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A Good Death

A tragic accident brings two strong women into conflict over the ultimate decision.

Seven Deadly

Six science teachers and one administrator meet to redesign their curriculum in a church. Infighting within the department and a general bad attitude among members of the department cause the meeting to get off to a bad start. After noting the irony of their location, religion becomes part of the discussion, Events spin out of control as the school tries to balance its desire to be progressive with the science department’s competing agendas.

Brigid Kildare's Steel Works (Excerpt)

Brigid Kildare has always loved fire. She uses a torch welder to make huge metal sculptures in a garage she shares with an assortment of bikers, who suppose they're a gang and call themselves the Chieftains. Her lifelong best friend is Patrick, a Christian biker who gives a lift to the addicts and prostitutes he finds on the street. 

She thinks the major problem in her life is that Patrick and the less than intellectually gifted Meghan have found romance with each other. Not that SHE wants to date Patrick. But it's still very annoying.

One day as they're minding their own business at Kerry's bar, the Chieftains rumble with the Snakes and the wise mentor of the Snakes, Fabian, is nearly killed, allegedly by Patrick, though all of the Chieftains are possible culprits.

Patrick and all the Chieftains are on trial to answer for their faith, their beliefs and their motivations. The Court asks them, "Who are you, really?"

 

Accompanying Bliss

A girl who is disconnected from her family, a racist father, a passive mother, and an abusive brother, becomes the black sheep of the family when she chooses tolerance over ignorance and  is spun through a hectic cycle of drugs, sex, and physical abuse before she has the courage to confront her past.

Emerald City

Author: S.P. Miskowski

Description:

Four women have a love/hate relationship with the ever-changing city of Seattle. Each is looking for something, in this urban tale lightly inspired by the Wizard of Oz.

I am not adhering to the plot of the classic children's tale, just letting the story inform the aspirations of my characters:

  • Dot owns a home but questions its value in a rapidly changing landscape
  • Scarlett is writing a dissertation on Duwamish folk tales and makes a startling discovery
  • Tina is desperate for romantic love
  • Lillian is trying to overcome a crippling fear of being alone

In terms of form, the play combines direct address and dialogue scenes. The theme is change and development, not as a positive or negative but as a fact of human life.

 

S.P. Miskowski

spmiskowski@gmail.com

This Door to Remain Unlocked During Business Hours

(Not a winner, but I wanted scene one to be the placeholder for the work that will be completed because of this year's NaPlWriMo.)

Ada, a worker bee waiting for a cab after working a late night, is surprised by Brian, a guy who noticed her waiting by her office's glass doors. It's after a large snowstorm, and there's little sign of traffic, security guards or other people. Brian begins to see that Ada is all alone -- and she has no way to call for help, nor any way to escape, except past him.

What would a person do to someone else, if he (or she) could get away with it?

The Sister Op

A female private eye is hired by a newsman to track down his brother and sister-in-law and their ten year old daughter who have gone missing in Europe. It is 1935. Even if she can find this one small family, getting them out safely will also mean getting them into the country safely as well.

Off the Pipes

Off the Pipes (tentative) is about Frank Curts, a quarterback in the Industrial Football League (IFL). Curts is an accomplished quarterback but has never won the league championship. The closest he got was early in his career but a last second field goal bounced off the goal posts - the pipes, as they are called - and was missed because the kicker was high from smoking crack. Curts will remember this forever.
Many years later, Curts' career is ending when he's injured during a pre-season game. The team assumes he will retire and it immediately signs a young player to replace him. Curts announces he intends to rehabilitate his injury and rejoin the team during the season.
However, the new quarterback rallies the team with a style of football that taps into the strengths and skills of every player. It is no longer Frank Curts and 25 other teammates. Unexpectedly, the new quarterback leads the team into the championship game.
Curts watches the season from the sidelines. Privately, he tells friends he could still win any game at any time.
During the championship, with the team losing, the new quarterback is hurt. Curts has one last chance to win the championship which has eluded him. He puts the team in a position to win and in comes the same field goal kicker who missed years earlier. Despite Curts' protests and claims of contiuned drug use, the kicker swears he gave up crack long ago.
But this is Curts' last chance to win a championship and he does not want lose again. Does he think the kicker is clean enough to win the game? Will Frank Curts actually believe his teammate is Off the Pipes?
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A Rose by Any Other Name

"A Rose by Any Other Name" is a fictional account of the true story of a pair of young British lovers who share an unnatural love for one another. At the request of their biological mother, Elizabeth Rose, Richard comes to visit and falls madly in love with Elizabeth's daughter, Caroline. Their hopelessness is born out of their intense and undeniable attraction for each other despite the knowledge that they are half brother and sister. When their biological mother finds them consummating their forbidden love, they are arrested and confess to multiple counts of incest. Sentenced to live apart for a period of nine months, Caroline divorces her husband and leaves her two-year old daughter in order to be with her lover-sibling again in a country who views their love as not only illegal but immoral.

The Zodiac Run (By Marcio Goncalves)-Genre: Comedy

Rico, a twenty three year old bank teller, gets dumped by his super model girlfriend Donna. His best friend Kiandra comes to his rescue and her comforting words spark an idea in him, that inspire him to go on a wild search with disasterous but educational consequences...

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