Jennifer Skura Boutell

FULL LENGTH - In the future, drought has prevailed for decades and government-enforced intimacy
labor determines human value through life-or-death systemic protocols. The absurd lives of two
couples converge in a parable’s cabin in the woods where fantasy becomes reality, and a surprise
forecast calls for rain. The womxn and men find courage, comedy, and companionship while
they negotiate their lives as well as their bodies in order to survive.

FULL LENGTH – Sam is not having a good day. She's minutes from hosting a baby shower she's struggled to arrange for her best friend, Nancy, when she receives an unexpected phone call that catapults her on a surreal journey across the country to help her dying mother. While Sam travels forward, she is forced to look back, and through the absurd situations she encounters along the way, Sam discovers that self-acceptance and friendship are her most powerful tools to free her from her traumatic past.

FULL LENGTH - In a crumbling chain hotel, two estranged daughters, come together to care for their dying, demented mother. Each of their traumatic pasts and shaky futures converge in one night of surreal, burlesque devastation. Together, this prickly family of three, find their deepest love, longing, and losses as they attempt to escape an ancestry of demons as well as the rented room they seem unable to leave.

FULL LENGTH - While riding a New York City bus for the first time, Maxene, from Texas, meets Angus. Through his unique perspectives, Maxene finds herself empowered to capitalize on a surprise visit from her sister, Katharine. In a single night, Maxine confronts the family secrets she thought she left behind, and with Angus's help, shapes their new future.

ONE ACT – Three ten minute plays (Everything Else, One Day Harbor, Sweet Citrus), three misfit couples looking for love and...underwear...

TEN MINUTE PLAY – Two people meet for coffee and flirt with the truth instead.

TEN MINUTE PLAY – Maxene is riding a New York City bus for the first time and Angus isn't very keen on interrupting his usual commute. While neither of them have ever had an easy road in life, they quickly realize the unexpected detours might be better if they shared them together.

TEN MINUTE PLAY – Jacqueline has seen many things in her long lifetime and she's happy to share all she's learned especially when James arrives fresh from the cemetery where she's set to be buried. They're over half a century apart and have only just met, but time is no obstacle for their thoughtful connection.

TEN MINUTE PLAY – EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING ON THE PLANET EARTH LIVING, DYING, AND BORN EVERY SINGLE PRESENT SECOND has a problem. They have to get OBESE WOMAN to whittle a rattle and get it to her baby before midnight, or else. Once it's done, joy abounds, as does the space-time continuum.

TEN MINUTE PLAY – Two strangers have a chance meeting on the side of an upstate two-lane parkway at midnight in the middle of winter. It's Christmas and the little miracles of giving change their lives forever.

TEN MINUTE PLAY – A West Texas woman tells the story about the day she realized her fear of her abusive husband had begun to outweigh her love for her own daughter.