Linda Goddard Schmenk

A young woman sees her troubled marriage reflected in a special exhibit of Vermeer paintings in Amsterdam.

Armed with only an old census record, a woman travels to Japan to find a long-lost uncle, fearful that his existence is tied to a devastating family secret her mother's family desperately tried to bury.

This is a collection of four short plays which spring from elements in Japanese Noh plays, but focus on the Nisei experience in the U.S. While the plays are set in contemporary times, the past -- from Old World Japan to WWII -- often haunts the present.

A systems maintenance specialist alone on a Mars base encounters an alien in the form of a cat. She must decide a course of action in the face of self-doubt and without any Mission support.

Mel has always seen her cousin Jamie as her protector until his fall from grace. When he asks for her help with everything at stake, can Mel live up to the task?

A widowed scientist attempts to find new love through a dating app, with a little help.

Upset when her mother shows up in a traditional kimono, a modern Japanese-American bride threatens to call off the wedding until her sister helps her to see what's really at stake.

Stella and her sister Blanche are pitted against Stanley and his poker buddies in a Trivia Contest at the local bar.

A suburban couple who find an injured possum in their garage clash against the system and well-meaning neighbors.

Two Japanese-American sisters grapple with racism from their father's family for decades.

A newly engaged American in Spain with her fiancé meets a British wife and mother, glimpsing her future.

What would happen if women replaced the male characters in Waiting for Godot? Rather than fight, surely they would use their networking/social skills to get out of their predicament. And would they really wait for a man who seems to be ghosting them?
In this play, Stella Kowalski and Ismene meet somewhere in the space-time continuum to help each other wrestle with the essence of sisterhood. If you fail to help your sister, can you ever find redemption, much less an independent, fulfilling life? The characters encounter other literary sisters, as well as real women who also struggle with blame, identity, and paralysis.