Five monologues: "Cul-de-Sac" - an Asian woman harbors murderous feelings against the rambunctious 8-year-old Mexican twins who live next door; "Torched" - an Asian dean at U Penn gets dangerously carried away as she eulogizes Kathleen Chang(e), an Asian American performance artist and political activist who died of self-immolation; "It Doesn't Take a Tornado" - a woman living in a trailer park that was just leveled by a killer tornado; "A Nasty Piece of Work" - a middle-aged Asian actress gets her big break when she's gets the starring role in a play at the largest theater in town, only to be upstaged by a comic actress in a supporting role; "Sailing down the Amazon" - a 78-year-old actress reacts to the news that she has Alzheimer's by taking a trip down the Amazon.