Synopsis
Choosing Sides - Twelve Short Plays
$13
Published by Dramatists Play Service
On the Wings of a Butterfly - A playwright tries to come to terms with the scope of the disaster in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (1 man or woman)
Free - A panicked man on a subway car tries to conquer his anxiety by taking his clothes off ... much to the chagrin of a couple in the same car. (2 men, 1 woman)
What Price? - A woman finds herself interrogated by a nameless official, who threatens her and her children unless she gives him a name. (1 man, 1 woman)
No Child Left - Mrs O'Reilly instructs her first-grade class on the four Rs-reading, 'riting, 'rithmatic and Republicanism. (1 woman)
Guerilla Gorilla - It's some time in the future, and the theatre has been declared illegal, but that won't stop Alana and Sandy from trying to see an underground theatre group perform A Midsummer Night's Dream. (2 men, 2 women)
Train of Thought - Wade is obsessed with Nina, a woman he sees on the train, while she imagines her boyfriend, Frank, thinks of nothing but her, and Wade's girlfriend, Marcy, can't make sense of her own thoughts. (2 men, 2 women)
Quandry in Quando - The President of the United States will do anything to stop a crisis in a foreign land he's never heard of from ruining his weekend at Camp David. (2 men)
Guns Don't Kill - Mrs O'Reilly is back, and this time she's come to class armed. (1 woman)
In a Word Char explains why she's avoiding people and the things they have to say. (1 woman)
Perchance - It's hazy, but what Robbie remembers is that he and Cass are in love. Unfortunately, she's decided to move to San Diego to be with Antonio. (2 men, 2 women)
A Quiet, Empty Life - As Stephanie quietly tries to get dressed for a function she has to attend, a Narrator reveals the secrets of the life she didn't know she had. (1 man, 1 woman)
Manhattan Drum-taps - A young Irish immigrant and an African-American dockworker are caught up in the 1863 New York Draft Riots. (2 men, 2 women)
"[Train of Thought is a] ... clever, contemporary urban comedy [that] takes us inside the heads of four late-night travelers headed downtown ... Pospisil draws out neat surprises from his characters as they move toward their destinations (metaphorical as well as literal); the writing is crisp and witty and has the ring of truth" ~ NYTheatre.com