A speculative biography of absence. The protagonist of the play, Chris Rossiter, never shows up to this script, which takes the structure of Chekhov's THREE SISTERS, to explore the family dynamics of a hardscrabble lower-middle-class family in the dissonant element of an upper middle class suburb. Seeing as Littleton is the home of Columbine High School, each act begins with one of the family members telling the story of where they were on the day of the Massacre. Act One is set at Roy's 50th birthday party, on July 4, 1982. His family comes over to celebrate for a difficult and uncomfortable "celebration." Act Two, 5 years later, and the family has hit hard times. They all live in a one-bedroom apartment in downtown Littleton and are all in each other's faces. Act Three is son Craig's wedding reception, 5 years later. Hard feelings come out in a fractured act. And Act Four is another 5 years later, in 1997, when Craig is divorced, sister Corinne is pregnant and unmarried, and parents Roy and Jihan are moving to North Dakota, to take care of her mother. This is my "family play," and maybe I'm a chicken; I just couldn't bring myself to put a character representing me in the mix. So it's all told from the point of view of Chris's ever-deeper absence.

A compendium of plays that spotlight elements of the work environment, from interviews through evaluations, companies hiring away talent and even an exit interview.