Laura King

Five female childhood friends reunite in their historic hometown of Seneca Falls, New York, to lay one of their own to rest. As they struggle to come to grips with the surprising death, they reopen old wounds, face harsh realities, and confront the compromises they have made in their lives. But as the day wears on, the women learn that even though into each life some rain must fall, the rain offers a cleansing promise of new possibilities.

It's the Fourth of July and the women of Happy Meadows are longing for independence. They're fed up with the rules, the regulations, and especially the food. When Holly receives a cry for help from her grandson, she rallies her comrades in arms, Mary, Betty, and Shirley, and the women plot a break out. But the best laid plans often go awry.
Performance rights for Independence Day at Happy Meadows are handled exclusively by Steele Spring Stage Rights, [email protected], (323) 739-0413, www.stagerights.com

Pastor Bobby has come to Harmony just in time for the 25th Annual Harmony Baptist Church Christmas Jubilee. As the town readies for the celebration, things start to fall apart. No one can decide who will play the angel in the pageant, the star on the Christmas tree won't light up, the fruitcake bake-off is a disaster, and worst of all the baby Jesus is missing. But as the town fights to hold on to their traditions, they learn that maybe progress isn't a dirty word.

A summer-stock Shakespearean company in Westport, Connecticut, has fallen on hard times in June 1934 as the Golden Age of Hollywood outpaces the attraction of regional theatre. In an attempt to keep the struggling theatre afloat, the director has pulled out all the stops, luring back his former leading man and hiring a Hollywood heavyweight to fill seats. But as the company gathers on the first day of rehearsals, they are confronted with how to professionally and personally succeed in a world where they are no longer understood.

When she opens Franny's memory box, Lydia is transported from the realities of her own marriage and motherhood to Franny's life during World War II. As Lydia journeys through the past, she searches for the strength to face the future.

At their monthly book club meetings, a group of women come together to share their connections with classic literature. As the women share their favorite books, they begin to see what they have not only lost but also found during their lifetimes. But most of all, they learn that the strength and spirit of a community of women can lift you up when you are closest to the ground.

As a snowstorm builds outside, a group of recovering addicts at an NA meeting struggle to face their addictions. When a newbie arrives and the exit is cut off, personal belief systems are questioned and the road to recovery may be a dead end.

In New Hope Prison, Adam passes the time writing poetry and remembering the past. As he considers where he came from and where he wants to end up, he begins to unlock an ending to his story that he’d never allowed himself to imagine.

Two damaged strangers take shelter from an unknown menace in a relic from the Cold War. In the
claustrophobic confines of a family bomb shelter, Anna and David will have to decide if what is
outside is more terrifying than what they are hiding inside themselves.

Addison and Ever go round and round the bed as they journey through the stages of love. Can
romantic love be sustained through the realities of life or are we destined to love and lose over
and over again?

As a family gathers under the mighty oak tree that drapes their hometown to lay one of their own to rest, young cousins Merritt Anne and Wyatt plot their escape for happier pastures. They sneak away from the obligatory post-funeral meal in search of adventure. They climb trees, fish for tadpoles, sing their favorite songs, and plan a future full of fun and fearlessness. But threaded through every moment is the remembrance of the funeral and all that it means.

A young girl watches helplessly as her older brother is kidnapped by a California condor, so she, along with her two sparring bird friends, journeys across the seven continents to bring him home, discovering that sometimes growing up means letting go.

As Scheherazade sets the stage for her one-thousand-and-first telling of Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, her disgruntled band of actors, led by the ingenue Alanna, stage a theatrical coup to tell the story their way.

It’s the end of high school, and on the rooftops of schools, apartments, garages and more, the teenagers in these six plays are literally and figuratively standing on the edge of the precipice. Whether it’s choosing whether to stay home or venture into the unknown, finding the courage to persevere in the face of failure, or asking themselves if they are truly becoming who they want to be, confronting their futures and that first step into adulthood will require a leap of faith.
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What do you do when you're all dressed up with nowhere to go—except the school "costume" party? Or when your friend whisks you away to the cemetery to brew a love potion? Or when you've still got to reel in a date to the dance, not to mention the fish at the marina? As they navigate high school life in boatyards, graveyards and elsewhere in the great (or not so great) outdoors, the teens in these six short plays find themselves exploring unfamiliar territory—all the while learning that sometimes it's okay to wander off the beaten path to discover where you need to go.

Five years have passed since that life-changing night when Ebenezer Scrooge discovered the meaning of Christmas and shared his good fortune with the Cratchits. Each year since, the Cratchit children retell the story and give thanks. That is, all of the Cratchit children except Tim, who believes that Scrooge veered off course on that storied Christmas Eve. Can the spirits who awakened Scrooge to a new understanding of the holiday do the same for the older, jaded Tiny Tim, or is Tim destined to become the new Scrooge in this heartwarming parody meets sequel?