"..and Others"

by Dennis Bush!

Synopsis

A journey through the mind and memory of Amanda, a 26-year-old woman, ...and Others explores the dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality syndrome) that resulted from a trauma she suffered at thirteen. Seven personas - female and male - struggle for control. With a mix of terrifying intensity, quirky humor, and heartbreaking revelations, this thirty-minute one-act play will give actors challenging roles to play, directors an opportunity for creative staging, and will have audiences on the edge of their acts.

"The Miracle Worker"

by William Gibson!

Synopsis

This classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller. The Miracle Worker dramatizes the volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and her charge. Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, Helen is violent, spoiled, almost sub-human and treated by her family as such. Only Annie realizes that there is a mind and spirit waiting to be rescued from the dark, tortured silence. With scenes of intense physical and emotional dynamism, Annie's success with Helen finally comes with the utterance of a single, glorious word: "water."

"Bubble Boy"

by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio!

Synopsis

Jimmy Livingston was born without immunities and has spent his entire life confined inside a plastic bubble room. Enter Chloe, the girl next door, who becomes his friend and steals his heart. When she leaves town to get married, Jimmy travels cross-country in a homemade bubble suit in order to stop the wedding and finally tell her how he feels. Along the laugh-filled journey he deals with a crazy cult, a biker gang, a dead cow, and a controlling mother who will stop at nothing to get him back in the bubble.

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