Mike DiSalvo

Carrying Water is a play that wonders how far we will go to get answers to terrible questions. Sara Riley is an acclaimed writer of Horror, who one day gets an unusual letter from an old friend. Jonathan Maru is on Death Row for a terrible crime, and is asking his old friend, and now famous author, to come home and meet him with the express purpose of writing his Final Statement, to be read immediately preceding his execution. Sara travels home, stopping along the way to meet with Marcus, another old High School friend, to ask if there was any way to foretell where they would all end up. She is also constantly in contact with her old English Teacher, Mrs. Sullivan, trying to navigate the multitude of emotions brought up by Jonathan’s request. When she finally arrives home, she meets with Jonathan and is able to ask all of the questions that have plagued her for years: What happened? How did he end up here? Is there any part of him that blames her and her friends? Is there a world in which things could have gone differently? And why, after all this time, reach out to her? In the end, Sara must decide if the acts Jonathan has committed are simply too awful. How can she speak for a person who would do what he has done? Does she actually believe in monsters? Or does she just like to write about them?

SNUC is the true story of Andy Martin, a young man diagnosed with a form of cancer so rare there was no research. No numbers. No information. So Andy decides to accept a place at Tulane Medical School, where HE does that research...on himself. Research which is then compromised by Hurricane Katrina.

Sparrows at the Bar finds aging New York newspaper man Franklin McCreary telling the story of his life, his love, and the unexpected shot at redemption he finds in a rural pub in Ireland. Over the course of the evening we’ll hear how Frank got into the newspaper game, how he covered City Hall for the New York Post, how he met, left, met again, and ultimately lost the love of his life, and how his search for peace led him to this particular seat in this particular bar. His story takes us from Baltimore, to New York, to Donegal, Ireland. Guinness is poured, and spirits are consumed.

There is a warehouse in the Midwest whose sole purpose is to house the illegal goods seized by customs agents, goods related to the murder and poaching of endangered species. Over the course of several days, three security guards working the nightshift prepare for an extremely rare and valuable piece. Surrounded by proof of man's ability to inflict violence, they will attempt to break their own cycles of fear and prejudice, and in the process come to learn that the animals lining the shelves of the warehouse might not be the only endangered species present.

A retired theatre teacher goes into a maximum security prison to direct a production of HAMLET with the inmates. Events in the prison begin to reflect the plot of the play, and the teacher watches as her production spirals towards an unexpectedly violent conclusion.

A teacher relives an interaction with a student over and over, searching for the truth. In the process, trying to answer the question: "If you knew ahead of time a student of yours was a potential school shooter, is there a lecture you would give to try and change their mind?"