What's it like to be a garbageman? If people turn up their noses at his career choice, Larry can live with it. But when he finds more than trash in a trash bag, his world goes crazy and there's no one to turn to...

"Toohey has a solid grasp of naturalistic dialogue...what she says about coping with grief rings true and makes Larry’s final monologue both credible and welcome. ” Judy Rousuck, WYPR Radio

Abby just wanted some fun after a tough exam, but did things go too far when she had a few drinks? And if she rats on the guy, will it end up hurting her more than him? Her two best friends are there to help….and both have been down this road.

ONE HUNDRED and THIRTY...that's how many times the English version of this one-act has been produced.

¿Cómo será ser observado por humanos hambrientos? ¿O elegido para convertirte en la cena de alguien? Esa es la situación de Harry y Stu (o Liz y Angela), dos langostas que se encuentran en el tanque de un restaurante de mariscos.

It’s a dull day at the greengrocers and then, SHE walks in...
and the imagination of a humble grocery clerk goes into overdrive.
Two narrators spell out the white-hot heat of his innermost thoughts.

Lou is a wounded vet who runs an ice-cream shop in an old neighborhood. Back from Afghanistan a few years, he’s struggling to get his life on track. He goes out with girls, but all they want to talk about is his prosthetic arm. It’s New Year’s Eve but the only thing he’s got going is waiting for the repairman to show up and fix a broken freezer. Then, a troubled young woman walks in. She’s touchy and a little strange but over a tuna sandwich, two wounded people connect. Lou learns that she’s not great at choosing men, and the one she married is running around on her. But she’s determined to go back to him because she refuses to consider divorce. Has Lou got what it takes to change her mind?

Thanksgiving with the family...what could be nicer? Except that this gathering looks nothing like the Norman Rockwell picture. Marital discord, bizarre funeral arrangements, vegan issues and a turkey that catches fire, all come into play. And for dessert? An environmental accident traps eleven people in a one-bedroom apartment.

"Toohey has a knack for writing dialogue and crafting situations that carry a ring of truth, laced with a generous helping of good-natured humor." Terry A. Frye, director, Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild

In a small village in Honduras following a torrential rain, sometimes, a field will be covered with silver fish. The people relish the chance to eat something other than their staple diet of rice and beans. But in the house of Esteban and Lucia, there are different views on the portent of this gift from the skies.

Can love survive when one partner is struck with debilitating disease? Fencing was once Laura's passion, but now the only matches she can win are the nightly verbal battles with her husband.

The Baltimore Sun says, "What's most intriguing about Cornered is the way it defies preconceptions...Love, like life, can thrust and parry in unexpected directions. And victory isn't always a joyous affair."

Passaggio Oscuro – Dark Passage spotlights three immigrants at a critical time in U.S. history… the forced internment of Italians during World War II. Mario is a sardine fisherman in California, but in the panic after Pearl Harbor, his boat is seized by the government and he’s sent to an internment camp in Montana, despite the fact that he’s neither arrested nor convicted of any crime. Sergio, a US citizen, is the editor of an Italian language newspaper, but under FDR’s Order 9066, his citizenship papers are worthless, and he, too, is interned. Maria has taught her native language to children for many years, but she never sought citizenship, so when America ends up in the war, she is ordered to move miles away from her home. With the surrender of Italy to the Allies, the internment comes to an end…but not without cost. Sergio comes home a sick, broken man, unable to provide for his family. Mario struggles to buy a new boat, but the sardine catch has dropped dramatically from what it was before the war. Maria returns to her old neighborhood but not her old apartment, and the Italian classes she taught? Maybe it’s best to let that go. Indeed, the entire Italian-American community has been taught a harsh lesson. “Blending in” becomes the new way to navigate. And thus, much of Italian culture is lost.

Any country, any season, any century, most women between 14 and 44 are either trying to have a baby or trying not to have a baby. The A Word looks at 4 women in 4 different decades considering abortion: a black woman, pre-Roe v. Wade, struggling to make a name for herself, the wife of a wealthy businessman in India, a happily married mom who's told her unborn baby has big problems, and a high school senior on opioids.