Coffee with God

Their conversation ranges from the playful (finding parking spaces in Manhattan) to the heartbreaking (the loss, all too soon, of a loved one)

The play draws on the author's life and is derived from the fact that his 22-year-old mother died when he was just two years old

The man questions God, who expresses sorrow over the mother's death at so early an age, but explains that the world is too big and complex for even God to protect everyone from tragedy

There are moments of comedy (when God praises the inventor of Imodium and refuses to take credit for it), and haunting beauty (when the man's dead parents appear, at God's behest, for a final glimpse, and dance a lovely tango)

The man, deeply touched by God's gesture, hugs God, a lonely being who has never been hugged, and is equally moved by that gesture

One critic has described the play as " ... the story of a man who finally comes to a turning point in his life. A time when all the pain and confusion is to be released"

Single interior set runs about 30 minutes