Jeanne Beckwith

A chorus of three men and three women lead us through a series of thirteen scenes that contrast today’s methods of communicating true love, with accepted etiquette of the past. Characters range from an abductee to a restroom artist; a spurned college professor to an elderly woman with a secret past.

Shot in Bagdad
Synopsis
Tarik, a young Iraqi-American actor is hired by a director to star in a film being made about a tragic bombing death in Bagdad. The script is a work in progress, and his being cast actually begins to affect how the story will be told. He is understandably overjoyed at the opportunity, and travels with the company to Baghdad even though there is constant civil unrest. There, he meets Safia, the sister of the man he is portraying. She is not exactly thrilled with him or the film project. When a filmed discussion with two other Iraqi actors is accidentally sent out over the internet, he becomes “mis-identified” as an underground hero. The “accident” at first outrages the director of the film, but then intrigues him. His predicament also attracts the interest of the U.S. Embassy which may be able to use this misunderstanding to its own benefit. The misperception becomes part of the movie being made. The lines between reality and fiction become blurred, and Tarik’s dream of being a movie star becomes more of a nightmare. Only Safia and a strange man who keeps his face hidden keep Tarik from falling over the edge.

After hearing that his old friend, Rosie Callaghan, has died, Jimmy Grace steals a mail truck. That’s how some people mourn. The theft leads to further complications when Jenny, the daughter of that same old friend, bails him out of jail, and, in light of his recent adventure, asks him to help her break into the house she grew up in to retrieve something she believes her mother left there. Jimmy reluctantly agrees, but then Red, the policeman who had arrested Jimmy, learns of Jenny’s plan, and the night ends in a series of revelations about past crimes that had long gone undiscovered. The play takes place not too awfully long ago in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts.

Mary Katherine is a woman with many questions about her identity and a great deal of anger about the past. She comes home to the funeral of the hurtful old woman who had banished her from home years before. She encounters a world she had tried unsuccessfully to escape. The same people and the same issues have been there waiting for her all these years. The play follows the events of the day and the night before the funeral.

Ted Rivers has arrived at the island residence of a “Mr. Solomon.” He is interviewing for a job which he desperately needs; however, as the interview progresses and he becomes acquainted with the odd residents of the island, he becomes increasingly aware that something is not quite right on the island. As the situation becomes more bizarre, Ted concludes that he doesn’t need this job that badly. The problem is that the “job” apparently needs him. The action takes place over the course of one day on an island off the coast of Massachusetts.

Fred is researching an article on Vampire hysteria in New England during previous centuries. He travels to Rhode Island where his quest is seemingly met with both skepticism and suspicion. He soon discovers a very different version of the legend.

A woman's life is changing