Cricket Daniel

Happy Trails Senior Resort Living in Surprise, AZ is where the ladies of the Happy Trails Baking Club meet weekly, swapping desserts and recipes. But when these four friends start swapping stories about their “first time”, one of them bakes up an idea- to take a road trip across the country, revisiting each location where they lost their virginities. Tears, laughter, memories and secrets are all revealed as each lady shares the details about their first time. Will revisiting the past alter their futures? The Lost Virginity Tour is about friendship, heartache, regrets and first loves.

Helen Wheeler is a gun totin’ and whiskey drinking Granny, living in the small town of Crockett, Oklahoma. When Helen isn’t locked up in the local clink, she’s on her front porch shootin’ up critters and the local kids. Not even the local sheriff, who has already taken away all of her ammo and her driver’s license, can manage to uphold the law when it comes to Helen, her sidekick Zona, and their daily “Thelma and Louise” antics. Helen’s son Nelson thinks it’s time for Mama to move out of Crockett and closer to him. But, her dearly departed husband practically built that town and was the mayor for over 20 years, and she isn’t going anywhere. Loss, loneliness and the threat to independence that accompany aging are issues that Helen and the other characters wrangle with zany comedy and touching realism. Helen on Wheels is a delightful heartwarming new comedy proving that feisty old ladies have the right to cause hell, play bingo and to bear arms.

Lou has wrestled with a big ball of tangled Christmas lights for the last time! He is grabbing the sunblock, his Elvis in Paradise album and his wife Carol, and hopping on the Pineapple Express to Hawaii! Escaping New Jersey, the freezing cold, his nutty family and most of all… The Holidays, is exactly what Lou plans to do. However, a freak snowstorm leaves the couple stranded in the airport and their dream of sipping Pina Coladas on the beach is in peril. Will a couple of unexpected characters help restore Lou’s Christmas Spirit in the St. Nick of time?

What happens when your wife wishes to expand your limited circle of friends? She decides to make arrangements to do some “couple dating” and invites each of three separate and decidedly different couples to spend an evening in your home. The result is a boisterously entertaining comedy about love, marriage, friends and contemporary relationships. Couple Dating tells the engaging story of Tess and Bobby Marotta, a thirty-something couple living in Brooklyn. Tess and Bobby have been married for five years and have a three-year old daughter. After watching a segment about “couple dating” on NBC’s The Today Show, Tess decides that they need to explore new friendships. As each couple spends an evening in the Marotta home, the audience learns more and more about whether Bobby and Tess will find what they are searching for among their new friends or whether they will decide that their old friends are not so bad after all. Couple Dating is an edgy contemporary comedy in which you will recognize yourself, your friends and the various couples that have come and gone over the course of a lifetime.

Best friends Norah and Ally are pursuing their dreams in Manhattan. The problem? Their dreams seem to be getting away. When Norah’s parents threaten to stop paying their rent, the girls’ days in the Big Apple are numbered—until shutterbug Norah accidentally “shoots” J. Lo in a compromising position. Will Norah sell out for the big payout? With the help of their lovable stoner neighbor Jude, the girls consider what they’re willing to do for money and make a decision that impacts their lives forever. “Who Shot Jennifer Lopez” is a carefully woven story of friendship, integrity, celebrity and success that offers up laughs and insights while giving audiences all of the feels.

A man and a woman banter over previous misadventures while trying to plan a vacation to a new destination; only to discover that reality bites.

A white trash comedy. Two bestfriends from Kentucky make an audition tape in hopes of getting on their favorite TV show, Nashville Duets.

It seems like fate, when a single man and woman meet on a Ferry Boat, but fate has a different
plan.

While questioning a young rape victim, a New York City Forensic Sketch Artist starts to
recognize the person that she is sketching.

Thirty-four year old Boston native Gina Galdi is forced to move back into her childhood home with her parents in order to start up her own wedding cake decorating business, which is becoming very popular and lucrative. Gina bakes and decorates wedding cakes for a living; however her decorating a cake for her own wedding someday seems to be all but a dream and far from reality for Gina. As her three best friends all start their journey into happily ever after, Gina faces not only her nagging mom, who attempts to play cupid, but the thought of always being the bridesmaid never the bride. Get a glimpse into Gina’s quest for love as we meet up with her and her two best friends every Thursday on the North End for girl’s night. As the martinis flow freely, so do stories from their childhood to college years and throughout their careers, relationships and marriages. With these three women it is always happy hour. No subject during girls’ night is off limits and all topics are dissected in a way that only four women can. But they do have their favorite bartender Ronnie to offer up a guy’s perspective on subjects that range anywhere from waxing to sex. Gina Galdi and Guest is a sharp-tongued new comedy from playwright Cricket Daniel. It will leave you laughing, questioning the opposite sex and maybe even answering a few questions too!

Love, Laughter & Lucci tells the engaging story about three generations of the Santoro family, all living together under one roof, in West Haven, CT. The result is this heartwarming comedy that will make you laugh, cry and cherish your family. Single mom Gloria lives with her elderly father Sal and her 18-year old daughter Maria. Recent high school graduate Maria has big dreams of moving to New York City and acting on All My Children with her idol Susan Lucci. Her devoted and loving grandfather Sal, becomes Maria’s videographer, manager, agent and #1 supporter. Their unique attempts to get the attention of the producers of All My Children and meet Susan Lucci frustrates Gloria, who just wants Maria to fill out her college applications. Gloria is not happy at all that her father is encouraging Maria’s unrealistic dreams. The audience will laugh along as Sal strolls down memory lane with his funny stories from his childhood and cry when other memories are unveiled. Dreams of the past are revealed as new ones are realized in this delightful and entertaining comedy about an Italian Catholic family who worships Jesus, pasta and Susan Lucci.