassadee and Ketamine Save a Non-Verbal Child From a Well \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eby Collier Kuhlman \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eFF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCassadee, the snobbiest 9-year-old alive, is forced to go to a strange country girl named Ketamine’s “party”, but when thirst leads the two down to a well in the middle of a trailer park, trouble unfolds. When they see a person down at the bottom, the girls know they will have to give all they have to save them. This poor soul turns out to be Anthony, your average malnourished “well boy” who really needs a bath. Needless to say things don’t go as planned. At all. A dark comedy for two character actors ready to get some weird laughs. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eThe Main Character \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eby Kevin J. Burgun\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, Humorous Interp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eGrace narrowly avoids getting hit by a bus... which means she must be the main character of the story! She and her friend Patty (surely, the main character's sidekick) try to figure out what that means: Is Grace invincible? Can she say whatever she wants in class? Can she get revenge on her second grade bully? You'll find out in this rapid-fire duo for two girls... and if you don't, well, there's another bus headed right towards Grace. One of those scripts that's so well-crafted you can hand it to novices, or to experienced performers who have their comedic timing perfected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eAnxiety Versus You\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eby Shawn LaSota\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo-Character Duo or a Charming HI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eDo my friends hate me? Will I ever find love? Will my favorite celebrity couple die in a nuclear war tomorrow? Anxiety is like glitter after a toddler’ birthday party: It’s everywhere. Told in the style of self-help seminar where the figurative becomes literal, this piece features an anxious narrator speaking directly to her anxiety. As the narrator works the various ways to soothe anxiety, Anxiety the character fights back—but is ultimately put to bed, if not quite defeated. A fun and surprisingly inspirational comedy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eRapunzel \u0026amp; Ella’s Magical Hair Salon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eby Stephanie Christensen\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumorous Interp (with a heart of gold), FF Duo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eRapunzel and (Cinder)ella had difficult lives before they found each other. Rapunzel grew up a wild child in the woods, unaware that movies aren’t real or that shoes go on your feet. Ella lived a life of poverty in the big city. But when they find each other, it’s friendship that makes their dreams come true (and not an evil spirit selling gold watches). A touching piece with an ending that will melt the coldest hearts. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003eA Dozen Red Flags\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';\"\u003e by Briana LaVine Leigh\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFF Duo, MF Duo, or Multi-Character Humorous Interp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e“If a dude handed me a dozen red flags, I’d be like, ‘A dozen red flags?!  For me?!’” So begins the saga of Eliza, a young girl unlucky in love. When she agrees to go on a date to the zoo… at 2am… with a guy she met at the pet store, we realize she’s responsible for some of her own bad luck. Fortunately, she has her friend Dolores, a wise older woman, to advise her… except Dolores is the biggest troublemaker at her nursing home, setting people’s pants on fires and giving her bridge team performance-enhancing drugs. The zoological heist comes to a wild conclusion as all three characters converge for a wacky action-packed finish. Fun from beginning to end!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" data-mce-style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003eHashtag\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"\u003e by Steven DuBois\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA tumultuous meeting between a fan and a YouTube star \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBackstage at VidCon, Nancy meets her favorite “mental health influencer,” Megan. It quickly becomes apparent that their interaction will be anything but normal, as Nancy begins asking more and more of Megan. Both of them reveal they’ve been playing a character, and as the tension fades they learn a little more about what it means to be themselves. A dark, relevant comedy that questions everything about online culture. \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #007ccf;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #007ccf;\"\u003eNew!\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eHow Much I Love You \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby K.R. Schneider\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[\u003cem\u003eTwo Characters \/ Two Girls\u003c\/em\u003e]\u003cbr\u003eBest friends Lucy and Charlotte spend time reliving past memories together as Lucy visits Charlotte on her deathbed. They revisit the humor of terrible dates, the birth of Charlotte's first child, pierced ears and sleepaway camp, and arrive at a beautiful conclusion as Charlotte asks Lucy look after her family after she's gone. A heartfelt, heartbreaking duo from the author of last year's hit Birthday Candles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #007ccf;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #007ccf;\"\u003eNew!\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eRush Hour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Stephanie Christensen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFF Duo or Humorous Interp\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eJasmine can’t stand her brother’s girlfriend, Cary Anne, which makes things very awkward when they end up in the same ride share together. Over the course of a bumpy ride, the two women come to an understanding, with lots of laughs along the way. A fun, humorous duo for two performers of any skill level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #007ccf;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #007ccf;\"\u003eNew!\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePrincess and the P\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eby Steve DuBois\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[\u003cem\u003eMulti-Character or Two Characters \/ Two Girls\u003c\/em\u003e]\u003cbr\u003eMynda, the Princess of Lexico, realizes that all the problems facing her father's kingdom start with the letter \"P\" - Poverty, Pestilence, Patriarchy, and more! So she asks a witch to ban the pesky letter for good... and the results are preposterous! An absolutely one-of-a-kind comedy that will have performers trying all kinds of new things, such as skipping the letter \"p\" for whole lines of dialogue! Includes author notes for splitting characters between two actors. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #007ccf;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #007ccf;\"\u003eNew! \u003c\/span\u003eDeclined\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Two Characters \/ Two Girls]\u003cbr\u003eOlive's trying to buy a smoothie, but her credit card keeps getting declined. So she turns for assistance to her friend Mary, who really needs to study for her test today. Why is Olive so persistent? The answer will surprise you in this fast-paced comedy perfect for performers of all levels. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #007ccf;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #007ccf;\"\u003eNew!\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eUnplugged\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eby Naomi Yang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[\u003cem\u003eMulti-Character \/ All Performers\u003c\/em\u003e]\u003cbr\u003eInstagram, Snapchat, iMessage, Musically, and more... these social media apps all come to life on one girls phone, fighting for her screentime! A clever comedy that twists the question of too much screen time into a matter of life or death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBirthday Candles \u003c\/b\u003eby K.R. Schneider - \u003cspan style=\"color: #ff9900;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff9900;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur #1 Duo of 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eTwins Samantha and Sawyer celebrate their twenty-third birthday reminiscing on past experiences together: silly arguments, broken arms, first kisses, etc. As the girls reminisce, the story builds to an emotional revelation that Sawyer was killed in a car accident when they were 19, and Samantha has kept the memory of her sister alive with their imagined chats. A funny but poignant piece ready to wow in break rounds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Duffing\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eof Eunice Powell\u003c\/strong\u003e by Tracy Winters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEunice Powell is not like most girls. Last year, she won Most Likely to Own a Zaxby’s Franchise. 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A piece that’s a lot of fun for one or two talented female performers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Girl's Guide to Science\u003c\/strong\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo girls - one a science geek, the other a popular kid - are forced to give a science safety demonstration together for the freshman class. Their antics devolve into a postmodern feminist throwdown, complete with acid fights, hallucinations, and fig newtons. When the flames die down, the two are left to uncover the mysteries of nerdiness and popularity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMother-Daughter Dialogues\u003c\/strong\u003e by Clyde Hendrickson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best female-female duo script we've seen yet features a lifetime of a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship condensed into its most important moments, including: prom, college, the sex talk(s), marriage, pregnancy, divorce and disease. Filled with classic one-liners and touching, true-to-life moments, this play will be perfect for performers wanting to do an HI with a message or a DI with wit, or two girls looking for a truly entertaining Duo or Duet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGirl in the Picture\u003c\/strong\u003e by Taylor Shann\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you grow up, you can grow closer to your friends. Sometimes, you can grow away from them. Jodi and Layla, two lifelong friends trying to survive the hell of high school, are in danger of doing just that. Miscommunication, music, instant messaging and a Christmas gift are all clues in this deconstruction of how fragile friendship can be. 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Across 19 scripts, you'll find scenes written for students, meant to be played with dramatic skill and a range of emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none;\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDuo Interpretation, dramatic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCast:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTone:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGrief, survival, family rupture, and hard-won honesty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e  Clean, with exceptions noted in extensive description file included with download\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery script is NSDA-compliant and comes properly copyrighted and ISBN-registered. Equip your most talented female performers for years to come with this collection of tournament-proven pieces. These scenes also transfer cleanly into a scene-study class or one-act showcase.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eSCRIPTS INCLUDED:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eAeonian Parallax\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMegan Mandana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eIn a society that demands a \"Sacrifice\" at sixteen, two friends discover the state can take more than a limb.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMegan Mandana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eNova has delayed the mandatory rite that will surgically strip away whatever she loves most in exchange for full membership in the Cooperative; when her younger friend Astrid's assessment reveals her own sacrifice will be her memory of Nova entirely, the two are forced to weigh belonging against everything that makes them who they are. Nova's quiet act of rebellion — smashing her own mechanical arm rather than let Astrid go through with it — pushes the piece toward a genuinely uncertain ending rather than a tidy one. The world-building is compact and effective, letting the central relationship carry the science-fiction premise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eAt the Hour of Our Death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo survivors of a real 1958 school fire recount, moment by moment, the choices that decided who lived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eA student and a mother alternate testimony about the Our Lady of the Angels fire, moving from the first curl of smoke under a classroom door through a locked exit, a nun's fatal hesitation, and children jumping from upper-story windows while parents watched from the street below. The piece is built almost entirely from close, specific detail rather than commentary, and it ends by rejecting the comfort adults offered survivors afterward — that the dead were \"chosen\" for heaven — as no comfort at all. It's a somber, tightly structured piece built for direct address to the audience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eCode Broken\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOlivia Cline\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo WWII codebreakers reunite a decade later, still bound by a secret they were ordered never to discuss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eOlivia Cline\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane shows up uninvited at Beth's house in 1954, and the piece moves back and forth between that tense reunion and their years together at Bletchley Park, where the two cracked German ciphers, argued about whether the war was the best or worst thing to happen to women like them, and eventually split over whether to build a life around the adventure or go home to marriage and family. Neither woman's choice comes out looking totally right, and the reveal that Beth's daughter has inherited her mother's gift for puzzles gives their shared sacrifice a real payoff. The dual timeline keeps two decades of friendship and resentment moving without ever feeling rushed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eDigging Too Deep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA skeptical college student agrees to a dream-therapy demonstration — and turns out to have an agenda of her own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCathy volunteers for her psychology professor's hypnosis-style dream analysis mostly to mock it, but the guided dream about a childhood hiding place turns dark fast, and once she \"wakes,\" the confrontation reveals that Cathy engineered the whole session as revenge for a patient — her mother — who died by suicide after the professor's treatment years earlier. The professor's calm counter-revelation, that Cathy's own troubled behavior contributed to her mother's despair, upends the audience's sympathies right at the end. It's a tense two-hander built entirely on a slow-burn reveal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eGenerational\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePaul Owen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA heartbroken teenager gets an unplanned visit from her dead mother and great-grandmother — with a warning to pass on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePaul Owen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eKatie is sulking over a breakup and snapping at her stepmother when the ghosts of her late birth mother and great-grandmother appear in her bedroom. Their visit turns out to be less about comfort than confession: her mother admits the car accident that killed her happened because she was driving drunk, and that alcoholism has quietly run in the family for three generations. Katie realizes her ex-boyfriend was pressuring her to drink the same way, and the play ends with her choosing her stepmother's steady, present love thanks to the ghosts' cautionary tale. The multigenerational haunting device gives a fairly simple lesson real emotional stakes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eGo On, Girl!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRebecca Spero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo unhappy housewives ditch their marriages for Vegas and a stand-up act — but one of them didn't see the whole plan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRebecca Spero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCarolyn and Jill leave their husbands on a whim, clean out a joint savings account, and cobble together a nightclub act built on Jill's divorce jokes and a running catchphrase.  The unlikely partnership curdles once Jill's jabs at Carolyn start landing for real and Carolyn reveals she's pregnant and quitting the act. Jill spirals and ends up performing solo to an empty room before Carolyn comes back for her, invoking their childhood \"bosom buddies\" pact. The show-within-a-show structure lets the piece be genuinely funny before it turns sincere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eGrace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJodie Anderson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA desperate teenager and a woman who's tried everything to have a baby end up in the same waiting room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJodie Anderson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJanice, thirty-five and unable to conceive after years of trying, and Christy, seventeen and newly pregnant, meet at a gynecologist's office, and their overlapping monologues about wanting opposite outcomes evolve into Janice offering to adopt Christy's baby — a plan that survives morning sickness, a tense ultrasound, and Christy finally moving in with Janice when her own parents react badly. The piece follows the pregnancy scene by scene to its resolution: a healthy baby girl named Grace raised by Janice with Christy staying close as an honorary aunt, without shading either woman's choice as wrong. It's a warm look at open adoption told from both sides at once.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eLa Llorona\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA woman raised on her mother's ghost stories learns the legend was preparing her for the worst night of her life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMiranda recalls her mother's favorite bedtime terror, La Llorona, the wailing ghost who steals children to earn her way into heaven, treating it mostly as a funny memory of her mother's parenting style ...until she becomes pregnant herself and suffers a miscarriage. Her mother's late, unexpected admission that she lost three pregnancies of her own reframes the whole piece as a story about inherited grief passed quietly between generations of women. The folklore frame gives real weight to a story that could otherwise feel purely clinical.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eLike Falling Leaves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eStephanie Alderdice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo teenage garment workers dream of lives beyond the factory floor — until the building starts to burn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eStephanie Alderdice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eKate, who fantasizes about jungle exploration and world fame, and Sara, who daydreams about a quiet farm life with a boy from her building, trade stories at their sewing machines under a controlling boss, and their easy friendship turns desperate when a scrap bin catches fire and the factory's locked doors and overcrowded fire escape leave them with an impossible choice. Kate talks Sara through the terror of jumping by reframing it as one of Sara's own gentle daydreams, and the two go over the ledge together as the piece ends. It's a clear and ultimately heartbreaking evocation of a historical factory fire, earning its final gut-punch by building warmth between the two girls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Maids of Bovery Inn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRodrigo Garcia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo hotel maids play dress-up in guests' rooms until one leaves behind a note neither of them can laugh off.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRodrigo Garcia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eVeteran maid Marta drags new hire Elisa into her habit of snooping through guests' belongings between cleaning shifts. They turn their menial jobs into games of pretend, revealing Marta's old dream of teaching and a story about stealing gifts for her kids one desperate Christmas, until a discriminatory note left by a guest shatters the fun.. Elisa's insistence that neither of their futures has to look like this pushes both women to quit together rather than separately absorb the insult. The piece moves from playful to pointed without ever losing its two central voices.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eMetamorph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA governor's-race candidate's daughter gets pregnant days before the election — and the press finds out first.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAnne hides from her gubernatorial-candidate mother, Elizabeth, whose first instinct is damage control rather than support when a tabloid photographer leaks the rumor. The piece tracks the fallout through a premature labor scare timed to election night, and Elizabeth's concession speech turns into an unexpected, pointed takedown of the press rather than an apology. It's a tight family drama wrapped around a media-scandal plot that never loses sight of the mother-daughter relationship at its center.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eMolly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eStephanie Spencer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA quiet grad student watches her magnetic best friend spiral through addiction over the course of their whole friendship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eStephanie Spencer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAnn narrates her years rooming with Molly, from giddy early nights of cocktails and half-finished writing careers through track marks Ann discovers on Molly's arm, a car accident, and a slow, painful drift as Molly's drug usage worsens and Ann eventually has to let her go. The framing device — Ann delivering what becomes clear is Molly's eulogy — recontextualizes every earlier scene of fun as foreshadowing, and the final callback to their shared catchphrases lands with real weight. It's a compact, unsentimental portrait of loving someone you can't save.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eNext of Kin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA wife and her husband's ex sit vigil at his hospital bedside — and end up negotiating who gets to keep him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane and Sarah trade barbed small talk about the man they've both loved while he's in the ICU after a car accident Jane caused, and their sparring gradually uncovers real tenderness — Sarah reveals a proposal story Jane never knew, Jane offers to essentially hand her husband back to his ex-wife out of guilt — before Sarah shuts that down and admits she's only there because she wasn't there enough during the marriage. The two land on an uneasy, earned respect rather than a rivalry resolved. It's a dialogue-driven piece that trusts its actors to carry a long, escalating conversation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eNightmares\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA sleepover ghost story hits too close to home for one girl still haunted by a real childhood scare.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eBecky needles her best friend Melanie into finally explaining her fear of scary movies — a genuinely upsetting story about being left alone, sobbing, in a movie theater lobby by her father as a child — and then, minutes later, tells an invented urban legend gruesome enough to leave Melanie certain someone else is in the house with them. The prank ending, where Becky's staged scream turns out to be another joke, reads as a step too far rather than harmless fun, and the piece closes on that discomfort rather than a laugh. It's built for a slow build of dread punctuated by real jump-scare beats.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eRoom to Wait\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRebecca Spero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA teenager and her father's much-mocked third wife wait out his medical crisis together in a hospital lobby.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRebecca Spero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSam needles her stepmother Cathy over her hair, her marriage history, and her motives while they wait for word on Sam's father, and the sniping escalates into a real fight about who has more right to grieve before both women admit how frightened they actually are of losing him. The reconciliation lands cleanly when Sam calls Cathy \"mom\" for the first time, right as the doctor arrives with good news. It's a short, efficient duo that earns its warmth by letting the conflict run hot first.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Sisters Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLaura Morris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA blended-family rivalry turns into lifelong caretaking after one sister's reckless exit ends in tragedy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eLaura Morris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTaylor narrates her rocky history with stepsister Annie — squabbling over clothes, a botched hair-straightening session, a brutal fight over which of them really belongs to their blended family — through flashbacks that lead to the story of the night that Annie, furious and driving upset, crashes her car and is left with the cognitive ability of a young child. The present-day scenes show Taylor now caring for the adult, mentally disabled Annie with patient, guilt-tinged devotion, replaying the same childhood game of Twister that once meant nothing and now means everything. The interlocking flashback and present-day structure builds real emotional payoff without over-explaining it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eSwerve\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAmanda Thompson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA best friend refuses to leave until a girl who survived a fatal car crash finally says what really happened inside it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAmanda Thompson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCallie has gone eerily silent in the week since her boyfriend Eric died in the crash that left her nearly unharmed, deflecting Emma's concern with gossip and sarcasm until Emma corners her into admitting she was breaking up with Eric — for someone else — in the car when he lost control and refused to pull over. Callie's guilt over what she said to provoke the crash, and over surviving a conversation Eric didn't, comes out in one long, unguarded confession that Emma insists she can't keep carrying alone. The piece builds patiently through comic deflection before landing hard on real grief and guilt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThirty-Six Minutes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJesse Gall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo estranged sisters have to sort their mentally ill mother's belongings into boxes labeled by exactly how bad things got.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJesse Gall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eKate returns after six years away to find her sister Deb has organized their mother's things into categories like \"Mentally Ill\" and \"After She Left,\" and the sorting job turns into a reckoning over who actually stayed to bear the brunt of their mother's breakdowns and suicide attempts after Kate left. Deb's fury at being the one who stayed, and Kate's quiet revelation that their mother sent her cruel letters the whole time, complicate a story that could have simply blamed the sister who left. The play's precise, clipped dialogue — right down to the title's insistence on exact minutes — mirrors its characters' need for control.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eWhere Shadows Dwell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRhea Markos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eFleeing an unwanted god's advances, Persephone finds refuge with a version of Hades no myth ever told.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRhea Markos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003ePersephone escapes Zeus's pursuit by calling on Hades, only to discover the lord of the underworld is a woman whose reputation for cruelty is a lie Zeus spread to protect himself, and the two grow close over shared secrets and an invented night sky built from lost souls before Zeus tracks Persephone down disguised as Hades herself. Persephone catches the deception by remembering what Hades told her about inner beauty being impossible to fake, and traps Zeus long enough to free the real Hades and choose to stay with her. The myth is reworked with a clear, confident twist rather than treated as mere retelling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"SpeechGeek","offers":[{"title":"Digital Copy Only","offer_id":48157029826723,"sku":"SG2FD","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/1942\/files\/DuoFF-Drama.png?v=1789737816"},{"product_id":"speechgeek-comedy-duos-for-2-females-19-interpretation-and-theater-scripts","title":"SpeechGeek - Comedy Duos for 2 Girls | 19 interpretation and theater scripts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComedy Duos for 2 Girls\u003c\/strong\u003e contains nineteen fast, character-driven scenes built for two female performers who strive to hit the perfect pitch and timing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSample scripts include: A pageant mom pushes her reluctant daughter through hairspray and glitter until the kid finally pushes back in \u003cem\u003eThe 25th Annual Little Miss Mommy and Me Pageant\u003c\/em\u003e. Two sisters try to build a machine to fix everything wrong with boys in \u003cem\u003eScience: No Boys Allowed\u003c\/em\u003e. A crime-fighting nun and her sidekick chase missing teenagers into a reality-TV house in \u003cem\u003eForce of Habit\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese comedies range from broad and physical to sharp wordplay, and every scene is built around real relationships and hilarious circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Duo Interpretation, comedic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCast:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 performers, both female\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTone:\u003c\/strong\u003e Broad physical comedy to sharp verbal comedy, built on real relationships\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Clean, with a few exceptions noted in extensive description file included with download\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll nineteen scripts are NSDA-eligible and properly formatted with copyright and ISBN. It's a season's worth of comedic duo material for two women in one purchase, all tournament-proven for speech competition. Plus, they work well for two-character scene studies and short plays, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDownload digital files instantly after purchase. These duos are ready for rehearsal and performance right now!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eSCRIPTS INCLUDED:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe 25th Annual Little Miss Mommy and Me Pageant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSarah Carpenter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA pageant mom pushes her daughter through hairspray, balance drills, and glitter — until the kid finally pushes back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSarah Carpenter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTeena narrates her pageant philosophy straight to camera while her daughter P.B. gamely endures teased hair, a neck brace for the weight of said hair, and a talent routine neither of them enjoys. The running mockumentary — complete with rival contestants doing a Ke$ha-style \"Amazing Grace\" and a melodramatic mother-daughter scene — builds to P.B. stopping mid-performance to say, plainly, that she never wanted any of this. Teena's swift, genuine pivot from stage mom to actual mom is the real surprise of the piece. It's broad pageant-world comedy with a sincere ending underneath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eBad Coach\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eClint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eAn unhinged acting coach decides her awkward new student's only hope is playing both halves of a mother-baby duet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMs. Jill takes Lily through an escalating series of terrible audition ideas — free-verse slam poetry about primary colors, a ritual to ward off the bad luck of saying \"Macbeth\" out loud — before landing on the worst one: Lily playing both a pregnant woman and her own unborn baby, alone. Ms. Jill spins the disaster into proof of her own genius rather than her failure as a teacher. The escalation never lets up in this classic comedy for two girls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eA Brief Primer on the Female of the Species\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA women's studies lecture keeps getting derailed by history's most inconvenient footnotes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDr. Elizabeth Lady and her wisecracking grad assistant Sarah walk a classroom audience through a \"brief primer\" on women's history, and each chapter breaks into its own quick sketch — a caveman couple bickering over who really invented fire, a French officer refusing to believe \"Arc\" the new recruit is Joan of Arc, two suffragettes enduring forced feedings in prison as they fight for the vote. The sketches land as fast, broad comedy, but also circles back to make a real point. It's structured like a lecture and paced like a variety show, and it pulls off both at once.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eDance Mamas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eClint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA reality-show dance instructor and a stage mom spar over a daughter's technique while the cameras keep rolling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTabby Z, a \"Dance Mamas\"-style instructor, barks insults at an unseen student mid-rehearsal while Mama tries to raise real concerns about how the kids on the show are treated, and every serious point gets steamrolled by Tabby Z's nonstop tirades and both women's reflexive mugging for the cameras. The satire escalates until Tabby Z is threatening to throw fireworks at the class and Mama is defending her own neglect as \"for the ratings. The two end up more alike than either wants to admit. It's a rapid-fire duo that keeps finding a bigger target the longer it runs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eDotted Lines\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSarah Carpenter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA hospitalized teenager asks her favorite nurse to witness one very specific piece of paperwork.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSarah Carpenter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eA true dramedy \/ comedy with heart, Sophie and her nurse Karen have an easy, joking rapport built over years on the pediatric oncology ward, until Sophie asks Karen to sign as a witness on an emancipation petition and admits she wants out from under her parents so she can stop chemotherapy for good. Karen refuses, and the argument that follows moves between Sophie's exhaustion with a life spent in hospital beds and Karen's insistence that quitting now, while she still has a real shot, is not the same as bravery. The banter never fully disappears even as the stakes turn serious, and that balance keeps the piece grounded rather than maudlin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eForce of Habit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA crime-fighting nun and her sidekick track a string of missing teenage girls to a reality-TV house with a sinister catch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMother Mercy, a nun with real martial-arts skills, and her assistant Sister Emma follow newspaper clues and a hacked social-media account to \"The Real Girl House,\" a TV competition run by a mind-control-boot-wearing mean girl named Mandy who's been luring away contestants. Along the way the piece pokes at reality TV, teen pop culture, and internet slang, and it ends with Mercy talking Mandy down by naming the insecurity underneath her scheme. The tone stays broad and cartoonish start to finish, and the plotting is tighter and purposeful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eGladys Has Left the Building\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA devoted Elvis fan digs up a Graceland grave to rescue the King from a theme-park redesign — and gets the wrong body.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eLurleen calls an emergency 3 a.m. meeting of her two-person Elvis fan club to confess that she's exhumed and hauled home a casket from Graceland to stop Priscilla Presley from turning the estate into an amusement park, only for her friend Mavis to work out that the body inside belongs to Elvis's mother, Gladys, not Elvis himself. The two spend the rest of the piece trying to figure out how to return a partially disassembled corpse without getting arrested, all while staying devoutly, absurdly reverent toward \"our lord and savior\" Elvis throughout. The premise is deliberately ridiculous, and the escalating panic sells it completely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eLessons in Throwing Your Voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA grieving teenager gets a ventriloquist's dummy for a present, and it starts telling her things she doesn't want to hear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eEmily comes home to find her mother's new boyfriend has bought her a dummy named Sassy Sally, and what starts as goofing around with a voice she's throwing herself turns into Sally calling out Emily's real anger at her absent father and her resentment of her mother's new relationship and pregnancy. The dummy essentially becomes Emily's own conscience talking back to her, and the piece earns its emotional turn by keeping the bickering funny right up until it isn't. It's a clever device for staging an argument with yourself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eManic Cure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eClint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA patient with a very obvious diagnosis refuses to let her doctor get a word in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTammy shows up at Dr. Telly's office insisting women can't really be doctors, then spends most of the visit talking around her actual symptoms — white spots on her fingers and toes that turn out to just be regular nails — while pitching her own presidential campaign slogan and threatening to muzzle the doctor like her own kids. Dr. Telly's composure erodes in real time until she finally quits on the spot, handing Tammy her white coat, and Tammy walks off convinced she's just proven she could be a doctor herself. The comedy runs entirely on Tammy's total lack of self-awareness and Dr. Telly's slow unraveling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe New Girl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA washed-up child star meets the one classmate who has no idea who she is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormer sitcom actress Kimmy gets sent to the principal's office for mouthing off in class and runs into Sarah, a homeschooled new student who's never heard of her and has just been in a hallway fight of her own, and Kimmy's advice to \"stand up for herself\" curdles fast when Sarah calls out how cruel Kimmy has been to everyone around her. The two end up trading real apologies rather than a scripted reconciliation, with Kimmy finally admitting she was never taught how to be a normal kid instead of a brand. The piece balances celebrity-culture satire with a genuinely earned friendship by the end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eOn My Own Two Feet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eClint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo sisters argue over a birthday present while dodging the real reason their family fell apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCaryn frets over whether to give their father the dance lessons she bought him for his birthday, since he's now in a wheelchair after the car accident that also claimed their mother's ability to cope, while older sister Jane deflects every attempt at ordinary conversation with anger at fate, at God, and at being left to raise herself. The two sisters land in very different places — Caryn resolved to make the best of what's left, Jane determined to leave rather than keep absorbing pain she can't control — and the play closes on that unresolved split rather than forcing reconciliation. It's a quiet, serious two-hander built on sibling loyalty tested by grief rather than punchlines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003ePsychobabble Cliche Blues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eClint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA therapy session goes sideways when the therapist can't remember her client's name — or keep her own grief out of the room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMichelle greets her new client with sweeping new-age affirmations and can't get \"Charlotte\" right no matter how many times she's corrected, running through a scattershot word-association test and a baffling frowny-face routine before Charlotte turns the tables and starts diagnosing Michelle's own unresolved grief over a dead dog. The comedy is built on Michelle's total incompetence dressed up as insight, and the reversal — client becomes therapist — lands as a clean button on the joke. It stays light and absurd throughout, never softening the send-up of therapy-speak.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eRose and June\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBonnie McDonald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eAn elderly woman's rambling welcome to a new neighbor keeps circling back to the daughter she lost decades ago.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eBonnie McDonald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJune, ninety-five, talks nonstop at a young visitor — flipping through old theater photos, needling her nearly blind sister Rose about a long-ago school dance, cooing over a stray cat that reminds Rose of their childhood pet — and beneath all the chatter she keeps returning, almost without meaning to, to her daughter Abbey, who died when June was thirty-nine, and to Rose quietly caring for her afterward. The piece is a monologue-heavy character study rather than a back-and-forth scene, and its refrain, \"life is short,\" carries real weight by the end precisely because June says it so breezily every other time. It's a gentle, specific portrait of old age and grief that never asks for pity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eScience: No Boys Allowed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo sisters build a machine to fix everything wrong with boys, just in time for the school science fair.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFifth grader Ina, furious at getting no valentines, recruits her little sister Angelica to help engineer \"The Perfect Boy Maker\" out of buttons, wires, and duct tape, and the two spend the piece observing boys in their \"natural habitat\" (the baseball field) and cataloguing everything from spitting habits to ball-obsession before unveiling their invention live at the fair — with a wildly unintended result. The framing device of a science-fair presentation gives the sketch comedy a clean spine, and the ending lands a real point about gender roles without losing the joke. It's playful start to finish and never overstays its premise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eSelling the Farm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eClint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA traveling vacuum saleswoman corners the loneliest woman in the county — and asks for the deed to her farm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClint Snyder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eReclusive farmer Vivianne mistakes the door-to-door saleswoman Barbara for a zombie, then a mystic, then possibly her only friend, as Barbara's pitch for the \"Tornado Tower 5000\" pivots from vacuum features to a string of increasingly personal digs at Vivianne's ceramic-cat collection and total lack of a social life. The sale closes on the promise of the vacuum as a substitute for actual companionship, until Barbara's slip about Vivianne's \"ceramic dogs\" (they're cats) blows the whole con. The rapid patter and constantly shifting sales tactics keep the joke moving without a lull.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eSomewhere in Between\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMeredith Allen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA high-powered attorney gets hit by a bus and has to relive her worst moments before she's allowed to wake up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMeredith Allen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eStacy dies crossing the street and finds herself face to face with a wisecracking female God, who runs her through a highlight reel of her own cruelty — mocking her mother's weight during her parents' divorce, brushing off her mother's cancer diagnosis because she has appointments to get to — rather than any of her career wins. God's verdict is blunt: none of Stacy's professional success mattered as much as how she treated the people closest to her, and Stacy is sent back to life with one chance to prove she's learned it. The device of watching a life reviewed scene by scene gives the piece a clear emotional arc without turning preachy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eSugar Addiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA pop star's biggest fan kidnaps her — planning to become her instead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMargaret ties up teen idol Jinx Munroe in a mobile home, determined to steal her identity and join her girl group, but Jinx is so oblivious to her own kidnapping that she assumes it's a surprise party thrown by celebrities, and the interrogation turns into Jinx unloading her own secret: she's actually a former entomology-obsessed valedictorian named Patricia Shamsky who was famous only for her cheekbones and can't really sing. The two end up swapping places willingly, with Margaret taking over the fake stardom and Jinx walking free, and the whole thing runs on celebrity-culture absurdity rather than real menace. It moves fast and never takes its own premise seriously, which is exactly the point.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eTips\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA first-day waitress gets thrown into the deep end with every nightmare table in the restaurant at once.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSusan's overeager first shift at DelMadre's spirals as she's double- and triple-sat with a screaming corporate exec, a mother wrangling unruly kids, a hard-of-hearing elderly woman, and a laid-back solo diner, all while her manager rattles off an impossibly fast rundown of server duties before abandoning her to sink or swim alone. The single actor playing every difficult customer keeps the pace relentless, and the quiet solo diner's small kindness at the end gives the chaos a soft landing. It's a tightly built restaurant-industry farce that earns its release valve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eTotes Shakespeare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePaul Owen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo texting-obsessed teens are supposed to be rehearsing Shakespeare, and prom drama keeps getting in the way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePaul Owen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eLisa and Kirsten are meant to be preparing a scene from As You Like It for class, but every attempt gets derailed by phone calls about breakups, a stolen prom dress, and a fight over who's the funnier friend, until the two start unintentionally reading their own rivalry into Rosalind and Celia's lines. Their gradual, half-accidental realization that the scene actually explains something about loyalty and love gives the comedy a real payoff instead of just fizzling out. The slang-heavy voice is exaggerated on purpose and keeps the piece fun throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SpeechGeek","offers":[{"title":"Digital Copy Only","offer_id":48164022845603,"sku":"SG2FC","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/1942\/files\/DuoFF-Comedy_2.png?v=1789830378"},{"product_id":"speechgeek-comedy-duos-for-2-girls-19-interpretation-and-theater-scripts-copy","title":"SpeechGeek - Duos for 2 Guys | 19 interpretation and theater scripts","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuo for Two Guys\u003c\/strong\u003e is nineteen duo interpretation scripts built for two male performers, following themes like friendship, rivalry, family, or the absurd. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSample Scripts\u003c\/strong\u003e: A hitman is finally handed the one job he can't take, his own best friend, in \u003cem\u003eThe Most Beautiful Sunset\u003c\/em\u003e. Two ballplayers wait for a call to the majors that might only have room for one of them in \u003cem\u003eLeagues Apart.\u003c\/em\u003e A priest's first love walks back into his church a decade later in \u003cem\u003eNon Omnis Moriar\u003c\/em\u003e. The tone of the pieces ranges from broad comedy to real heartbreak, but the throughline is always strong characters and a believable the relationship between the performers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTone: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFriendship, rivalry, faith, and grief; comedy and drama both represented\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eReady for high school kids. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSome scripts carry mild mature content, noted in the description file that comes with the set.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eAll 19 scripts are NSDA-eligible, licensed with proper copyright and ISBN.. Buying the collection gives coaches pieces with enough range in tone to cast very different kinds of duo teams. These scripts also stand on their own as strong scene-study or showcase material outside of competition.  Download and start performing today!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(31, 78, 121); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eINCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eActing Lessons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eAn aging, embittered acting teacher pushes his one student past every line he has — until the lesson turns out to be something else entirely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDave berates his acting student John through a series of increasingly cruel exercises, reads aloud from John's private notebook he had no business opening, and denies John any warmth or connection, finally goading him into a real physical outburst; the last beat reveals the whole confrontation was a scene the two built together, flipping the power dynamic as John coaches \"professor\" Dave on how it played. The reveal recontextualizes everything that came before it without cheating the audience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Apology of Socrates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOdell Workman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA prep-school kid stuck writing about \"someone interesting in the community\" picks the homeless man on the corner who calls himself Socrates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eOdell Workman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAssigned by his teacher to learn from anyone he chooses, Tripp starts hanging around a panhandling ex-professor who's taken the name Socrates and teaches street-corner lessons on the examined life, all while Tripp slowly pieces together the breakdown, divorce, and firing that put the man on the street in the first place; the lessons end with a gift, a goodbye, and Socrates returning to a classroom of his own. Scenes of the historical Socrates woven in as narration give the modern story a clever frame.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Art of Theater\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA pompous acting teacher runs his three worst students through their paces — and one of them keeps surprising him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDirector Reginald Herringbone drills a single quick-change performer through three wildly different acting-class archetypes — a shy nerd, an overblown egotist, and a cowboy-obsessed newcomer — putting them through visualization, improvisation, and stage-combat exercises that go comically wrong at every turn, until the \"nerd\" delivers a flawless Macbeth soliloquy from memory and the \"cowboy\" lands a genuinely surprising punch. The whole piece is a showcase for one performer's rapid character switches, built entirely out of acting-class bits that really pay off.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eConfessions of a Preteen Sidekick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDeanna Markstrom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA fourth-grader recruited as a superhero's secret sidekick learns the hardest part of the job is lying to his own parents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDeanna Markstrom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAfter a freak baseball catch reveals he can stretch like elastic, Mark is signed up by a mysterious voice on the phone to become \"Elastic Lad,\" sidekick to the exuberant Super Awesome Guy, under a strict vow never to tell anyone his identity; but the consequences of his first secret mission convinces Mark to walk away from the double life for good. Constant asides straight to the audience keep the tone light even as the story lands on something sincere about honesty with family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eFaux Real\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePaul Davis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA stranger convinces a young man he's just been cast in a hidden-camera reality show about joining the CIA — and the cameras never stop rolling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePaul Davis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAl talks Billy into a series of increasingly ridiculous \"spy training\" exercises for a reality show a home viewer is watching live, then escalates the final episode into something surprisingly violent. The show-within-the-show format lets the satire of manipulative reality TV build to its logical, uncomfortable extreme.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe General Salute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJace Lux and Matthew Gerbig\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA soldier about to deploy for six months has to hand his son's daily care over to the stepfather he can't stand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJace Lux and Matthew Gerbig\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDavid has become a father figure to Luke's son Jeff since Luke's divorce, and the tension boils over at a basketball game when Luke denies any bond between them, later exploding into a confrontation that reveals his resentment is tangled up with race as much as grief over his upcoming deployment; the two men reach an uneasy peace only because Luke has no other choice but to trust David with Jeff while he's overseas, ending with both of them standing on either side of the boy. The dialogue stays plainspoken and unresolved in exactly the way the situation is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eGod Walks the Dark Hills\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eTrevor Anders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA seminary student's best friend is dying of cancer, and his unshakable faith is the one thing his friend can't make peace with.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTrevor Anders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCurtis narrates his friendship with Billy, a gifted singer devoted to God, from camping trips together through Billy's cancer diagnosis and the two months that follow, during which Curtis's own faith cracks under the unfairness of watching a good man die. Eventually, Billy leaves the hospital one last time to see the mountains he loves, and dies there at peace, with the hymn that gives the play its title carrying the story to its close. Earnestly spiritual and moving piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eGreatest American Heroes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMatthew Gerbig and Jace Lux\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo actors who play superheroes on a corny action show are best friends off camera — until fame quietly starts rewriting one of them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMatthew Gerbig and Jace Lux\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJesse and Christian have starred together since a childhood school play, but success turns Jesse callous and self-absorbed. He blows off dates and dismisses Christian in front of reporters, until Christian finally cracks Jesse's shell and the two agree to talk things out over lunch. The reconciliation lasts about as long as it takes for Jesse to admit the studio is only renewing his contract, closing the friendship on its coldest note rather than its warmest. The parody superhero sequences give the real relationship somewhere honest to land.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eHypothetically Yours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eKatie Newport\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA guy asking his best friend for proposal advice gets talked out of every option through wildly escalating hypothetical disasters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eKatie Newport\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eBrian wants tips on proposing to Jeremy's sister Linda, and Jeremy — still nursing a grudge from their last \"hypothetical\" advice session — walks him through role-played proposal scenarios that spiral into imagined plane crashes, chemical-waste spill, and extreme horse allergies before Brian can really get a word out. The rapid-fire, increasingly absurd back-and-forth carries the entire piece, right up to a last-minute twist about who's actually been planning to propose to whom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eJack Thornton: The Boy Who Breathed Fire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eAn eight-year-old convinced he's about to gain superpowers to fight off a meteor finds out his hospital treatment is something else entirely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJack, an imaginative comic-book-obsessed kid, plays along as \"Doc\" frames an IV treatment as an origin-story injection that will let him spit lava and save the city, until the game breaks down and Doc has to admit it's chemotherapy for a brain tumor. From there the piece shifts into giving Jack permission to be scared and angry rather than brave, and lets him reclaim his hero identity on terms that actually fit what he's going through. The comic-book framing device does real work instead of just being a gimmick.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eLeagues Apart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo of the greatest ballplayers of their era wait for a call to the majors that might only have room for one of them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eNegro League legends Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson needle each other through barnstorming games and years of hoping integration finally reaches baseball, until news breaks that Jackie Robinson — not either of them — has been signed by the Dodgers, sending Josh into a spiral of anger and self-doubt that briefly turns on Satchel before the two reaffirm exactly how good they both are, recognized or not. Built from real history and period radio broadcasts, the stakes in this piece feel very real.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Mortality of Trumpets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA man due to die in his hospital bed finds Death has shown up early — and needs some coaching on how to be scary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMarvin wakes mid-transition to find the Angel of Death clumsily trying to collect his soul, and what follows is a string of failed scare tactics — a demonic voice, a death clown, a femme fatale — while Marvin bargains for more time and mourns that his life, and now his death, are lacking the grandeur he always pictured, specifically the trumpets he assumed would come with it. The comedy gives way, without warning, to something genuinely moving once Marvin stops fighting and finally hears them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Most Beautiful Sunset\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePaul Davis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA hitman is finally handed the one job he can't bring himself to take: his own best friend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePaul Davis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eChuck, a professional assassin, is assigned to kill Mike, his college roommate and only real friend, and flashbacks trace how a beating Mike took in college pushed Chuck toward his first kill and eventually into the business; in the present, Mike invites Chuck over to share his engagement news at the sunset view he loves most, unaware of why Chuck has really come, and the play ends exactly where its premise has been pointing the whole time. The overlapping narration and present-tense scene work keep tightening the screws right up to the last line.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eNon Omnis Moriar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eKevin Cochran\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA priest's first love walks back into his church a decade after Lucas broke his heart and disappeared into the seminary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eKevin Cochran\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTold through flashbacks intercut with the present, the play follows Lucas and Ben's college romance from a party where they meet to the day Lucas vanishes without explanation, then picks up ten years later when Ben is reintroduced to \"Father Lucas\" by a mutual friend and pushes him to finally talk honestly about the sexuality and the past he's spent a decade hiding. Their last real conversation, in the confessional, lets both men say what neither could say at twenty, and the closing sermon on the many forms of love reframes everything that came before it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eOnly Henchmen Get the Blues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Nava\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA rookie henchman falls for a woman from the laundromat — who turns out to be the costumed hero sworn to destroy his employer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Nava\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eNew recruit Steve bonds with veteran henchman Frank over the day-to-day indignities of working for a mad scientist boss, then goes on a date with a woman named Mary who keeps mysteriously bolting mid-dinner; guarding a secret door back at the lab, he's knocked out by the costumed hero Marie Furie, who turns out to be Mary, and the two work out a mutually convenient arrangement to keep dating without either of them quitting their day job. The office-comedy tone applied to a supervillain lair is what makes the joke land scene after scene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003ePhiladelphos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOdell Workman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo strangers strike up a friendship waiting in a McDonald's line — and years later, one of them turns out to hold the cure the other needs to survive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eOdell Workman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eGary narrates his friendship with Steve from that first fast-food encounter through Steve's wedding, where Gary stands as best man, to Steve's kidney-failure diagnosis and the search for a donor match among Steve's unknown birth family, which uncovers that Gary — adopted as an infant — is Steve's biological brother. Gary donates the kidney, and the play closes on the Greek word for brotherly love that gives it its title, earned rather than just quoted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003ePop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAdam Black and Christopher Negvesky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eOn the day they bury his mother, a man corners his estranged son for the one honest conversation he never gave him growing up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAdam Black and Christopher Negvesky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJacob comes home after years of no contact, and Pop uses the hours before the funeral to try to make amends, while direct-address memories from both men — a shattered snow globe, a missed school play, a runaway grocery cart, a string of broken promises — lay out exactly how Pop's own father's cruelty passed down into his. Pop finally gets the embrace he's been asking for, and Jacob answers it with a single punch, closing the play on the same pose it opened with. Alternating between the present argument and both men's competing memories makes the abuse legible without ever staging it as spectacle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eSounds of Silence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLee Watts and Christopher Cherry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA man returns to his deaf younger brother's grave and finds himself back in the moments that made them everything to each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eLee Watts and Christopher Cherry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTold across shifting scenes of past and present, older brother Michael relives teaching young Daniel to speak instead of sign, needling him with a prank in the rain, and pushing him toward his first job despite his deafness, then sits with him through a devastating cancer diagnosis and a promise about life support that Michael eventually has to keep. The play closes the loop it opens, returning to the same signed \"I love you\" that started it all, and it earns that repetition rather than leaning on it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Whole Truth and Nothing But\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eChristopher Paul Flowers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eAn unlicensed ambulance-chaser is about to lose the one partner still willing to work for him — on the day that partner finally decides to go practice real law.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eChristopher Paul Flowers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, both male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eDaryl shoots cheesy personal-injury and divorce commercials between badgering his junior partner Gerald, revealing along the way that he hasn't taken the bar exam, doesn't understand the law he claims to practice, and only made Gerald a partner over a mistaken assumption about his last name; when Gerald announces he's leaving to become a real civil-rights attorney, Daryl offers a surprisingly sincere defense of the small, unglamorous good he thinks he actually does, before snapping right back into hustler mode on the phone. The broad comic voice makes the one genuine moment underneath it land harder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SpeechGeek","offers":[{"title":"Digital Copy Only","offer_id":48169839755427,"sku":"SG2M","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/1942\/files\/DuoMM.png?v=1789948889"},{"product_id":"speechgeek-one-male-and-one-female-duo-theater-speech-scripts-for-interpretation","title":"SpeechGeek - Duo scenes for one male \u0026 one female | 30 interpretation pieces and theater scripts","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuo for One Male and One Female\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is our most extensive collection of pieces for two performers: 30 duo interpretation scripts built for creating on-stage chemisty and connection. Some are pure comedy, like the parody dating-service disaster in \u003cem\u003eEharmonize\u003c\/em\u003e or the slapstick antics of \u003cem\u003eThe Great American Cookie Duel.\u003c\/em\u003e Others go straight for the heart: a first-year doctor falls for a patient she shouldn't in \u003cem\u003eBreath Sounds\u003c\/em\u003e, and a couple's whole marriage plays out start to finish in \u003cem\u003eThrough the Years\u003c\/em\u003e. The range of the set gives your students real flexibility from broad comedy to devastatating drama.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation and theatrical performance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTone: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eComedy, romance, family drama, and social or historical drama\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMostly clean, with mature content clearly noted in the description file\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eEvery script is NSDA-eligible, properly copyrighted and ISBN-registered, and formatted for rehearsal and tournament performance. Many of these scripts also work well in a scene-study unit or a one-act night. It's thirty chances to find the right piece for the top performers on your team—and many more after them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Amazing Presto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFaith Codge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA washed-up magician and his devoted assistant try to keep their fading act — and their relationship — alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFaith Codge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eA brief bar scene reference to alcohol; otherwise clean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMike, \"The Amazing Presto,\" bombs a straitjacket escape and a card trick in front of a retirement-home crowd, while Beth (his assistant, girlfriend, and unpaid tour manager) keeps making excuses for him and keeping the tour running on fumes. Jealousy over her correspondence with a genuinely successful magician boils over, a levitation trick fails onstage in front of hecklers, and Mike walks off mid-show, leading to a final \"trick\" between them that doubles as their breakup. The humor escalates from a dead prop pigeon to a genuinely tender goodbye without ever undercutting the sadness underneath it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Best Worst Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePaul Owen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA painfully awkward blind date spirals from sandwich orders into an all-out therapy session neither one saw coming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePaul Owen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClean, family-friendly humor throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eStuart and Janice narrate their panicked inner monologues straight to the audience between stilted small talk about sandwich choices, minor acting credits, and psychology theories, until a joking jab at Stuart's childhood turns into Janice publicly diagnosing his mother issues in one increasingly unhinged rant. The confessional spiral that follows — Barbie dolls, Twister, background commercial work and all — leaves them both surprised to still want a second date. The heavy reliance on audience-aside monologues lets both characters undercut everything they say out loud, and the escalation builds cleanly to Janice's centerpiece rant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Birthday Wish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eShane Cole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA man who can't bring himself to make a birthday wish finally has to explain why.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eShane Cole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eIncludes a car accident and character death, handled without graphic detail; emotionally heavy in places.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTold on two planes at once — storytellers narrating to the audience and the \"real\" scenes playing out behind them — Marty and Laura revisit how they met, got engaged, and planned a wedding, before the play turns to the morning Laura was killed in a car accident on her way back with a replacement bouquet, hours before the ceremony. Back in the present, Laura's memory gently pushes Marty toward finally saying the wish he's been avoiding for two years. The dual-timeline structure lets comic banter and real grief sit side by side without ever feeling tonally mismatched.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eBreath Sounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA first-year doctor falls for a patient everyone, including her, knows she shouldn't get attached to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDeals with terminal illness and a character's death; some hospital-set humor, nothing graphic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePaige, working her internal medicine rotation, keeps getting pulled back to Evan, a wisecracking 24-year-old with cystic fibrosis who flirts through chess games and football on the hospital TV even as his lung function keeps dropping. Their romance builds through his jokes and her reluctant laughter, until his condition turns serious and a letter he leaves behind gives the audience the last word instead of him. The play moves between direct-address narration and scene work, and it earns its emotional turn honestly rather than sentimentally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eA Brother's Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eIn 1952 East Berlin, a brother finds out his sister is planning to flee across the wall with a man he considers a traitor to the party.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDepicts an act of domestic violence, an off-stage killing, and Cold War-era political persecution, with references to Nazi history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAndrew, a hardline young Communist, and Julia, newly radicalized by what she's witnessed at university, tear into each other over their late father's Nazi-era past, a professor dragged off to a reeducation camp, and Julia's plan to escape to America with her fiancé, Johann — an argument that escalates through a slap, a confession, and a shocking admission about what Andrew did to protect her. A late reversal recasts everything the audience thought it understood about which sibling actually holds the power. The writing is tightly controlled, letting silence and reveal do the work instead of speeches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eChasing Snowflakes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eKatie Newport\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eOn the anniversary of the snowstorm that first brought them together, a boyfriend's declaration of love gets an answer his girlfriend isn't ready to give.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eKatie Newport\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eInvolves a character's death in a car accident, discussed rather than shown; emotionally intense but not graphic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMichael and Anna trade banter about hot chocolate and their history together before he finally tells her he loves her — and she hesitates, sending him out the door and into a bad storm alone. The play then folds back on itself, revealing that some of what the audience just watched wasn't happening in the order it seemed, and Anna is left facing a phone call she can't undo. It's a tightly structured two-hander that uses its nonlinear timeline to land its final scenes with real force.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eCounting Starfish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMatthew Gerbig and Jace Lux\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA man narrates a string of vivid dreams about a woman he can never quite picture, no matter how many times she comes back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMatthew Gerbig and Jace Lux\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClean throughout, with a few mildly suggestive jokes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJohn recounts recurring dream-scenes with an unnamed \"Woman\" — a smoky club, a dance lesson he's terrible at, a bowling date, a fight sparked by the phrase \"size zero\" — each one dissolving the instant he opens his eyes and loses her all over again. The piece is built almost entirely from these vignettes, stitched together by the repeated line \"zero means nothing,\" and it earns its final scene, an ordinary diner conversation that starts sounding exactly like his dreams. The tone stays light and funny even as the ending opens up into something more wistful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eDividing by Zero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSarah Carpenter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eAfter years of trying to get pregnant, a couple finally gets the positive test they wanted — and then a diagnosis that makes it dangerous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSarah Carpenter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCenters on a high-risk pregnancy and a partner's coercive, ultimatum-driven response to it; some strong language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eKate and Jeff joke their way through infertility treatments and a home pregnancy test before an ultrasound reveals severe uterine thinning that puts Kate's life at risk as the pregnancy continues. When her doctor lays out the options, Jeff's response peels back a selfishness Kate hadn't seen before — he refuses to consider adoption, minimizes the danger, and draws a line that forces her to choose between his terms and her own survival. The comic opening makes the later confrontation land harder, and the script never lets Jeff off the hook for what he says.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eEharmonize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNatalie Pronk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA perpetually single thirty-five-year-old finally caves and signs up for a parody dating website after a disastrous night out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eNatalie Pronk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlayed for comedy throughout; a few innuendo-adjacent one-liners, otherwise clean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMike's cat, his meddling mother, and a string of infomercials for \"Eharmonize\" (hosted by a smarmy Dr. Love) chip away at his resistance to online dating after a humiliating attempt to flirt at a bar and an even worse round of speed dating, complete with a crying serial dater, a woman who dumps him mid-introduction, and a silent, growling stranger. When Eharmonize finally matches him with Meg, their compatibility (same restaurant order, same allergy to cats) seems almost too perfect, and the play leaves their date on a knowingly ambiguous note. One actor plays Mike throughout while the other cycles through every woman, relative, and dating-show parody character he runs into.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eEver After You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eKatherine Raul\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA woman asks her gay best friend to be the father of her child, and fifteen years of friendship come flooding back while they wait for the test results.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eKatherine Raul\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDepicts a homophobic hate crime, including slurs, and its aftermath; deals directly with grief and loss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAlex and Tyler's scrapbook of shared milestones, a grade-school \"flour baby\" project, a coming-out moment, increasingly absurd hypothetical questions, frames their decision to have a baby together, right up until Tyler is beaten by attackers who target him for being gay while walking home one night. Alex is left at his hospital bedside replaying their history and making the decision to raise their daughter and name her after him. The scrapbook device lets the play move fluidly between playful and devastating without ever feeling like two different stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eFinding Wonderland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA shy, awkward tutor and his young student turn their afternoons together into the beginnings of \"Alice in Wonderland.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eReferences a child being physically punished by a parent (implied, not shown); otherwise a gentle, whimsical piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMr. Dodgson, hired to occupy young Alice Liddell, becomes \"Lewis Carroll\" the moment they're alone together, and their games spiral into acted-out fragments of the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, and the Queen of Hearts. Underneath the wordplay, Alice's strict mother grows increasingly suspicious of the friendship, and a later scene reveals bruised, bandaged hands from a punishment at home, pushing the story toward Carroll's dismissal and Alice's exile to boarding school.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCarroll's parting gift, a handwritten book of their adventures, gives the piece its quiet, bittersweet close. The whimsy and the sadness are handled with an even hand throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eFirm Foundation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLillian White\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA divorced couple find themselves rebuilding their storm-wrecked house together, whether either of them planned on it or not.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eLillian White\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClean, with light innuendo; set against the real backdrop of Hurricane Katrina and references a divorce.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePaul and Michelle, working through the wreckage Hurricane Katrina left of their Baton Rouge home, trade jabs about hardware-store manuals and hand-eye coordination that keep circling back to why their marriage actually ended. As they hammer and argue their way through the reconstruction, the banter peels back into real hurt, real blame, and eventually a genuine decision to try again, with both the house and each other. The comic rhythm never lets the piece get maudlin, even as it gets honest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eFor My Baby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBeatrice Pickens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA pregnant woman traces her relationship with the father of her baby all the way back to the boy who used to call her names on the playground.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eBeatrice Pickens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContains depictions of domestic violence, abuse, and a violent ending; not suitable for all audiences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCaitlyn narrates her history with Rob in a series of escalating scenes, from childhood dodgeball taunts to a forced first kiss in a high school hallway to a marriage marked by control, isolation, and violence that she spends years covering up and lying about to everyone around her. The piece uses the \"Caty Baby\" nickname and a handful of repeated lines as a chilling throughline connecting the boy Rob was to the man he becomes, building toward a final scene that recontextualizes everything said in the opening moments. It is written with unflinching directness rather than melodrama.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Great American Cookie Duel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMatt Mills\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo underdog cookie vendors accept an all-or-nothing baking duel against a pair of insufferable rivals — with help from an unlikely source.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMatt Mills\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClean and silly throughout; suitable for all audiences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRyan and Marsha, chronically unpopular cookie-stand employees, get goaded into a winner-takes-the-fair duel by their smug rivals Sérge and Clairge; after a disastrous test batch, a burning tree turns out to house two ancient, cryptic cookie elves who advise them to \"be the cookie,\" leading the pair to bake something built entirely out of self-acceptance. Celebrity judges declare them the official losers of the duel — then immediately recruit them into a secret cookie guild anyway. The humor runs on constant absurdist tangents and running gags that somehow never lose the thread of the underdog story underneath them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eHow Can We Know the Dancer from the Dance?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA washed-up dance instructor takes on a deaf student, and neither of them expects where the lessons lead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClean throughout; addresses Deaf identity and communication thoughtfully.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFreddy assumes teaching Adrianne to dance will be impossible until she explains she can feel the music through vibration instead of hearing it, and their lessons slowly turn into something more, until Freddy's well-meaning habit of interpreting for her in front of his old friend without asking sparks a real rupture between them. The fight forces both of them to confront the difference between accommodating someone and actually listening to them, and the play resolves with the two of them agreeing to teach each other rather than one leading the other. It handles Deaf culture and communication with specificity rather than as a plot device.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eiDNAtity Crisis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJohn Pete\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA man convinced a spider bite turned him into Spider-Man drags his exasperated girlfriend to a DNA lab to prove it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJohn Pete\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClean, comic-book-style slapstick throughout; suitable for most audiences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eAfter getting bitten mid-yoga-class, Peter becomes convinced he's been genetically mutated and orders an off-brand DNA kit to confirm it; when the results claim no genetic match to either of his parents, he and June track down the test's flamboyant, fraudulent creator, Dr. Zark Muckerberg, and discover his \"lab\" is just a guy throwing darts at a world map. The two break in for evidence, get chased off with actual darts, and June talks Peter back down from his delusion — right before something inexplicable happens to his hand. The joke escalates methodically from a single pun to a full comic-book third act without ever dropping its deadpan commitment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eKilling the Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSaeed Jones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA couple's relationship unravels alongside a real 2005 death-row case that consumes one of them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSaeed Jones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eReferences a real 2005 execution and includes some strong language; no on-stage violence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eChrista and Bryan meet at a club (he punches her by accident while dancing) and fall into an easy relationship built on shared E.E. Cummings poetry, until a news report about death-row inmate Stanley \"Tookie\" Williams pulls Bryan into an obsession with the case that Christa doesn't share.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTheir fights over the execution escalate through an ill-timed anniversary trip near San Quentin and a three-month \"ban\" on even mentioning Williams's name, until the night of the actual execution forces a reckoning about what the relationship has already cost them. The play closes with dueling monologues, Bryan reading from Williams's real clemency letter and Christa reciting the poem that opened their romance, that land as both a political statement and a breakup.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eLost Souls Starboard Ho!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eKesha Williams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA father's nostalgic game with his young daughter, and the mismatched shoes he can't stop collecting in his trunk, hold the secret to a tragedy his marriage hasn't recovered from.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eKesha Williams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDeals with the death of a child, referenced rather than shown, and its impact on a marriage; no graphic content.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eShawn's fond memories of driving around at night with his daughter Lynne, rescuing stray \"lost soul\" shoes off the road in a made-up pirate game, are cut against a present-day marriage with his wife Angela that's fraying under the weight of something neither of them will name. When Angela finds and throws out the shoes filling Shawn's trunk, the confrontation finally forces out the truth of how Lynne died, and the two of them have to decide whether to keep mourning or start living again. The dual timelines are woven together scene by scene rather than separated into flashback blocks, which keeps both threads emotionally live until the very end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eMax and Cindy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJames Sweeney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo overlapping diaries trace the same couple's entire relationship, one mismatched memory at a time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJames Sweeney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMild language and light innuendo; otherwise clean and suitable for most audiences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTold through parallel journal entries spoken straight to the audience, Max and Cindy narrate their own history from toddler rivalry (\"girls are icky\") through an elementary-school tea party feud, teenage crushes and jealousy, a lukewarm prom snub, and a proposal delivered via a vanity license plate, before landing on their seventy-fifth wedding anniversary as bickering, affectionate senior citizens. The entries are consistently, deliberately funny — mooses, \"Ham chips,\" and Barbie-doll divorce lawyers keep the tone light — while the two accounts quietly build into something genuinely sweet by the end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eMy Other\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIngram Black and Dean Allen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA man is stunned to learn that the sibling he hasn't seen in years is now living as a woman — and that she's dying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eIngram Black and Dean Allen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTerminal illness and gender identity themes, plus some coarse language; no graphic content.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eNick shows up to reconnect with his brother Chris and instead meets Christine, who runs a coffee shop that transforms into a drag club on weekends; before he can fully process the change, she tells him she has Hepatitis C from a childhood blood transfusion and asks him to move in and help run the shop through her final months. The two rebuild their bond over cleanup shifts and an awkward crash course in stage makeup, culminating in Nick coaching her through her last performance as her drag persona, Angelina Dynasty. The dialogue moves fast between banter and real vulnerability, and the sibling relationship carries genuine weight by the closing scene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Relationship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eOne couple's entire relationship gets replayed scene by scene, with each partner narrating their private read on what's really happening.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClean, suitable for most audiences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJohn and Nikki move through five stages of the same relationship — a childhood standoff over dolls and army guys, an over-budgeted teenage first date, a nervously rehearsed marriage proposal, and a squabble over dinner plans years into marriage — narrating their internal strategy and self-doubt to the audience in real time as the scene plays out between them. The aside device turns the piece into a duet of interior monologue, letting familiar relationship beats land as sharp, affectionate comedy rather than cynicism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eRicochet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eAn interracial couple's relationship is tested when unrest breaks out just blocks from their home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDirect discussion of racism, police violence, and real-world events; some strong language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMaya and Eli's easy, six-month romance — built on flowers, dancing, and a shared joke about his professional title — is upended when a police shooting of an unarmed Black teenager (the play draws directly on the real Ferguson, Missouri case) puts Eli's \"I don't see color\" attitude on a collision course with Maya's lived experience and growing activism. Their fights over statistics, protest, and what it means to actually show up for someone escalate until Eli admits his own passivity was its own kind of harm. Radio news bulletins mark the passage of time between scenes, grounding a very personal argument in a real historical moment without ever softening it into an easy resolution.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eRoses In December\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA grieving writer is visited by the memory of his late girlfriend as he tries to put their love story into words.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eReferences to death and grief, plus some sexual innuendo; otherwise clean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDavid sits down to write a novel about how he and Ann first met, and Ann — appearing as his conjured memory of her — keeps interrupting to argue over the details, leading to three competing, increasingly ridiculous flashback versions of the same awkward party meet-cute. Between the bickering and the comic re-enactments, the two circle around what her sudden death was actually like for him and what his eulogy meant to her, closing on the line that gives the play its title. The structure moves fluidly between broad comic flashback and quiet present-tense grief without ever feeling like two different plays stitched together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eSaving Face\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eTrevor Anders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA cosmetics salesman's slick pitch lands him a girlfriend — built on a lie he can't take back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTrevor Anders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eClean, with light romantic content; suitable for most audiences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMike talks his way into Suzie's apartment for a makeup pitch, then gets called back that same night to rescue her after a robbery leaves her stranded; the two start dating, and Mike keeps flirting his way past her skepticism about his sales tactics, until months later she finds the customer file where he'd written her off as \"not exactly a model.\" The entire play is built as an extended sales-pitch metaphor, circling back again and again to \"gloss\" and \"cover-up\" until that language lands as the final, quietly devastating punchline.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eSchrödinger's Kiss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBonnie Minkey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA couple gets paid $1,000 to let a psychology department film their first month living together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eBonnie Minkey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eA relationship conflict that stays verbal, with a few mild words; suitable for most audiences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eBeth moves in, Greg mounts a camera on the wall, and the two of them spend the first day performing for it before agreeing to just live their lives instead. That turns out to be the harder assignment. Scene by scene, over the course of a month, Beth starts hearing the way Greg talks to her differently, and small habits, like calling her his \"cute little thing,\" stop feeling affectionate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe camera works as a silent third character. It's funny early and turns quiet and searching by the end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThen Again\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA brother refuses to let his sister's failing memory erase who he is to her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDeals directly with terminal illness, memory loss, and death; no graphic content, but emotionally heavy throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eKyle helps his sister Olivia move into a care facility as a recurring brain tumor causes her memory to deteriorate; across time jumps, she stops recognizing him, mistakes him for one of her doctors, and eventually realizes on her own that she's dying, while Kyle insists he isn't ready to let her go. The play closes with Olivia reassuring him that this isn't goodbye, only a \"see you later.\" A repeated one-word refrain tracks how much time has passed without ever stating it outright, giving the piece a controlled, aching rhythm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThrough the Years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eLee Watts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA husband and wife narrate their own marriage to the audience, from a first glance across a high school hallway all the way to the end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eLee Watts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eA marriage under real strain, including one moment of thrown-object anger and a serious illness storyline, but nothing graphic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSteven and Jennifer, both dressed head-to-toe in black, step through decades of their life together in a handful of scenes: a 3 a.m. craving during her pregnancy, a blowout fight over money and a second job, a thrown coffee cup neither of them can take back, and eventually a diagnosis that changes what the rest of their story looks like. Direct-address narration bridges each scene, letting the two actors age through voice and physicality alone, and the final scene circles back to the play's opening lines in a way that lands with real weight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Top of Number 10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWilma Suiter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eAn estranged sister shows up at her brother's wedding to work through the hardest step of her recovery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eWilma Suiter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eReferences to past addiction and long-term estrangement; no graphic content, otherwise clean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSam surprises her brother Jake before his wedding to make amends as part of the tenth step of a twelve-step program, working through his anger over money she once stole and the fifteen years of silence that followed, until she reveals she's actually been quietly present at every major milestone of his life from a distance. The two begin rebuilding their relationship as she resolves to finally say hello instead of just watching from afar. The dialogue's short, clipped exchanges carry the emotional weight — one specific detail, like a stained shirt collar remembered years later, does more work than any speech could.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eWhack Job\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCourtney Wright\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA jealous boyfriend's plan to catch his girlfriend cheating spirals into an outrageous, blood-soaked disaster.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCourtney Wright\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eExtensive cartoonish gore played for dark comedy, references to domestic conflict and infidelity, and repeated use of an ableist slur between characters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFrank borrows a meat cleaver from an eccentric elderly neighbor to confront his girlfriend Wanda and her friend Bernard over a suspected affair, and what follows is a farcical bloodbath of accidental dismemberment — a chopped leg, a severed finger, a dropped television — as the two alternately attack each other and confess their love while bleeding out on the living room floor. A responding police officer and the neighbor calmly wrap up the aftermath as an open-and-shut case. The play commits fully to its dark, cartoonish tone, letting graphic slapstick violence and sudden sincerity collide for its laughs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eWith A Kiss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eTrevor Anders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA woman calls her estranged brother for help in the middle of the night — while secretly plotting to frame him for her own crime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTrevor Anders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDuo Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e2 performers, one male and one female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 7.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e         \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eContent note: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eReferences to drug use, sexual assault, and abortion; no onstage violence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eJudy summons her brother Jace to a park at midnight, claiming she needs money after her boyfriend pulled her back into drug use and dealing; as she presses him for cash, old resentment surfaces over an assault and its aftermath that she blames him for indirectly causing, and she reveals she's actually arranged for police to catch him holding evidence of her crimes instead. A late structural twist reframes the entire confrontation as something else entirely, turning a tense standoff into a meditation on guilt, blame, and second chances.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"SpeechGeek","offers":[{"title":"Digital Copy Only","offer_id":67582430675107,"sku":"SGMF","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/1942\/files\/DuoMF.png?v=1790733797"},{"product_id":"speechgeek-competition-poetry-oral-interp","title":"SpeechGeek - Competition Poetry - 17 oral interp pieces and programs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCompetition Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e brings together seventeen poetry interpretation pieces and program builders (with poems and program segments competitors can assemble into a complete performance for rounds).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sample of what's included: A speaker chases fame with total confidence, then turns around to ask why a country is so hungry to watch its idols burn in \u003cem\u003e(IN)FAMOUS\u003c\/em\u003e. A daughter watching her mother lose her hair to chemo turns her anger on the pink ribbons meant to be helping in \u003cem\u003eRethinking Pink\u003c\/em\u003e. Arthur's forgotten stepsister finally tells her own story across centuries of names and disguises in \u003cem\u003eThe Life and Times of Morgan Le Faye\u003c\/em\u003e. The collection is strong in literary merit without sacrificing performability; these are poems that shine when read aloud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Poetry Interpretation and Poetry Program Builder pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCast:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 performer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject matter includes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Identity, family, grief, community, love, art, and everyday life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e All of our pieces are appropriate for high school performers, with any mature themes flagged in the description file.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is NSDA-eligible, copyrighted, and ISBN-registered. Buying the collection gives your team a full library of ready-to-perform poetry programs for seasons to come. Looking to give your kids a leg up in oral interpretation and supplemental rounds? Lean on our 20 years of experience publishing poetry and prose that wins judges' favor and audience approval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e(IN)FAMOUS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA speaker chases fame with total confidence, then turns around and asks why an entire country is so hungry to watch its idols burn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Program Builder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe program opens on a young voice counting down to stardom with giddy, specific images of magazine covers and paparazzi chases, refusing to picture any other future for itself. The second piece turns that ambition sinister, casting fame as a siren's call that possesses a body until it moves and thinks like something inhuman, ending as a graceless asteroid mistaking its own collision for a shooting star.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe final piece pulls all the way back to indict the audience itself, tracing decades of manufactured celebrity from Marilyn Monroe and Elvis through Britney, Whitney, and Amy Winehouse, and naming the public's appetite as the real force behind every one of those collapses. It moves from personal hunger to collective hunger and back, building its case entirely out of real, named public figures rather than abstraction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eBeing That Guy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eTony Damico\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA hopelessly awkward guy tries on every romantic cliché he can think of before admitting he's really just a corn chip in disguise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTony Damico\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, male voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe program moves through four connected pieces that each stage a different failed attempt at romantic bravado: a nervous, self-interrupting kiss poem that keeps undercutting its own sappy metaphors, a comic send-up of the \"nice guy\" trope stacked with references from Pee-Wee Herman to Rambo, a hesitant love poem about two guarded people circling each other, and finally a party story where he chokes on his own self-description and settles for comparing himself to a nacho cheese Dorito. The pieces share a running joke about wanting to sound impressive and landing flat instead, and the comedy never talks the real nervousness underneath it out of the room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eBurned Out\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA relentless daily grind gives way to a dancer's ruined body, and then to an entire high school buckling under the same exhaustion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe program opens with a stripped-down, almost telegraphic list of one overloaded day — snooze, class, work, repeat — building its rhythm purely through repetition. The second piece shifts to a dancer mourning a body that quit before her heart or mind could, contrasting a lifetime of total devotion to dance against someone else's casual claim of \"burning out,\" and daring that person to explain what real burnout actually costs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe final piece widens to an entire school, opening with one veteran teacher who walks out mid-class and never returns, then following how the word \"burnout\" spreads through the staff until the whole community is forced to relearn what it actually means. It moves outward from routine, to individual collapse, to collective reckoning, without losing its plainspoken tone at any stage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eAn Electron Tragedy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJesse Gall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA girl falls for the boy who teaches her that touch, biologically speaking, doesn't really exist — and then leaves her holding onto the metaphor anyway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJesse Gall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eBuilt around the repeated refrain \"the man of my dreams in my freshman biology class,\" the poem moves chronologically from the first spark of attraction, through a relationship that deepens into real intimacy, to his sudden departure and his clinical explanation that two people's electrons never actually touch, only repel close enough to feel like something. From there it tracks her withdrawal from him in language borrowed straight from addiction, before she reclaims the same science-class metaphor for herself, deciding that the feeling was worth having even if the science says it wasn't real. The poem never breaks its classroom conceit, using it instead to carry the whole arc from infatuation to heartbreak to acceptance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Godself Series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBonny McDonald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA performer builds their own private religion out of daily choices, community, and the constant work of becoming a better version of themselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eBonny McDonald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFramed by a hip-hop lyric about letting your \"godself\" loose, the program opens with a brief meditation on humanity's self-centered relationship to the earth before launching into a breathless, rapid-fire catalog of the speaker's values and contradictions — veganism, protest, bike commuting, self-forgiveness — delivered in one unbroken rush of rhyme and slang. It shifts into a quieter, prayer-like refrain asking for help becoming that better self, then into an extended \"warrior\" persona piece that builds real solemnity before deliberately puncturing itself with a fart joke.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eIt closes on a long, specific litany of everyone and everything the speaker actually believes in, from named friends and mentors down to worms and okra, ending on a declaration of self-reliance. The piece moves between manifesto, prayer, and gratitude list without ever taking its own reverence too seriously for long.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eHiding Behind the Humor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCourtney Wright, Christopher Ellis and Jonnie Ray Delta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA comedian who can't stop cracking jokes even at his brother's hospital bedside finally lets slip that the humor was never really about being funny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCourtney Wright, Christopher Ellis and Jonnie Ray Delta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe program opens with a defiant, profanity-laced defense of dark comedy aimed at anyone who gets offended, before landing in a real hospital room where the speaker jokes through a childhood drinking story to cut through his family's fear, right up until his injured brother needs a joke just to feel normal again. The jester piece reframes that same coping mechanism as an entire identity, following someone pushed into comedy since childhood because it was the only way people ever responded to him, now terrified that one bad joke could cost him everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe final piece turns the same deflection toward a relationship, leaning on pop-culture one-liners to avoid saying anything real until the mask finally starts to slip. Assembled from three different writers under one theme, the program moves consistently toward the same reveal, that the jokes are covering for something the speaker is too scared to say directly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eIn All Directions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNancy Harper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA homemade time machine sets up a conversation with an eighty-year-old future self — and a reckoning with how carelessly we discard the people we call old.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eNancy Harper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe poem opens with a whimsical device, a rickety time machine, to stage a conversation between the speaker as a child and their aging future self, using it to expose how differently we treat the same fear of death at ten versus eighty. It moves through a sharp riff on tired pop-culture stereotypes of the elderly before dropping into a specific, quieter memory of a birthday dinner interrupted by a father's medical collapse and a mother's strangely flat response.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFrom there it widens into a broader indictment of how families warehouse aging relatives and treat retirement as an expiration date, before circling back to insist that beginnings and endings deserve the same regard. The poem keeps swinging between broad satire and specific memory, letting the two tones argue with each other instead of settling into one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Life and Times of Morgan Le Faye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSaeed Jones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eArthur's forgotten stepsister finally gets to tell her own story, through centuries of names, deaths, and disguises.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSaeed Jones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation Program Builder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe first piece has Morgan speak directly to Arthur, teasing him about the childhood they shared before their names and reputations hardened into legend, comparing their identities to stones worn smooth by moving water. The second piece pulls back centuries further, into a stranger past life where Morgan became literal landscape, a hill mourned on by grieving women for three hundred years before choosing to become something that could sing again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe final piece surveys her long history of reinvention, cycling through sorceress, hag, and priestess, dying and returning again and again, and ends with her shedding one identity like a dropped dress and walking away renewed. The three pieces move backward and forward through her history rather than in strict order, building a portrait of a woman whose only constant is change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003ePast the Profundity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eStephanie Patterson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA poet answers another poet's arrogant manifesto by cataloguing everyone poetry actually belongs to, then turns the same argument on her own family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eStephanie Patterson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe program opens as a direct rebuttal to a poet who declared that apolitical poetry is a waste of time, building a list of who poetry really serves — teenage poets soaked in angst, aging beat poets, street poets, and an old man secretly writing love poems for a wife whose memory is fading — and landing on the claim that a poem doesn't need to overthrow the world to matter, just to change one mind. The second piece narrows sharply to a single image: an elderly widower lost in a cereal aisle, still mourning a wife who once shared his mornings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe final piece follows a visit home for a mother's birthday dinner, moving through family small talk, grandparents casually discussing their own burial plots, and a father's undisclosed heart condition, before the speaker breaks down picturing the funeral to come. It moves from public argument to private grief without ever losing its eye for small, specific detail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eProud to be a B\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJuniper Mariat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA woman reclaims the insult men throw at outspoken women, and dares them to come up with something better.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJuniper Mariat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe poem opens by naming the exact moment a woman gets punished with a slur for simply standing up for herself, then runs through the excuses used to dismiss her — hysterical, PMSing, delicate — before flipping each one into a badge of toughness, comparing herself to rawhide, a battleship, and heavy metal. It challenges anyone determined to call her a \"b-word\" to at least be more creative about it, offering up a list of alternatives, before closing on the claim that no amount of intimidation can crack a woman's resolve and reclaiming the original word outright. Built almost entirely from stacked, escalating comparisons, it gathers real momentum toward its final, unapologetic line.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eRethinking Pink\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA daughter watching her mother lose her hair to chemo turns her anger on the pink ribbons meant to be helping.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Program Builder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe program opens with a daughter accompanying her mother to a lumpectomy, cataloguing rows of wig names and the surreal, \"foreign and artificial\" feeling of watching a parent's identity strip away alongside her hair, before landing on the fear of losing her mother outright. It pivots sharply into satire with a bake-sale organizer's rallying speech, mocking how breast cancer awareness gets flattened into pink cupcakes and ribbon-wrapped merchandise sold as \"fighting\" the disease.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe final piece follows a classroom scene where a boy's novelty bracelet triggers the speaker's frustration with how cutely the disease gets marketed, before she names the real, unglamorous losses inside her own family. The program moves from grief to satire and back to grief, using that whiplash to make its point about performative awareness versus real support.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eTake 43\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCollin Aldridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA hotshot Hollywood director keeps reshooting the \"morning after\" scene of his own life until he can't tell where the movie ends and the loneliness begins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCollin Aldridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, male voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe poem opens by walking through the director's mansion and career like an opening tracking shot, establishing his ego, his taste for grit and profanity, and his contempt for TV censorship, before revealing that his own formula for a hit — believability, entertainment, relatability — has quietly stopped applying to his own life. It replays the same morning-after scene take after take, with the woman beside him vanishing every time he blinks, escalating from swagger into real panic as the takes climb past forty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eIt closes on the first take where the fantasy actually holds, leaving him staring at the one outcome his own script couldn't manufacture. Structured explicitly like film-set shorthand — scene directions, \"cut,\" climbing take numbers — the device tracks a man's ego breaking down in real time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eTension at Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSaeed Jones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA man traces his family's fractures and his own accent back to where they started, and finds he can't fully erase either one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSaeed Jones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Program Builder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, male voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe first piece builds the speaker's origin story out of broken images — burnt letters, divorce papers, a father who leaves the same day he's asked to be one — braided together with mythology and the literal meaning of his own name, happy and fortunate, which he isn't sure he believes. The second piece narrows to a single afternoon after a breakup, staged as a surreal, overflowing feast where every plate holds a memory and the speaker is the only guest seated at the table.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe final piece follows him leaving the South and trying to scrub his accent and drawl out of his mouth in the North, only to find it keeps resurfacing anyway, especially after a drink. Across all three, the poems keep circling back to things that refuse to be erased no matter how hard he tries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eUntil We Meet Again\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eShane Cole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eAt a beloved grandfather's funeral, a distracting playlist and a stubborn, knowing smirk push the speaker toward something they weren't expecting to find that day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eShane Cole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe poem moves through the practical, exhausting choreography of a funeral day — choosing a casket, gathering flowers with cousins, feeding a houseful of relatives — while returning again and again to one detail the speaker can't let go of, a calm smirk on the grandfather's face that feels like an unfinished message. That tension resolves through an unlikely device, a shuffled playlist where song after song seems to answer the same question, followed by a dream where the grandfather appears at peace and finally speaks plainly. It moves from grief-numbed ritual through distraction to a specific, personal answer, using music as the thread that carries the whole piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eWhat Do You See When You See Me?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA girl who once played at being invisible for fun grows up to find she's become invisible for real, and spends the rest of the piece trying to be seen again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Program Builder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe program opens with a childhood game in which the speaker \"turns invisible\" for fun, sneaking past siblings and eavesdropping on gossip, before that same trick curdles into something involuntary at school, where classmates look straight through her and she has to relearn how to get noticed at all. The second piece moves into a relationship where a partner constantly measures her against another woman, forcing her to reshape herself point by point, before she reclaims her own worth once he's gone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe final piece widens into a broader complaint about a culture glued to its phones and missing the people right in front of it, landing on a direct plea to look up and actually pay attention. It moves from a personal, almost playful memory to a specific romantic wound to a wider social observation, tying all three back to the same question of who actually gets seen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eWhat You See Ain't What You Get\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eTiembé Maboola\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA string of encounters across one lifetime, from a childhood collision on the monkey bars to a stranger singing on a street corner, chips away at how little we actually see when we look at another person.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTiembé Maboola\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProgram Oral Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe program opens by refusing to be won over by surface-level attraction, insisting that real connection means seeing past first impressions to the messier truth underneath. The middle piece then moves chronologically through ages eight to twenty, tracking how race and difference get noticed, weaponized, and finally confronted head-on in a college classroom argument over an all-white reading list.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9C6BC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9C6BC .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe final piece follows the speaker after being fired, encountering a street singer who reframes loss entirely and lands the piece's clearest idea: that everyone needs something to sing about. It moves from abstract argument to lived chronology to a single defining encounter, arriving at the same conclusion each time, that judging by appearance misses the point.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eWomen and Scars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDeb Royce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA woman watches another woman with acid burns shopping for groceries and realizes she envies her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDeb Royce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePoetry Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThe poem starts as an act of looking: the speaker studies a stranger's face, half unmarked and half scarred by acid, and names plainly where that kind of violence against women comes from and why. From there it widens out into everything else done to women under the same logic, before turning back on the speaker herself, who admits the thing she can't quite say out loud, that she envies a pain other people can actually see. Built from hard, stacked images rather than a linear story, it asks for control, stillness, and the nerve to sit inside discomfort.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SpeechGeek","offers":[{"title":"Digital Copy Only","offer_id":67732282048675,"sku":"SGPOEM","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/1942\/files\/CompetitionPoetry.png?v=1792418149"},{"product_id":"speechgeek-competition-prose","title":"SpeechGeek - Competition Prose - 16 oral interp stories","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eAttempts at Being a Savior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRachel Wiggington\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA phone call in the early morning sends a young woman racing to stop her niece from doing something she can't take back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRachel Wiggington\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRaised alongside her niece Sherry more like sisters than aunt and niece, the narrator gets the call every family dreads: Sherry, hysterical and holding a gun, is threatening her boyfriend Chuck after finally hitting a breaking point neither of them saw coming. She drives straight over, talks Sherry into putting the gun down amid a house reduced to broken dishes and shattered picture frames, and takes her home — the whole ordeal circling back to a memory from years earlier, when eleven-year-old Sherry taught a grieving teenage narrator how to scream out her pain in the woods after their family lost her father.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThat night, the narrator returns the favor, walking Sherry into those same woods to bury the gun and finally let go of what's been building inside her. The writing is plainspoken and unsentimental even at its most emotional, trusting small physical details to carry the weight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eBRAINS: A Guidebook For the Newly and Nearly Undead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eStephanie Patterson Alderdice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA newly diagnosed \"member of the undead\" writes the guidebook she wishes she'd had — equal parts gallows humor and survival manual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eStephanie Patterson Alderdice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eStructured as an actual how-to guide, the piece walks the audience through the narrator's own diagnosis with a degenerative neurological disease, reframed wholesale as \"turning\" into one of the undead — from the tingling in her hands after a college basketball game, through the doctor's confirmation, the anger, and practical tips for breaking the news to family. Real zombie-movie tropes (avoid the \"Z-word,\" resist the urge to groan, keep sticky notes handy) sit right alongside a genuinely moving account of watching her own body change and worrying how her kids will remember her. It's a clever conceit that never loses sight of the real fear underneath the joke, earning its laughs without cheapening the grief.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eBruise Ship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWaylon Brown and Rob Herrick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eFive years after high school ended, a guy walks back into the one place he swore he'd never return — his reunion, on a cruise ship, dressed exactly like his old self.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eWaylon Brown and Rob Herrick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDetermined not to become one of the \"counterfeit\" people he hated in high school, the narrator shows up to his five-year reunion in wrinkled clothes and old sandals, refusing to perform for a crowd led by his old tormentor Gabe and Gabe's girlfriend — the narrator's own long-ago crush — Stephanie. When nobody at dinner recognizes him at all, the humiliation spirals into a half-dream flashback to childhood, where his grandfather warns him that waiting too long for what he wants only gets him left behind, until Stephanie's voice finally cuts through the crowd and sends the evening into a very public, very awkward moment. It's a funny, self-deprecating piece that turns a string of increasingly cringeworthy setbacks into a genuine, low-key realization about moving on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eDavid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA ten-year-old's question about an old newspaper clipping unlocks a story his grandmother has never told him — about the brother he never knew he had.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eGregg Moeller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe piece opens with the narrator, as a boy, asking his grandmother what \"stillborn\" means after finding it in his late grandfather's obituary, then drops into her memory of that day decades earlier: a difficult pregnancy, a rush to the hospital with her husband Hank, and the devastating news that the baby didn't survive. Moving between Hank's silent grief, the grandmother's own childhood memory of losing a sister, and finally her brother-in-law's quiet, extraordinary act of climbing a fire escape to bring the baby's body to her one last time, the story builds to the naming of the son she never got to raise. It moves between two grieving family members with real control, letting plainly stated details do the emotional work instead of any authorial commentary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Dragon Slayer of Eastman Senior High\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSarah Carpenter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA self-described weird girl at school channels every unread page of her fantasy writing into the moment her secret journal gets read out loud in the cafeteria.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eSarah Carpenter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe narrator, a socially isolated fantasy writer who reserves her wit and confidence for the pages of a journal no one else reads, watches her worst nightmare unfold when her popular tormentor Lacy finds that journal and starts performing its most romantic passages to the whole cafeteria. Rather than melt into the floor, the narrator stands up, calls out Lacy's cruelty directly, and in the process catches a flash of real vulnerability underneath Lacy's meanness — a moment she reads, fluently, in the language of her own dragons-and-castles fiction. It's a sharp, funny piece that takes genre-fantasy narration seriously as a tool for actual self-understanding, turning a familiar public-humiliation setup into something genuinely empowering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eEndangered Species\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eSitting in a clinic waiting room with his girlfriend, a guy has to face the fact that she doesn't want him there — and that he might not agree with her decision.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe narrator accompanies his girlfriend Amy to a sexual health clinic, cracking nervous jokes to cut through the hostile silence of the waiting room while he recalls how the two of them met at a college protest years earlier. As the appointment nears, his cover of easy humor falls away and he admits, mostly to himself, that he wanted a say in this decision and doesn't think he agrees with it — even as he knows, and says, that it's her body and her choice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eWhen her name is finally called and she walks through the door without him, he's left alone with the room's judgmental stares and the realization of how much has changed between them in the space of an afternoon. The piece stays tightly inside one guy's conflicted, unresolved feelings without ever pretending there's an easy answer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Graveyard Shift\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA guy who just quit his job as an EMT keeps coming back to the same 3 a.m. grocery register — for the cashier, not the Yoo-hoo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJane Nicolaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDoug spends his nights leaning on Sam's register at an all-night grocery store, trading jokes and easy banter until her mood turns and she opens up, in coded, half-metaphorical language about a childhood oak tree and a sadness she's clearly been guarding for a long time. Doug, still working through his own reasons for walking away from a job spent watching people live or die, recognizes in her a similar instinct to hide, and pushes past his own hesitation to tell her so — risking the easy friendship they've built for something more honest. The dialogue-driven piece builds its central metaphor patiently and pays it off in a quiet, earned final exchange.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eHe Looked Like a Mortician\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCorey Alderdice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA stranger strikes up a conversation with a young woman on a park bench — and it turns out he already knows exactly how and when her life is supposed to end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCorey Alderdice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe narrator, an oddly formal, black-suited figure who turns out to be Death himself, sits down next to Leslie Lohman on a park bench and lets her flirt her way through guessing his profession while he privately works through a very literal to-do list: Leslie is client number 100 billion, and today is the day she's scheduled to die. A last-minute correction from \"the office\" reveals the wrong Leslie Lohman was on the docket, buying this one decades she wasn't supposed to have — and rather than walk away clean, the narrator breaks protocol to nudge her toward a longer, gentler life before heading off to his actual appointment. It's a witty, literate monologue that plays bureaucratic deadpan against real warmth, landing its final, quiet act of kindness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe King of Nerd Camp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCorey Alderdice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo counselors decide to make the shyest kid at a gifted summer camp into its most popular.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCorey Alderdice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe narrator, a twenty-one-year-old counselor at a summer program for academically gifted teens, notices Harry Chalmers eating alone and sits down with him on a whim. That one lunch turns into a scheme: tell everyone at camp how great Harry is and see if it sticks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eIt works better than expected — campers, other counselors, the whole cafeteria buy in — until Harry's carried onto the talent show stage in a cardboard crown and brings the house down. It's warm, self-mocking, and asks a real question underneath the comedy: whether any of it was for Harry, or for the narrator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eLearning to Fall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMillay McCain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwo sisters spend a childhood convinced they're magic — until the day they climb a tree and try to prove it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eMillay McCain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRaised on fairy tales and Renaissance festivals, the narrator and her younger sister Mattie spend their childhood fully committed to a shared belief in magic, culminating in the day they tape magnolia leaves to their arms, climb twenty-five feet into a tree, and jump, convinced they'll fly. The fall breaks a bone in the narrator's foot and, more lastingly, breaks something between the sisters — Mattie furious at having been \"tricked,\" the narrator quietly devastated that they weren't, in fact, special.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eYears later, on the drive to their grandmother's funeral, the two revisit the memory and discover they each kept a completely different piece of it, landing on a genuinely lovely, unresolved note about which version of childhood actually happened. The storytelling is warm and specific about a particular fantasy-soaked childhood, and it earns its bittersweet ending honestly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eOrigin Story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA mother looks back on the game that gave her withdrawn son something to be proud of — and the night her husband decided it had gone too far.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eJulia Neva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe narrator recalls how her son Chris found belonging in a fantasy card game after a difficult family move left him isolated, throwing himself into building decks, notebooks, and artwork while his gruff, disapproving father Hank made no secret of his disgust. The tension comes to a head after Chris paints a loving fantasy-themed family portrait for a school open house — a moment of real pride that Hank answers, the next day, by burning every card, notebook, and drawing Chris owns, alongside a note calling him a freak.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eThe story moves without flinching to the discovery of what that cruelty cost, and closes on the narrator's own present-day compulsive hoarding as the only way she's found to keep from losing anything else. It's a devastating piece that never overplays its hand, letting ordinary domestic detail carry almost unbearable weight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThe Prodigy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRichard Shelton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA viral video made a fragile kid famous for his cello playing — but it's what happened after the cameras stopped that he actually wants to talk about.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eRichard Shelton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eBorn with a bone condition that ruled out any rough play, the narrator finds an unexpected outlet in a middle school music class, where the cello becomes the first thing in his life that makes him feel powerful instead of breakable — until a home video of his playing goes viral and turns him into a target for online trolls and, worse, a bully at school named Rusty. After enduring months of escalating harassment, a final confrontation leaves the narrator with a shattered hand that will never fully heal, ending his ability to play for good. Told in a young, conversational voice, the piece is unflinching about what was actually taken from him, closing on a small, aching image of a life reduced to feeling music through the floor instead of playing it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eSecret Identities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCorey Alderdice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA comic-book-obsessed teenager gets bullied into hiding — until a hospital visit dressed as his favorite superhero forces him to actually become one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCorey Alderdice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, male\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eBen Bridges spends his Wednesdays at Secret Identities, the run-down comic shop owned by his friend Chuck, escaping a home life split by his parents' divorce and a school life defined by getting shoved around by star athlete Tripp Gibson. After Tripp and his friends destroy a stack of Chuck's comics and humiliate Ben in front of his crush, a guidance counselor's odd request — put on a studio-quality Spider-Man suit and visit a dying eight-year-old through his hospital window — gives Ben an unexpected shot at being the hero he's only ever read about, and an even more unexpected confrontation with the boy's older brother, who turns out to be Tripp himself. The story earns its costume-and-cape premise by grounding every bit of the fantasy in real adolescent loneliness, landing its themes of empathy and growing up without ever losing its sense of humor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eThrough These Gates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCorey Alderdice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA guy drags himself to a dance club with his best friend, convinced he already knows exactly which circle of hell he's stuck in — until a stranger at a coffee shop proves him wrong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCorey Alderdice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eNarrating the club scene as an elaborate, tongue-in-cheek version of Dante's rings of hell, the narrator sorts every guy on the dance floor into a type — Searchers, the Wolfpack, Sweepers, the one lucky Saint — while nursing a hopeless crush on Lucy, the platonic best friend he drives to clubs and watches dance with other men all night. After a blowup with Lucy sends him storming out into the cold alone, he winds up at an all-night coffee shop, still dressed in the ridiculous outfit she picked out for him, and meets someone who actually sees him. It's a genuinely funny, literate piece of self-mockery that earns its extended metaphor and lands on real, unforced hope by the end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eTrevor and Travis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOdell Workman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eTwin brothers who grew up racing each other along a fence line have to figure out how to grieve side by side instead of in competition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eOdell Workman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, gender flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(201, 198, 188); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 8pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eTwenty-three-year-old Trevor comes home to Kentucky to find his grandmother dying, and spends her final days trying to keep a promise to himself not to cry — even as his twin brother Travis, the family's steadier presence, openly does. Weaving between the morning after her death, a tender memory of her last conversation with Trevor about heaven and September 11, and the childhood game of fence-post hopping the brothers used to play, the piece follows Trevor as he works through guilt over having missed the last month of her life and slowly lets his brother back in. It closes with Trevor returning to that same fence as an adult, laughing and crying at once, in a scene that pays off the story's central image without over-explaining it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003eWhen I Made Him Cry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; color: #1f4e79;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003eA woman remembers the first time she ever saw her father cry — and the very different day, years later, when she made him cry again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003ePlaywright: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eDoug McConnaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eProse Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-indent: -15.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 2.0pt .25in;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e•\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003eCast: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e1 performer, female\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eMary recalls being nine years old and getting badly caught in a barbed-wire fence retrieving a ball, and how her single father's steady, controlled panic got her through the accident, the drive to the ER, and the stitches that followed — right up until she noticed his own hand bleeding and realized, for the first time, that he'd been hurt trying to free her, and that he was crying. The story then jumps forward to her wedding day, where the same phrase he used to comfort her that day — \"it's just part of being a dad\" — comes back around during their father-daughter dance, this time from her to him. Told with plain, unadorned warmth, it's a tightly structured two-scene piece that earns its emotional payoff without a wasted word.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SpeechGeek","offers":[{"title":"Digital Copy Only","offer_id":67732282146979,"sku":"SGPROSE","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/1942\/files\/CompetitionProse_1.png?v=1792437536"},{"product_id":"speechgeek-complete-prose-poetry-for-speech-competition","title":"Complete Prose \u0026 Poetry Collection - 62 Pieces - Mushroom Cloud \u0026 SpeechGeek","description":"\u003cp\u003eDo you need a story, poetry program, or literary reading for your speech students? No better place to find one than the SpeechGeek + Mushroom Cloud Press complete collection of oral interpretation pieces. It's everything for literary reading events we publish in one place! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll find the prose, poems, and poetry programs included in four collections:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeechGeek Competition Prose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMushroom Cloud Press Classic Prose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeechGeek Competition Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeechGeek Nationals Prose \u0026amp; Poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThese scripts are tournament-proven, written by and for speech competition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Instant PDF download\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvents:\u003c\/strong\u003e Prose (PRO), Poetry (POE), Program Oral Interpretation (POI), Oral Interpretation of Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cuttable for anything from five-minute supplemental rounds to ten-minute POI programs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUse:\u003c\/strong\u003e Competition, showcases, classroom performance; NSDA-eligible\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent\u003c\/strong\u003e: Subject matter appropriate for high school students, with themes noted in the included description files.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReady for a variety of state league events.\u003c\/strong\u003e These pieces fit Prose and Poetry Interpretation (Texas UIL and TFA), Prose Reading and Poetry Reading (Illinois), Interpretive Reading and Literary Program (Iowa), Interpretation of Prose and Poetry (Kansas), Serious and Humorous Prose (Nebraska), Poetry Reading and Storytelling (South Dakota), and Prose, Poetry, and Extemporaneous Reading (Minnesota)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSave over 40% off the cover price of buying these three sets individually... grab our Complete Prose \u0026amp; Poetry, and your team will be set in these events for years to come! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat's included: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCompetition Poetry\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(IN)FAMOUS\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Any gender · Giddy ambition that turns dark and accusatory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fame-hungry speaker turns on the audience, blaming the public's appetite for the fall of idols from Marilyn to Amy Winehouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeing That Guy, Tony Damico\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Male · Comic, nervous, self-deprecating\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn awkward guy tries one failed romantic cliché after another across four comic pieces, and ends up comparing himself to a nacho cheese Dorito.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurned Out, Julia Neva\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Plainspoken, rhythmic, weary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBurnout grows from one overloaded day, to a dancer's broken body, to a whole school staff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Electron Tragedy, Jesse Gall\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Female · Clever, wistful, bittersweet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA freshman-biology romance goes from crush to heartbreak to acceptance, framed by the science that electrons never truly touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Godself Series, Bonny McDonald\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Exuberant and irreverent, sincere underneath\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rapid-fire manifesto, prayer, and gratitude list about becoming a better self that never stays reverent for long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHiding Behind the Humor, Courtney Wright, Christopher Ellis \u0026amp; Jonnie Ray Delta\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Brash dark comedy that turns vulnerable\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA compulsive joker, starting at his injured brother's bedside, reveals the humor covers what he's too scared to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn All Directions, Nancy Harper\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Swings between biting satire and tender memory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA child talks with their 80-year-old future self through a homemade time machine, exposing how carelessly we discard the elderly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Life and Times of Morgan Le Faye, Saeed Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Female · Lyrical, mythic, meditative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArthur's forgotten stepsister tells her own story across centuries of names, deaths, and reinventions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePast the Profundity, Stephanie Patterson\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Argumentative, then intimate and grieving\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rebuttal on who poetry belongs to narrows to a grieving widower, then to the speaker's own family facing mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProud to be a B, Juniper Mariat\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Female · Defiant, punchy, escalating\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman turns the insults thrown at outspoken women into badges of toughness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRethinking Pink, Julia Neva\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Female · Raw grief with sharp satirical whiplash\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA daughter watching her mother go through chemo skewers pink-ribbon marketing as a stand-in for real support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTake 43, Collin Aldridge\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Male · Cocky and cinematic, unraveling into panic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Hollywood director reshoots the \"morning after\" scene of his own life until his ego breaks down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTension at Home, Saeed Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Male · Lyrical, surreal, melancholy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA man traces an absent father, a breakup, and a Southern accent he can't scrub away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUntil We Meet Again, Shane Cole\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Quiet grief easing into comfort\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a grandfather's funeral, a shuffled playlist and a dream explain the knowing smirk on his face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Do You See When You See Me?, Julia Neva\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Female · Playful, then wistful, ending in a plea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA girl who played at being invisible becomes invisible for real and fights to be seen at school, in love, and in a phone-glued culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat You See Ain't What You Get, Tiembé Maboola\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Any gender · Reflective and confrontational, ultimately hopeful\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEncounters across a lifetime show how little a person's appearance reveals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWomen and Scars, Deb Royce\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Female · Stark, unflinching, intense\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatching an acid-attack survivor shop for groceries, a woman admits she envies a pain other people can see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCompetition Prose\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAttempts at Being a Savior, Rachel Wiggington\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Tense, plainspoken, unsentimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman talks her niece out of a gun standoff, then returns a lesson in grief her niece once taught her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBRAINS: A Guidebook For the Newly and Nearly Undead, Stephanie Patterson Alderdice\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Gallows humor with real heart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mother tells the story of her degenerative diagnosis as a zombie survival guide, both funny and moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruise Ship, Waylon Brown \u0026amp; Rob Herrick\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Cringe comedy, self-deprecating, quietly reflective\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA guy shows up to his five-year reunion on a cruise ship as his unchanged old self, and a string of cringeworthy setbacks follows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid, Gregg Moeller\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Restrained, tender, quietly devastating\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA boy's question about an obituary unlocks his grandmother's story of the stillborn son no one talked about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dragon Slayer of Eastman Senior High, Sarah Carpenter\u003c\/strong\u003e · Female · Witty, nerdy, empowering\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn outcast who writes fantasy stands up for herself when a bully reads her journal aloud in the cafeteria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndangered Species, Jane Nicolaas\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Nervous humor giving way to quiet heartbreak\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a clinic waiting room, a guy faces the fact that his girlfriend's decision isn't his to make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Graveyard Shift, Jane Nicolaas\u003c\/strong\u003e · Male · Easy banter turning gentle and honest\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA former EMT keeps visiting a 3 a.m. cashier and risks their easy banter to be honest with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe Looked Like a Mortician, Corey Alderdice\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Deadpan, witty, warm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeath chats up his scheduled client on a park bench, learns he has the wrong Leslie, and nudges her toward a longer life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe King of Nerd Camp, Corey Alderdice\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Warm, self-mocking comedy with a question underneath\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo counselors make the shyest kid at gifted camp its most popular, and the narrator wonders who it was really for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLearning to Fall, Millay McCain\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Whimsical, warm, bittersweet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo sisters who believed they were magic jump from a tree, then remember it differently years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin Story, Julia Neva\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Somber, restrained, devastating\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mother recalls the card game that gave her son pride, and the night her husband burned all of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Prodigy, Richard Shelton\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Conversational, raw, heartbreaking\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fragile cello prodigy's viral fame makes him a target, and a bully's assault ends his playing for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecret Identities, Corey Alderdice\u003c\/strong\u003e · Male · Funny and heartfelt, grounded in teen loneliness\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bullied comic fan dresses as Spider-Man to visit a dying boy, whose older brother turns out to be his bully.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThrough These Gates, Corey Alderdice\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Literate self-mockery, ending hopeful\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA guy maps a dance club as Dante's hell while pining for his best friend, then finds hope at an all-night coffee shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrevor and Travis, Odell Workman\u003c\/strong\u003e · Any gender · Tender, grieving, gently cathartic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwin brothers learn to grieve their grandmother side by side instead of competing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen I Made Him Cry, Doug McConnaha\u003c\/strong\u003e · Female · Warm, plain, sentimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA daughter remembers her father's tears after a barbed-wire accident, and sees them again at her wedding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNationals Prose and Poetry\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBreaking the Water, Lorraine White\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Male · Tense and gritty, breaking into relief\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fisherman whose wife is about to give birth wrestles with a lost job, a needling coworker, and an old grief before his daughter arrives safely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMan of Steel, Joseph Conway\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Male · Numb and wry, building to catharsis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA widower who hasn't felt anything in four years tries everything, until a dying deer in the wilderness finally breaks him open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Shepherd of Chi-town, Doug Osgood\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Male · Charming showman voice that turns haunted\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Chicago street performer explains how he keeps crowds at a distance, and the day he stayed in character while a woman silently begged for help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMixed Up, Meredith Stein\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Female · Candid, warm, quietly confrontational\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA teen from an interfaith family thought bigotry died with her grandmother, until her mother objects to her friendship with a Black classmate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCutting Cords, Trevor Anders\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Any gender · Awkward, restrained, tender\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn his brother's wedding day, an estranged twin stranded in England makes a phone call that turns into a quiet declaration of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCould've Been Worse, Trevor Anders\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Male · Absurd comedy with a warm buddy payoff\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a blind date implodes, his waiter best friend talks him down with a list of ways the night could have gone worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond Opinion, Steven Guthrie\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Male · Gentle tragicomedy, poignant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lonely man who treasures his doctor visits is told his symptoms come from loneliness, and goes looking for a second opinion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMy Week as the Other, Isabelle Owens\u003c\/strong\u003e · Prose · Female · Sharp and indignant, building to fierce\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mother's complaint letter about her son \"passing\" as a girl for a week turns into a blunt account of what womanhood actually costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowing Up Girl, Julia Neva\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Female · Whimsical fairy tale, then watchful and raw\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA heroine who almost settles for \"good enough\" is paired with a 13-year-old surviving the body-image pressure of a junior high locker room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMemory Drive, Michael Hix \u0026amp; Will Schuster\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Any gender · Apologetic, wistful, haunting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA forgetful partner apologizes for failing memory, paired with a child holding seances to reach an absent father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMale Pregnancy, Jonathon Harper\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Male · Frantic and funny, then earnest and aching\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA young man sweats out a pregnancy test countdown, paired with a gay man's letter arguing that fatherhood isn't only biological.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRedefining Romance, Sarah Carpenter\u003c\/strong\u003e · Poetry Program Builder · Female · Self-deprecating comedy turning defiant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA grand gesture humiliates a girl in a school parking lot, and a woman takes back her name from a boyfriend who calls her \"Kitty.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy I Tutor at the International Center, Grace Bruenderman\u003c\/strong\u003e · POI · Female · Awkward and sweet, turning 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