Nick Freedson

On a warm summer afternoon, young Max accidentally breaks a clay owl perched on Eliana's porch. Her mother, Maylin defends Max, but perhaps the torrent of harsh words that follows is more hurtful than Eliana realizes. This ten minute piece offers a glimpse into what happens to love when the shards of memory shatter?

This collection of short vignettes explores the humanity of those living with mental the challenges of depression. Set in the halls of a psychological hospital, Ballad of Unit B seeks to answer the question: How do we survive the isolation of our mind and reclaim our identity?

Jason, Kevin, Tennesse, and Jack are inseparable friends. But when one mistake shatters years of trust, sides are chosen and the pressures of cancel culture take over. The only way to move forward is forgiveness and accountability. But even then, some people just can't let go of the past.

Samantha and Joe are dead set on selling their product pitch for LazarUs, a snakeoil cashgrab promising to bring people back from the dead. Even if that means neglecting their young daughter, Dolly. As their desire for success turns to desperation, they are slowly consumed by their dreams and their daughter's attempt to wake them up ends in disaster.

Two friends express their love for one another in the ways they know how.

A short one act comedy about the plights of being a barista in the service industry. As Josh opens the café for a new bout of coffee serving, his day goes from bad to batshit crazy as a new round of outlandish customers walks through the doors for their daily cup of joe.

Anna, a struggling mother battling unresolved trauma, mental health, and a difficult family life, fights to retain her resilience every day. After so many years, it has begun to wane. In an attempt to put the pieces of her scattered life back together again, Anna starts a monthly virtual diary on her computer. These conversations with herself allow for a sense of rehabilitation; mending the tears in her psyche left by the trials of her past. However, with each entry, more challenges appear in the present. Her marriage strains, her mental health fluctuates, and her relationship with her beloved son, Laurie, becomes ever harder to conserve. Anna slowly finds that the past is only a part of the puzzle when it comes to recovery. In order to move forward, the past must be accepted and the present must be lived in. For nothing is more precious than time. Anna seeks to pose the question, “How can we move on? And how should we?”

As struggling single mother, Beth, prepares for the perfect Christmas Eve with her son, Jay, an unexpected visit from her estranged daughter, Liz, throws her world into chaos once more. The longer Liz stays in the house with her brother and mother, the more she and Beth begin to remember what tore their family apart. As tensions rise, the past turns from a blurred mirage to a vivid nightmare as a brother, mother and daughter must come to terms with their own mistakes to move on as individuals and as a family.

This spoken word one act follows a group of friends on their last day at school and pleads for us all to stop sending prayers and instead, to start marching.