Two doors onstage represent various types of doors in life:  bedroom doors, closet doors, apartment doors, dorm room doors...  even the metaphorical doors we face every time we make a decision.  Twelve individual scenes and monologues take us through these doors, offering a breadth of tones that reflect upon life, choices, moments, and self-discovery.  With wide-open casting options and incredibly simple production requirements, this collection of dramatic and comedic episodes offers high school actors an opportunity to showcase their talents. 

In the variety of thematic scenes, we meet a woman searching for Mr. Right, a young woman who passes up every opportunity while relying on luck, a son struggling to tell his father that he’s gay, a monster coming to terms with his human growing up, a man on a date facing a million decisions, and more.  These scenes are punctuated with a series of monologues that collectively tell Trish’s story, starting from when she’s a young girl to when she becomes a woman, a wife, a mother, a survivor, and a widow. 

This thought-provoking short play offers several powerful, dramatic roles for actors. 

In a simple waiting room, people arrive at their appointed time to face the unknown of what lies beyond an ominous closed door.  Earl Trent, an older man, arrives early and is instructed by the businesslike receptionist to wait till his time.  Scared about why he was summoned to the waiting room, he encounters people of all ages arriving at their assigned time.  From all walks of life, each person he meets has followed a unique journey to get to this moment...  their time to die.  Some never saw it coming, others knew all too well that their time was coming, and a few even welcomed it. 

As he waits, watches, and visits with the others in the waiting room, Earl gains both insight and courage about the meaning of life that brings him to his moment of finally going through the door.