What at first seems to be a coarse, supernatural comedy about a group of mythology-loving, heavy metal fans on a drum circle retreat in the desert gradually proves to be a brutal (and brutally funny) skewering of toxic masculinity and false bravado, blended with a sneaky dissection of what makes a certain kind of man squirm. Following the recent death of their founder, the legendary DethDog drummer Joshua Tree, the members of the Friends of Anubis Neo-Heathen Male Bonding and Drumming Society have gathered for one final weekend of chanting, percussion and drinking, plus a few metal-inspired "rituals," When a somewhat clueless new member proves to be more than he seems, a whole series of life-altering surprises - including at least one other unexpected guest - begin to unfold. Before it's over, the group will face a long night of the soul (hotdogs optional). When the late rock star's young wife makes an unexpected appearance, things change again, with unpredictable consequences. Will this turn out to be the friends' best male-bonding trip ever -- or its last?

Looking for a fresh, unpredictable new Christmas play without the usual greedy Victorian misers, BB gun-obsessed midwestern kids or acerbic department store elves? This critically acclaimed one-actor show takes place at Christmas present and past, as David (a guy who once believed he'd make the world's worst father) appears with a wooden box of family artifacts, and maybe a stool, to deliver a true roller-coaster of a tale. Beginning with David's earliest memory of Santa Claus (he was four, and it was the morning he figured out there WAS no Santa Claus), to his very reluctant embrace of fatherhood (he never really wanted kids) and his growing obsession with assuring his kids believed in Santa longer than he did, and what happens when a family tragedy at the holidays threatens to derail everything. How long can David sustain his commitment to making Christmas magical for skeptical Jenna and wide-eyed believer Andy ... in spite of everything? To what lengths can one increasingly inventive dad go to make Santa Claus real? And what would happen if it all backfired in unpredictable, hilarious, heartbreaking and heartwarming ways? This is a play about the true magic of Christmas: love, and the beautiful backfires that come - Santa or no Santa, broken hearts or no broken hearts - from simply loving each other. What does any of this have to do with polar bears? You are invited to read the script and find out. We promise you it's not what you're expecting. (Wanting: Probably not appropriate for children young enough to still be writing letters to Santa).

Award-winning one-actor-show about a one-time born-again teenage puppeteer and how he was saved from being saved. Weaving together true remembrances from the author's childhood and teenage days, and encapsulates the experience of a lonely child finding an alternative family amongst a group of blissed-out Christians in the 1970s, and how his path took him into an epic, and frequently hilarious, crash course with his own soul. Filled with vivid characters (over a dozen) and stunningly emotional twists and turns, this show has been performed by the author at Fringe Festivals and theaters over 100 times, and now is being made available for other actors to tackle in new ways.