Lou Harry

On the road away from rather than toward anything, Robin finds refuge in the home of Carrie, an iconoclast with an open heart and an open door, who provides a place -- without judgment -- for human strays to stay as long as they like.

An unconventional human comedy about unconventional relationships.
Abby's don't ask/don't tell open marriage is going fine until her husband dies. Happy with the status quo with her other partner, Bill, she opts not to tell him. From there, things get complicated romantically, sexually, ethically... and mathematically.

Five people. Two porches. One summer.

Mark sold his boardwalk business to take care of his troubled brother. Donna is summering at the Jersey shore with her teenage daughter while her husband works during the week back home.

Over the course of a summer, secrets are revealed, lives awakened, and the merits of front vs. back porches debated.

It's 1978, the movie "Halloween" is about to open in theaters, and Greg has landed his dream job at his favorite horror movie magazine. But what's really scary isn't what's on screen or in print. On one dark and emotionally stormy night, a meeting with a horror movie legend, a date with a wildcard, and his boss' enigmatic daughter change his life forever. Single set. Four rich roles.

"Now we know what life is like inside a Springsteen song" wrote critic John Belden about this coming-of-age story set in a Jersey shore rock-and-roll poster shop in the ’80s. Lightning and Jellyfish journeys into the heart—and future—of a young woman on the brink of change. A realistic, real-time first half spins into series of funny/touching/truthful individual-perspective monologues adding up to an unexpectedly moving, funny, and rich portrait of a life. Highly recommended for colleges.

Cath and Scott were best friends in high school. Now she's gone off to college while he stayed home working in his father's clothing store. Can their friendship survive long-distance letter writing (it's the 80's), college boyfriends, family challenges, a band without a van, and more? Adapted from the acclaimed YA novel by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen.

In this suburban metaphysical comedy, residents of an innocuous suburban community suddenly have to deal with actually being neighbors when a botched security effort installs an impenetrable dome. Yes, yes, we know about the Stephen King book/TV show...but we were there first. And Midwestern Hemisphere is funnier. Heartland Actors Repertory Theater launched with its world premiere. Co-written with Eric. Pfeffinger (and you really should be reading others plays of his if you aren't already)

A four-character contemporary comic drama about maturity, responsibility, modern relationships, class mobility (or lack thereof), and the indefatigable need to party. Two men face the closing of their business. Three years later, a former female employee and her friend face a different kind of transition. Three years after that, the hopes, fears, myths, dreams, libidos, and other needs collide in a life-changing double date that's funny, moving, and surprising. For actors willing to go deep.

"Cheating on your diet" takes on a new meaning when Martin and his friends are convinced by their wives that there's a reward waiting if they meet their weight-loss goals. In this funny and oddly truthful one-person play, the tides are turned on body consciousness and marital fidelity. Based on the novel by Lou Harry and Eric Pfeffinger published by Random House.

"Anyone who has struggled with weight loss — and, with age, that includes almost all of us — will have heartstrings plucked or vibrated sympathetically...Even the perpetually slender should find much to admire here."-- critic Jay Harvey

"...Finally, Lou Harry’s play “Imagine Being Joyce Carol Oates’ Aunt, Just for a Minute” deserves mention for its terrific title alone. It’s a little one-act that would wear out its welcome if it stayed much longer. But as it is, it’s one of the more amusing entries in the book." -- Indianapolis Monthly writing about the Indy Writes Books anthology, along with essays and fiction by John Green, Ben H. Winters, Dan Wakefield and more.
I realize that doesn't tell you much. It takes place in a bookstore where a conversation gets a little out of hand. Enjoy. It'll take you five minutes to read. Maybe less.

Any time you look at a manager under a Christmas tree, there's only one or two sheep. So what happened to all those sheep that the shepherd was supposedly watching? Huh? HUH?

No sharks. No shipwreck. No horrible storm that washes one of us overboard. So you don’t have to worry about that. Nobody starves. Food doesn’t have to be rationed. We don’t have to consider the ethical implications of cannibalism—you know, like, is it better for the three of us to die or for two of us to survive if to do so we have to eat the other one. None of that.
Instead, it's about connection, opportunity, and time spent floating on, yes, a beer can raft.

"How perfectly, compactly Fringe!"--Jay Harvey, Indianapolis Star

Hamlet for kids? Sure. This romp weaves Hamlet into the Pied Piper tale, making room for elements from other Shakespeare plays including "Richard III," "Henry V," and "Macbeth." Originally produced in Philadelphia as "The Pied Piper of Germantown," it has gone through numerous permutations with productions in NYC and Indianapolis (and an ill-fated effort to turn it into a musical). Fun on multiple levels.

Jim and Patty have connected over the years, but never at quite the right time. This dinner could change everything.