Binding the Artful Dodger
BINDING THE ARTFUL DODGER (3 women. *Dancer required) (95 minutes)
Cassie is 17, a talented dancer, who has just landed the wily role of the Artful Dodger in the high school production of “Oliver!” But she has troubles that she hides from everyone, except Ms. Minuk, the costume mistress and guidance councilor from whom Cassie aggressively seeks attention in her lonely world. Cassie’s life is both lonely and beautiful, and we see the manifestation of that beauty when she dances. Cassie and Ms. Minuk have one powerful connection: the lovely Roxy, who was Cassie’s best friend and Ms. Minuk’s favorite student. As Cassie wrestles with an eating disorder and a broken heart, she pushes Ms. Minuk to the brink of civility, and forces the reserved older woman to rethink her solitary life.
Production History:
Curry College, 2009. (premeire)
Playwrights' Platform, Boston, MA reading, 2005
New Provincetown Players Winter -staged reading, 2007
*Choreographed by Terry Norgeot
Cassie is 17, a talented dancer, who has just landed the wily role of the Artful Dodger in the high school production of “Oliver!” But she has troubles that she hides from everyone, except Ms. Minuk, the costume mistress and guidance councilor from whom Cassie aggressively seeks attention in her lonely world. Cassie’s life is both lonely and beautiful, and we see the manifestation of that beauty when she dances. Cassie and Ms. Minuk have one powerful connection: the lovely Roxy, who was Cassie’s best friend and Ms. Minuk’s favorite student. As Cassie wrestles with an eating disorder and a broken heart, she pushes Ms. Minuk to the brink of civility, and forces the reserved older woman to rethink her solitary life.
Production History:
Curry College, 2009. (premeire)
Playwrights' Platform, Boston, MA reading, 2005
New Provincetown Players Winter -staged reading, 2007
*Choreographed by Terry Norgeot
Breakfast with Mary
BREAKFAST WITH MARY (4 women, 1 man) (120 Minutes)
It was supposed to be a festive weekend in the country; a birthday getaway. In this eccentrically comic play,
a group of friends is tossed suddenly into turmoil, as they enter the world of a sage but declining innkeeper
in a remote New England town. Through a hilarious and surprising turn of events, the friends find themselves
wrapped up in ghostly intrigue and mystery that tests their perception of truth and each other. To walk
through the door of Mary’s Bed & Breakfast is to face vexing questions of honesty, family, and loss. As
Mary slips more and more into her own deluded world, she begins to piece her lost family back together with these new strangers. Before they get out, each will have to face ghosts – Mary’s and their own.
Production History:
World Premiere *Deertrees Theatre Festival, Harrison, ME. August 2011
Playwrights' Platform, Boston, reading, 2004
It was supposed to be a festive weekend in the country; a birthday getaway. In this eccentrically comic play,
a group of friends is tossed suddenly into turmoil, as they enter the world of a sage but declining innkeeper
in a remote New England town. Through a hilarious and surprising turn of events, the friends find themselves
wrapped up in ghostly intrigue and mystery that tests their perception of truth and each other. To walk
through the door of Mary’s Bed & Breakfast is to face vexing questions of honesty, family, and loss. As
Mary slips more and more into her own deluded world, she begins to piece her lost family back together with these new strangers. Before they get out, each will have to face ghosts – Mary’s and their own.
Production History:
World Premiere *Deertrees Theatre Festival, Harrison, ME. August 2011
Playwrights' Platform, Boston, reading, 2004
