BATTING ZERO

A math professor turns from Jekyll to Hyde while watching her son compete in a little league playoff game.

THE CATERERS

by Tony Meneses

COMEDY
3 WOMEN, 2 M E N , 1 N O N -
S P E C I F I E D

 A group of caterers grab quick
cigarettes and make snarky remarks
about the engagement party they’re
working, which seems to be going
off the rails. Garcia is taken with
Josephine, who says she’s a last
minute replacement … or is she
the bride-to-be that’s missing from
this very party?

EVERYBODY
GETS A STICK

by Deborah Zoe Laufer

DA R K  C O M E DY
2 WOMEN, 1 M A N

The gun control issue goes to
kindergarten. Mikey Smith’s
mother is very upset because
Ms. Jonas took away his stick and
gave him detention for hitting
the other children with it. Mrs.
Smith says she gave her son that
stick and no one can take it from
him. The principal’s solution?
Everybody gets a stick.

G.O.A.T.

by Ngozi Anyanwu
COMEDY
3 WOMEN

Three women, Jay, Bonita, and
Row, have gathered on the rooftop
to burn the sage and drink the
sacred Gatorade. To pray to the
goddess Nike, and the power of
Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe.
To summon victory for their beloved
champion: Serena Williams,
the Greatest Of All Time.

HER HEAD
ON THE PILLOW

by Craig Pospisil

DARK COMEDY
1 WOMAN, 1 MAN OR 2 WOMEN

Inspired by Tennessee Williams’ poem of the same name, HER HEAD ON THE PILLOW imagines a surprisingly redemptive “morning after” for an unlikely couple following a one-night stand.

A LIFE’S WORK

by John Carosella

DRAMA
1 WOMAN, 2 MEN

The Conroys are being evicted from their home of 36 years of marriage. The house will be razed to make way for a new park, the centerpiece of Pittsburgh’s transformation into a cleaner, more liveable city. While waiting for a taxi to take them to their new apartment, Micky and Eileen struggle with the pain of leaving so many memories behind.

MEN ON MARS

by Yussef El Guindi

COMEDY
1 WOMAN, 3 MEN

In the first ever manned mission to Mars, the astronauts encounter a problem they’d hoped to avoid: themselves.

THE RAIN IS FALLING

by C. Quintana

DRAMA
2 WOMEN, 1 NOT SPECIFIED

Rain and Eliot hook up at their small New Mexico college. Rain is unsure where her life is going, but Eliot is passionate about journalism and finding “the story.” The news of the sudden closing of their college provides Eliot with her story, but their relationship and futures are thrown into question.

TRISH TINKLER ON HOW TO BE EXCITING

by Jacqueline Goldfinger

DARK COMEDY
1 WOMAN

Trish goes to an AA meeting to confess her secret. It’s not alcohol. Yes, she had a couple of shots of Goldschlager Peppermint Schnapps when it happened, but she was just trying to be the life of the party for once.

YOUNGER BATTLES THE POSSIBLE GHOST

by Shannon Tyo

DARK COMEDY
2 WOMEN

There is almost certainly a ghost in Younger’s bedroom. What to do, what to do…