Here are short summaries of my radio plays. Click on the titles for more detail.
Love and Lightning.
Dark comedy. 27 minutes. 2m,1w
Stan and Teri are in the midst of a pleasant weekend bicycling across the prairie, when a storm suddenly appears and Stan is struck by lightning. He is left blind and paralyzed, with only Teri to help him. As she struggles to protect him from the storm, Teri discovers an engagement ring in Stan's backpack. This is the moment she's been waiting for! She's perfectly willing to marry Stan, despite his infirmities. But inside the ring box is a rejection note from Stan's girlfriend. To him, the whole trip with Teri was just a platonic excursion to get his mind off his troubles. Teri is not particularly understanding. She's still willing to help Stan get to safety, but it's going to cost him.
Broadcast by:
- Triangle Radio Theatre, Raleigh, NC, 1997
- Shoestring Radio Theatre, San Francisco, 1996
- Champaign-Urbana Radio Theatre, 1996
- National Public Radio, 1993
Tundra Games.
Very dark comedy. 25 minutes. 2m,1w
Hickey is a professional killer cooped up in the middle of an arctic blizzard with his next target, Simon. But the bullets are at home, and they're out of food. Hickey's partner, Rose, shows up just in time, with ammunition and provisions, but Hickey has lost his nerve. Rose takes Simon out to finish the job. She returns and explains that rather than shooting Simon, she pushed him off the back of her snowmobile and left him to freeze. There's just one problem-they have no proof to show their employers that they actually did the job. Rose thinks up a solution-they could use one of Hickey's fingers (this might help atone for all the previous jobs he's bungled). Needless to say, Hickey is not about to cut off his own finger, but Rose can be powerfully persuasive.
Broadcast/Published by:
- Brooklyn Publishers, 1999
- Triangle Radio Theatre, Raleigh, NC, 1997
- CSPR, Canberra, Australia, 1996
- Shoestring Radio Theatre, San Francisco, 1996
- Champaign-Urbana Radio Theatre, 1996
Spitting Image
Comedy. 15 minutes. 2m,2w
Ed is a good-natured door-to-door doormat salesman ready for his annual dental checkup. He tries putting the moves on his beautiful dentist but discovers that he is the spitting image of her ex-husband. Multiple mishaps and sound effects guaranteed to make audiences grind their teeth.
Broadcast/Published by
- Brooklyn Publishers, 1999
- Champaign-Urbana Radio Theatre, 1996
- KBUT/Chameleon Stage, Crested Butte, CO, 1993
The Wind and The Cold
Drama. 25 minutes. 2m,2w.
Pierre and Katrina drive up to his cabin in the Rocky Mountains for a peaceful weekend retreat. They arrive in a blizzard and discover that backpackers have stolen all the firewood. Pierre's self-assured attempts to prove his mountaineering skills only manage to leave them stranded after he topples a tree on their Jeep. Katrina is hysterical with fear of the wind and the storm, and she rushes into the woods. As the two lovers attempt to find their way back to each other, they become caught in a romantic battle between the mystical forces of the Wind and the Cold.
Broadcast by
- Shoestring Radio Theatre, San Francisco, 1997