Lori Goodman

Barb and her sister Joan are in a medical waiting room. The two could not be more different and their relationship is fraught. Barb is going to have a test or procedure and needs an escort. None of her friends is available and so she he asked Joan as a last resort. Barb won’t tell Joan anything about the procedure and that causes even more tension to this already tense relationship.

Attitudes and philosophies about early child rearing hit a generational snag when a mother and her pregnant daughter go shopping for baby items. Mom desperately wants to buy things her daughter insists they won't need - like a crib, bottles and diapers.

Leah, mourning the loss of her favorite Uncle Jack, tries to get her adult child and husband to adhere to the family dress code as they get ready to attend Jack's funeral. Convinced that Jack would appreciate their New Orleans style funeral attire, they try to convince Leah to break free from the tyrannical norms of the extended family. Leah is dug in until she opens a mysterious package from Jack.

Roe V Wade has been overturned and the United Sates has literally split into two countries. Johanna, a young, economically impoverished woman finds herself pregnant in New America with no way of getting an abortion or help supporting a child . Floral Gardens is a Spa Resort for women just like Johanna. They specialize in "helping" young women with their unwanted pregnancies. But all is not what it seems at Floral Gardens and when Johanna is visited in the night by a mysterious shadow figure offering her a chance to escape to the Democratic Coastal Republic, she must choose between spending her pregnancy in a luxurious resort or making the treacherous journey to a country where women have the freedom to make their own reproductive and health decisions.

A mother and daughter meet for their monthly contractual shopping trip. They share a love of fashion and good taste but that is where the similarities end. The terms of the contract are clear, but emotions are hard to contain and negotiate especially with these two. Things come to a head in the racks of a high-end discount clothing store.

In the tradition of Arsenic and Old Lace, The Nightingales is a dark, screwball comedy about a diverse group of seniors in an independent resident community who set out to help their friends and neighbors suffering from Alzheimer's Disease..by killing them. Meanwhile, an amateur sleuth convinces his retired detective friend that something is odd about the recent deaths and the two set out to uncover if there is a murderer amongst them.

A small group of people quarantined because of the pandemic, find a way to overcome their difficulties, and come together to create something positive.

Two women meet in the dressing room of a clothing store. Each has what the other one needs.

Two co-workers connect on Zoom during the Covid Virus Quarantine

Melonie is trying on clothes in a dressing room. Margaret enters with an arm full of clothes an a lot to say. As the two (mostly Margaret) talk, they find what is missing for both of them on this day.

Jaime has been searching all over Europe for her runaway sister, Diana, for over a year when, by chance, she finds her passed out on a park bench in a small French town. Stunned and excited, Jaime tires to convince her sister to come home to Oklahoma. Despite being hung over and filthy from her job of cleaning the park at night, Diana refuses to return to the small miserable town of her birth. Can Jaime convince Diana to return home? Can Diana make Jaime believe she is a woman of the world despite appearances to the contrary?

At a senior center, three elderly clients face their worst enemy, time. With the help of their new assistant, they discover the means to defeat the "Great Devourer" and find the strength of spirit they thought had been taken from them.

A son tries to bring his dueling parents together during a Christmas visit.

Pat and Blake are trying to decide where to go out to eat but there are too many choices for this foodie couple. As they go through the process of finding a restaurant, secrets of the past come to light. Will the two survive the conflict facing them between food and love and love of food?

In New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, a small group of tenants run the affairs of their crummy coop building despite lack of money and constant run-ins with the junkies and drug dealers who surround them. The play flashes back and forth in time from the 1980s to the present to show the struggle between fighting to maintain a safe, cohesive community and cashing in as the neighborhood gentrifies, abandoning the people they fought alongside for so long. +I am still developing this play and would be happy to work with a company to do this as well.

Mark and Beth are shopping for a lamp before going to a family gathering. Unfortunately, have landed in an Ikea-like store and have no idea what is in store for them as they try to find their way out.

Touch is a comedy that explores what it is to be alone as experienced by two generations. The play is set in southern Florida and focuses mainly on four people:

Betty, a widow, is having a difficult time adjusting to life without her husband. Her grown son Jim who lives nearby and who encourages her to meet new people, create a new life. He is a happy, single man

Bob, a widower, gets a call from his daughter Anna who lives up north. She offers to come visit him while her children are on spring break with her ex-husband. Bob and Anna have a difficult relationship. Anna is still grieving the loss of her mother and her failed marriage. She hopes a vacation in the Florida sun will melt the frosty relationship with her dad and help her heal.

Touch also explores life in retirement and also returning to the dating world as a senior citizen. Two actors – one male and one female - play various roles as dates for Betty and for Bob as well as other elderly retirees.