Serena Norr

VILLA is put to sleep at Morning Ritual, a seemingly peaceful retreat to help those who have undergone trauma. However, she wakes before she completes the transgressive period - causing her counselors (LUCIE and BEAM) to question her and everything they thought they knew about the science at the Ritual. With pandering and back and forth questioning, Lucie and Beam try to understand what caused Villa to wake up while doing their best to conceal the truth that Villa starts to reveal.

Sara a bi-racial, white passing women in her 30s who is contemplating her confusion over picking racial identity boxes for a job application that she has covered up, and not understood her whole life. Waiting for a phone call, she thinks about who she is, covering up being an "other," and what it means to finally check that box.

Former child and teen star Baby Johnson is trying to find her way back to stardom. Now at age 40, Baby has a with a 13-year-old son and she can't escape her past that was filled with pills, drinking, a fire, and issues with her mom (and former manager). When she meets a new manager, it seems that everything she ever dreamed will finally come true, but his intentions may not exactly be what Baby needs to get her to her ultimate goal, an Oscar.

JUNE spends her days working in the laundromat, taking care of her mother, SABEL, and saving money for college that she can't yet afford. With confusion over her mother's version of the past and a war that can't be named, June finds herself trying to understand the truth about the past. As confusion mounts, she finds solace in her beloved laundromat and the calm of the Spin Cycle.

Mae has a simple life, typing memos for the "important” at Memos for the Less. Her hands, however, are suffering as she types day-after-day, sending memos up to the faceless on the 27th floor. But something is missing. Is it her dead end marriage? Or the constant messages she gets from her shallow officemate, or the lingering feeling of abandonment when her father left 36 years ago. It all seems to change when she goes to the Agency for the Lost, a quasi-detective firm with a founder who has a penchant for cigarettes and egg salad sandwiches, who promises to find her dad in the "lost dimension," a place everyone goes who leaves. When he comes back, or the person who she thinks is her Dad, she realizes that longing for the idea of someone isn’t exactly the same idea as the actual person. As her hands and body continue to weaken, she learns from her dad (who may or may not be her dad) that there is another way. A place where she doesn't have to follow the rules that she doesn't get or chase the preverbal carrot to get to the 27th floor. Will she give it all up and leave like her father, or stick around and finally feel "found"?

JULEY, a world famous wellness guru and creator of “The Rainbow Method,” a technique that uses rainbows to heal others, just completed a stay at The Foundry, a clinic to help her with a trauma. During her release, her manager, SAMI, comes with his own agenda, pushing her to get back to work where all she wants is to stop pretending. As the power shifts, SAMI uses the very method that JULEY created on her. Is JULEY’s method real, or is the power of manipulation the real strength?

Buy now, pay later. Or so they say. Rayon lives by this mantra except she's up to her eyeballs in debt with a home filled with the latest and greatest gadgets and no one to share it with. An unexpected visit from KJ, an 8th degree debt collector, offers her a way out but is Rayon strong enough to accept a life without debt?

Avon is a fast-talking hustler trying to sell bags in Chinatown to a faceless boss named G. Dale, a wannabe actress, now hostess from Texas, approaches his table with a penchant for bag-smelling. Avon invites Dale to the back alley to show her custom bag. She eventually follows and ends up at a packed nightclub where they take a moment to dance. Dale, however, is distracted and wants the bag that she was promised as Avon angrily takes her to the back. With a faceless boss watching, the stakes are high for Avon to do his job and sell the bag, or face the wrath of G.

It's the year 2035 and the world is perfect, or so it seems. DR. HETTA JACOBS is not convinced that Earth Cure, a solvent to clean the earth and the water is actually doing that.

Sue’s secret to creating the perfect family is simple: cut them out of magazines and pretend they are real. As she retreats to her world of play to escape the chaos of her real world, she loses a grasp of reality, finding it harder to tell her real family from the one she created.

It's been years since BILLO and MAE have seen each other. They are both surprised when they see each other across the street from one another. On opposite sides of the street, they scream to try to catch up and slowly inch closer and closer as they connect about what was, and maybe what life can be.

GRAY, a mother of 2 ran away from home during the pandemic. On the road for days, she stops for a bite to eat at Purdy's, a small diner in Hicksville. Here, she meets PURDY and CLOVER, seemingly nice townies who GRAY feels a kinship to and finally opens up to reveal why she left. Talking over Purdy's signature dishes, Gray warms up to these seemingly welcoming strangers.

But could letting her guard down be her downfall?

Claire, a suburban mom of 3, is trying to solve her problems with the help of Bob, a computer database of licensed professionals.

Awkward encounters ensue as an unlikely pair (DAVID and HILLY) go on a blind date in a Zoom chat during quarantine. During their short chat, they share revelations about kids, death, work, love, and lust, as they try to understand each other and themselves. Forging an unlikely bond through dance, they start to peel off their layers and perhaps start to feel a little less lonely until reality strikes.

Part 2 of the 3 part series: It is now July 2020 as HILLY and DAVID continue to chat on Zoom. DAVID finds solace in a living situation and asks HILLY to join him.

Part 3 of a 3-part series: It is now July 2022 and HILLY and DAVID haven't spoken for years. She suddenly wants to speak with him with some unexpected news.

KAT, a suburban wife, with a shady past is in need of money fast! She meets DANO, in a seedy park who offers her the chance to become rich quickly. Only caveat? She has to give up everything she is without knowing what she's really getting into.

Waiting for the band The Reverence to play at Mercury Lounge, Cal strikes up a conversation with Della who seems to be waiting for a friend to join her. With a confidence that can't be placed, Cal mysteriously alludes to to his intentions but lost Della is too blind to see the darkness that's right in front of her.

Beatrice, a world-renowned wig maker known for her craftsmanship, spends her days teaching her assistant, Mateo the craft while also making real hair wigs. When Mel, an eccentric client comes in, Mateo promises her wigs they don't make comes with the price of seeing Mel's odd world and her obsession for her kids...and what wigs they wear.

GLORIA, late-30s is waiting at her computer screen, finding herself going down a rabbit hole thinking about her life and what she really wants.

All Marigold wanted to do was to run. But so did Betty. When Marigold gets hit by Betty's car, she finds herself stuck at home pinned over by her hapless husband/nurse, Roland, who can't seem to find the right tea that might bring her peace or say anything right.

When their family friend and town police officer, Riley delivers unexpected news about the case, Betty and Marigold are forced to peel away at the baggage they can't seem to run away from as different versions of what happened -- both during the accident and to their lives -- in this who-done-it suburban caper.

RAY, a struggling travel agent and SALLY, a popular bowler are ready to enjoy a dinner at Tony's Pasta House for Valentine's Day when Ray drops some news that will change the course of the evening, and the couples future.

Roy Donaldson is back to work as an accountant at The Dividing Demons. It is 2021 and he can't shake his anxiety and uneasiness, which has been heightened since he is back at the office. Here, he tells his boss, Ken, exactly how he feels.

Staten-Island born Denny and Connecticut-born Gilda connected on Zoom and are finally meeting in person on the Upper Deck of the Staten Island Ferry. Could they survive in the real world when finally learning the truth about who they really are.

JACKIE comes back after a long-time away to visit her sister, ELLIS. However, she learns that her sister is still under RYAN's control.

Yet another Zoom happy hour with 6 college friends who haven't seen each other in person for months. On Zoom, they all see something they shouldn't have in a neighbors house -- and learning more about each other that they never realized before.

SAVVY comes back to her mother (DIANA's) house after a fight with her husband--only to end up dealing with issues from her childhood.

Tired new parents’ JUDE and CARYS finally got their new baby to sleep for the night
and they're ready for a night of mindless TV. CARYS becomes obsessed after watching a commercial for the Miracle Fluff that’s supposedly made with an ancient formula designed to wash away fear, worry and anxiety.
Her want for the blanket brings out layers (and issues) in their marriage that have perhaps always
been there all along.

MICHELLE is a modern woman who seems to have it all. But during quarantine her persona started to unravel that was surrounded by an affair, uneasy temperament, and more that she covered in her new book and wants to address to her audience. Driven by power and her ego, she is actually just propelling the illusion of who
she was as there’s actually no one in the audience.

The Wheel Man is about Toby's broken dreams. Author of the Banana Blast book, he is desperate to find success again but finds himself blocked, lost and confused. After a night out with the girls, his wife, Millie, suggests that he work at Lim's new wheel shop for stability and a steady paycheck. During their conversation, truth about their relationship, unstable life and desires come out. Will Toby become the wheel man, or stay true to his dream -- that might ever happen.

It is the year 2022 and ABLE and REAGAN are meeting in an abandoned mall at the Sharper Image store for an exchange of booster, REAGAN's wonder product. During their transaction, ABLE wants a smaller boost as conflict arises and LINCOLN, a former manager of The Sharper Image and former Gadget Man appears. He also needs this wonder product but the price may be too steep for the broken Gadget Man. Will they get the magical booster they need or suffer like the rest of humanity?

SABEL and BECKY have been tasked to clean REAGAN's penthouse. The sisters did something in the past that keeps them tied to this work that BECKY thinks they will never get out of. When REAGAN returns, SABEL finally finds her voice to escape but it may be too late for BECKY

Rich and reckless, GRACEN caused havoc to LIBBY’s garden, smashing her collection of precious garden gnomes. They now have to come together for GRACEN’s community service, which his mother arranged. During his shift, he learns more about plants, happiness and perhaps the keys to his future from LIBBY’s anecdotes.

Dahlia and Regent James live in colorless world. They stumble upon a color that they don't know the name for in their attic. When they use it, a world of magic ensues as they start to see how bright and beautiful life can be.

It's the hottest day of the year and GRETA is hosting her annual BBQ when unexpected guests JANE and DAR arrive. Questions arise over who invited them, leads to a discovery of the unsavory side of GRETA's perfect suburban BBQ.

BAIN is a nervous yet eager to please young teacher who is thrown into the world of online schooling due to COVID. With the new teaching situation, he finds himself drained and alone as his students never join his Zoom class. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, he reveals his anguish and a behind the scenes look at his
situation.

REAGAN’s mother BRYLEE has been in a coma for months, following an incident with BRYLEE’s boyfriend. Every day after her school, REAGAN comes to the hospital to visit her mother and play for her. With the weight of the emotional abuse in her ear and pressure to be perfect, REAGAN wants the impossible: for her mother to
finally hear her.

Cole and Julia have been driving for hours to a wedding when they fall asleep and end up in a ghost town. Confusion ensues as their relationship is tested while being scared by the unknown of where they are.

It is Harbor's funeral, a billionaire who was considered the best man who ever lived. Two guests sneak away into his wife's den to search for clues into his death, which he believes was a set up.

ABBY is a young woman in her early-20s who is also the founder and CEO of Dr. Bob. A protege in the tech world, she is also troubled by the past and specifically the actions of her mother and sister that still haunt her, no matter how successful she is. She is also a bit over the top and wiry as she talks about personal aspects of her life that she never revealed before.

MILLIE is a young woman in her mid-20s, who 5 years prior shot her fiance. She is now in prison, seeking counseling via a new platform, Dr. Bob, with COVID looming in the background.

Julie is an anxious mom of two who often “talks” to her husband Reggie at night, though he doesn’t listen as he is asleep. This sounding board is her only way to share how she feels and process her day, and, ultimately her actions from 5 years ago.

CARYS is a struggling artist who is secretly obsessed with trying to hit it big. Her boyfriend, SHAW is jovial and lighthearted but very supportive, almost to a fault who CARYS feels gets in the way of his work.

DEX and BECCA are set to get married in 3 days. They are excited to build a life together, but after a dinner with DEX’s mother, BECCA tells DEX that she is half-Black. DEX’s reaction sets the evening on a tailspin as he reveals how he really feels, and perhaps who he really is.

BABY is a washed up teen star looking for her come back role. Her manager, RICK, is secretly obsessed with her and asks to meet in an abandoned church to discuss her next big role. When noises are heard in the church and a creepy priest arrives, Baby has to perform her biggest role yet: fight to save her life.

The 10-minute play follows the reunion of Lucas and Rosie in a coffee shop. They recently broke up and Rosie wanted to meet to get back some of her old possessions. Although they meet on neutral pretext, their past relationships slowly interweave into their conversation and things are said ultimately ruins one of the character's delicate ego.

DR. GUNDER found the cure for cancer until his assistant, TEDDY trips and unplugs the wires in the lab.

A call at 3am has JACOB, an aging boxer, questioning his wife, BELINDA, on a recent meat order that might be more than what it seems.

Deva, a 60-year-old mom of two, can't keep up with all changes that are happening in her Brooklyn neighborhood. In an attempt to keep out the leeches and vampires aka real estate agent who wants her coveted apartment, she instills door after door, and escapes into a world of colors that her daughters, Maude and Sari, help her create. When the final door opens, Deva must confront the reality of the real world vs the illusionary world she has been safely nestled in.

It is 2021 and JENNY is about to open up her new book store, Books and Nooks. GERALD, her ex-husband is the only one attend the opening.

A job interview is never easy. Jennifer, a young hopeful, will have to pass the ultimate test if she wants the job.

What does it mean to find joy in simple things or horror in the complex or to simply want chocolate on Sunday?

Welcome to a meeting of the Discontinued Food Society. It's Daisy's first meeting.

FRITZ is the owner and undefeated champion of his underground boxing rink. But he finally meets his match when gets paired with his ex-coach, BILL BONES, and his new prodigy, RICCO.

MILES' twin brother, SYMON, is visiting from his recent travels with a job offer that sounds too good to be true. LIZA, a wannabe model, is intrigued by the offer as she wants the promise of the life MILES has never been able to give her.

CADY and MERYL, both 21, are in a trendy boutique when CADY suggests that MERYL should steal to feel alive. Will she do to finally feel something?

ERIN, is confronting her absent father, HAROLD, in the junkyard. She is reaching out for help after years of being away.

Sable is visiting her mother after being away for years. She addresses her in her childhood kitchen with a slice of pie.

Just Cause

St. Chris tells the story of a moment in Maureen Morgan's life as a teacher at St. Christopher's in Dobbs Ferry, NY in the 1970s. During this time, the PINS children came to the school who would forever change her life after one fateful day and how the power of connection and music saved them.

The complexity of sisterhood with these 3 sisters who often don't feel like sisters.

Anthony recently returned from a three-year stint in a mental institution, bringing back the demons from the past with him.

In this perfect world, everyone must transition and lose their useless full capacity brains and achieve their full potential with no anger, pain, jealousy at age 16. But Jane know that succumbing to the surgery will mean that she will lose everything that makes her special and no longer be a "free thinker," becoming a "robot" to this society and these new norms. Can Jane escape her fate before her 16th birthday?

Marc is trying to uncover the work of Anno, his boss, to the feds. But he needs the help of his loyal henchwomen, Riley to get the job done.

All Mara wants is to get rid of her “Double” so she can be free. Free of the lingering voice that follows her. After getting a part at an audition, she discovers Double, Inc, a facility that is touted for its ability to get rid of doubles...with a cost. As she gets further and further into her treatments, the division of who is who gets blurred as the whole person vs. the subconscious fights for the ultimate battle of control....of Mara's mind.

WOMAN and MAN have never met and never will. The play examines the love/disconnection of a father and his daughter who have never connected in real life and how they have lived very different yet intertwined lives in NYC. A story of abandonment, hope, and love that somehow connects the unconnected.

DEV and MARX never seem to have enough time and find themselves traveling through life -- and at various ages -- when they hear a bell and it all shifts again. Shifting from when they were older to their younger days and back again, they reflect on their lives -- and the difficulty of their dreams.

This woman's mother is complicated. But she's figured out how to help her; how to really help her mother's mind.

It's just another night at home where MADS is ready to settle in with a glass of wine and a self-help book when she looks around the way and sees her neighbor, BRECK running in place to nowhere. She goes on the fire escape and starts to talk to her, convincing her of the importance of running in place and tempting what is by coming over and running together, revealing their loneliness and unlikely connection.

Its cards night again at Abby's to play the game that no one wants to play. As these best friends meet for their card night, secrets about the past and the future come to life in this comedic short.

Maple is sitting on the sidelines when she meets Tero at a high school reunion as the share, reveal, and connect.

Addie desperately wants to create the perfect collage as she spends hours riddled with guilt and layers of self-imposed shame from an incident that happened 10 years ago. When someone from the past returns, she must confront this complex web to finally set herself free and finally create the piece of art she has longed for all these years.

Delfie is contemplating her guilt and shame as she interweaves the memories of the men who caused her to feel this way.

Cybil is hungry. Hungry for her mother's attention. Hungry for her dad who left. Hungry for a life where she can just be. Unable to communicate these needs, she makes herself less by not eating and obsessing over "perfect" bodies that she pours over in her magazines. When Lulu, a model from one of her magazines comes to life, Cybil finds herself teaching Lulu how to be a teen in the real world, as Lulu has an intense hunger that can't be filled. As Cybil becomes smaller and smaller, visually becoming the person she always wanted to be, Lulu finds herself wanting more from the real world, becoming filled by food and everything in Cybil’s life she thinks make her feel empty.

Ben has always dreamed of being a stocked image. With an opportunity to test at STOCKED HQ, he meets Betty, a beloved stock image on the verge of reaching a million downloads. Betty, though, seems unhinged as she uses her voice for the first time to tell Ben the truth of what happens behind closed doors. Will Ben be able to see the truth of what is happening at STOCKED HQ, or will Mac's flashy promises turn him into the ultimate prize?

What does it really mean to be lucky according to Jem?

Rae desperately wants to be filled. She tries to do that by spending her days stealing from 99 cents stores and her nights online shopping. When she gets caught, she questions if she's having a midlife crisis, or a craving for a life that will never be fulfilled.

Just one drink of Dex's potion will make anyone perfect? But perfection has a price to pay.

SARA-BELL, a newly single mom of 3 is waiting by the window on Christmas Eve. Her kids are finally sleeping and she has a moment to herself.