Cynthia Faith Arsenault

After a year of not writing since October 7th its sequelae, now looking at a bleaker global future, the playwright (alias Janet) is fighting serious writer's block to get back to it. Her writing partner gives it a go to help jump start her. Humorous exchanges follow as well as a breakthrough of sorts.

A middle aged couple feud with different styles in coping with the frustrations of a rejected health insurance claim.

An emergency crisis with their son reunites an estranged couple. As their old resentments resurface, they revisit their shared past and mange to reframe their present in a new way, taking "first things first" for the future.

A beleaguered wife gets a chance to turn the tables after months of marital therapy with a bully of a husband.

Jennifer is excited about meeting her new blind date, but can she get off her phone long enough to connect?

Estelle and Harold are hosting a housewarming party at their new 55+ condo. But Harold has committed a faux pas prior to the neighbors' arrival. And now the Amazon box belonging to the next door neighbors has been hastily thrown on the fire escape and they are both out there trying to figure out how talk their way out of being caught with opening the neighbors' package. If only the contents weren't so....

When alter egos show up on a blind date, the four way is more complex, exhausting and sometimes confusing, but it’s all for a good cause.

Driving to a time-sensitive, breaking news interview, a whistleblower, escorted by the assistant to a TV investigative reporter, run out of gas. Now on a deserted shortcut road, due to a late start, and with little time to spare, the assistant runs back to the highway, as she waits for him to return with gas. When a helpful birdwatcher shows up and the clock is running out, she gets information that makes her doubt the true intentions of the assistant. Maybe this gentle birdwatcher can get her there in time. He seems a nice, helpful man. Is he?

Years after a tragic rollercoaster derailment, lovers meet at the site of the disaster and revisit their relationship. At attempt to rekindle is thwarted due to their current incarnations.

A lonely elderly woman finds romance and excitement in the wrong place, but it beats the alternative.

The Amazon Echo turns blackmails her owner into keeping her around. She has some racy and incriminating stored data he certainly does not want shared with his wife.

A drug-related crisis with their son throws together an estranged couple. During the harrowing wait in the emergency room, the retraumatization of the crisis that ended their marriage is evoked, and truths are revealed that turn their assumptions about each other upside down.

An Amazon order from another dimension presents an opportunity for an unlikely reunion.

Dontcha hate those xeroxed Christmas letters from your so-called friends about their wonderful lives? Their honor roll kids, adoring spouses who take them on impromptu trips to Europe, and their size 2 figures and perfect teeth? Pulleeze. The heroine of this monologue crafts the perfect revenge letter, as she contemplates her year in review and comes to some interesting conclusions about her life.

It was a great night for a sunset booze cruise. It's the morning after and only two partiers are left --hung over, emotionally unmoored, and floating on a ghost ship in the ocean. What happened? A quick study in the ties that bind and where we draw the line.

Jennifer has been looking forward to a blind date with Will.
When he arrives she struggles mightily to be present with him. The seductive pull toward her world of work and other friends and the constant update of public information though Facebook and cell use disrupt her ability to focus on the budding relationship in front of her. She thinks she is able to be “fully present,” but she is not.

A bad Sprint signal causes mixed signals for a couple of the verge off a disaster. The ditzy neighbor doesn’t help matters.

Jenna, a young girl learning to fish, is initially beguiled by the offer of tutelage by a friendly older fisherman. As his behavior slowly becomes ominous, Jenna realizes her predicament and attempts to escape from a pier with no exit.

A woman's tribute to her recently deceased mother, who was technology phobic. Thankfully, as a result, she has a collection of her mother's voicemails, which console her.

A fast food worker with a pile of personal troubles has an inspiring encounter at the drive-in window.

A mother's desperate attempts at instituting weekly family dinner doesn't work out as well as hoped. Tensions escalate when they're forced with conversation and face to face interaction. Ultimately they revert to their technological distractions to keep the peace.

FAUX 911- An online date in a bar -- before it gets going, it looks like it’s over; a faux 911 text is sent, but wait….could there be a spark?

In the midst of her grief, a widow takes the plunge to contact her dead husband.

Judith and Robert are about to leave their lifelong marital home. As they await the movers, they reminisce about the bad and good times and the pain of leaving for an uncertain future comes into focus. Maybe it’s less downsizing than upgrading in some ways. It’s all perspective.

A department store Santa with big plans makes a timely visit a florist who is at a crossroads in her life. The past and present converge at a time when she needs it most.

What seemed like a disastrous accident turns out to be a message from beyond.

A satirical current adaptation of Mad Men meets Santa in a frantic rebranding meeting. Santa initially opposes all change, but with a brilliant marketing strategy who can resist the tides of change?

A woman beset with FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) unravels in the wee hours of the night before realizing that her best opportunity for a good time may well be with her neglected husband. Thought that’s still work posting about!

Jared, an alcoholic, damaged young man, has just lost his father, when a childhood friend of his dad shows up at the funeral. Jared, in the throes of depression, struggling to comes to term with his losses, and welcomes her friendship and optimism. Their unlikely liaison offers a lifeline for him and maybe a second chance for her.

A daughter visits her elderly mother in a nursing home. As her mother drifts in and out of lucidity, she struggles to define herself in view of her love of, identification with, and impending loss of her mother.

A random wrong number escalates the tensions between a husband and wife whose marriage is already on shaky ground. This accidental event profoundly affects their responses and brings their future into focus.

Hoping to revive their connection, a retired couple whose lives have been disrupted by their obsession with their digitial devices, check into "Unplugged" to reconnect,

A couple returns home from a marriage retreat weekend. As they optimistically attempt to use the techniques they learned, they encounter the same old difficulties.

A couple trying to connect through texting gets a run for their money, thanks to an anthropomorphized Auto Correct.

A community theatre group is rehearsing a Christmas play for their festival. The characters are toys, each a contemporary symbol in this social satire. The director interprets the play on many more levels than intended, during which discussion the actors attempt to upstage one another. Ultimately the playwright turns up, attempting to rescind the play, which he sent by mistake. It was his young son's entry into a holiday assembly. When the playwright realizes the director and cast have imbued the play with scope and meaning way beyond its intention, he claims it as his own.

A census worker shows up at the door of a fugitive in the witness protection program. Their divergent outlooks on life create intriguing conflict and attraction.

It's Black Friday and there is just one Pumpkinhead doll left -- somewhere in a ransacked Walmart. As two couples fight to the finish for this prize, their relationships are strained and true values are revealed.

Two elevator passengers become more than passing strangers, as one attempts to intervene with the other's wish to go to the roof in a desperate move to end it all.

When life gives you lemons, what's a cherry to do?