Pops - Six Short Plays

Can Can, is a poignant and telling fugue of overlapping soliloquies in which an ex-GI recalls his brief love affair with a French girl, while a Nashville housewife tells of the strange bond she feels for an older country woman. (1 man, 3 women)

Clair De Lune finds an older, retired couple basking in the solitude of Florida, while reminiscing, with some regret, about their chronically hell-raising children (1 man, 1 woman)

Ave Maria, a tenth-century nun, Hrosvitha, the only female playwright of her time, confronts an outraged monk who is shocked by her contention that love is both spiritual and sensual (2 men, 3 women)

Gold And Silver Waltz is a touching monologue about boyhood and first love in which the sole character is the author himself (1 man)

Yankee Doodle finds a tipsy Jesse Grant, son of President Grant, at Windsor Castle and faced with a humbling slight from Queen Victoria (2 man, 1 woman)

Songs Of Love is a warmly comic study of two doughty nursing home residents who decide to marry despite the explosive reactions of their children (3 men, 3 women)

Comprised of six related short plays, each dealing with a different aspect of love, this delightful "pops program" runs the gamut from first love, through love of country, and on to the abiding love of a long-married older couple, all presented with the special warmth, humor and glinting insights which mark this writer's work

REVIEWS

" Pops is fresh, life enhancing and quite wonderful" ~ NY Times

" when he opens the heart, a clear and bright light shines through" ~Variety

" a lovely evening in the American theatre" ~ New Jersey Nite Life