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| | |  | | BEAUTY, BRAINS AND PERSONALITY - by Emmett Loverde
“Together we make up the perfect woman - you’re the brains, you’re the personality, and I’m the beauty.”
And so a monthly dinner between friends party descends into utter hilarity! It doesn't take much for chaos to quickly reign over three women when Bonnie makes this stunning claim. Witty banter among the three soon reveals the hidden truths beneath that statement. Six months pass and the three are each facing defining moments in... read more
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| | |  | | HEADSETS - by William Missouri Downs
On the final night of the Chicago-Ensemble-Repertory-Group-Theatre-Project’s doomed production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, everything that can go wrong does. The cast of Hamlet gets hit with food poisoning, Yorick's skull goes missing and the police arrive to shut down the production because the producer hasn't paid the rent. When the critic from the Chicago Tribune shows up to review their production, the techies decide there is only... read more
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| | |  | | LOST (AND FOUND) IN IKEA - by Gary Ray Stapp
Can two strangers find love at IKEA? Possibly—with a playful ghost involved. Winifred and Lex are both lonely hearts, but neither of them is convinced that true love can be found while shopping. Winifred’s brother and Lex’s deceased wife think differently and have decided to play cupid for their reluctant loved ones, who unexpectedly find themselves wrestling with love-at-first-sight. Unfortunately, the budding romance is distracted by mayhem of... read more
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| | |  | | SEAGULLS IN A CHERRY TREE - by William Missouri Downs
A Chekhovian comedy about Boris and Stan, two Hollywood screenwriters who have been hired by a large studio to adapt Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard into a new movie. In order to finish the stalled adaptation and get away from L.A.'s smog, they trek to an isolated Arts Colony just outside Moscow, Idaho. The colony is full of navel-gazing, self-indulgent, philosophizing, chronically indecisive Chekhovian artists. All plot points come from... read more
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| | |  | | MURDER, MAY I? - by Eddie McPherson
Eric has fallen in love with a girl named Lucy who is not the sharpest tack in the drawer. Eric's mother, Geneva, disapproves of his new love interest and decides she’ll do something about it. She’ll murder her. However, Geneva’s next-door neighbor and good friend, Janet, is on to her crime and decides to take matters into her own hands and murder Geneva. But, out of nowhere, Lucy shows up at their front door and Janet realizes she murdered... read more
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