Synopsis
The Agony & The Agony
Published by Dramatists Play Service
4 Male 2 Female
A once-promising playwright, he finds himself a virtual shut-in with only rejection letters to amuse himself
Until today - he's started writing again!
And as luck would have it, inspiration has hit on the very day his wife, Lela, an aspiring actress who married Richard despite his homosexuality, has met one of New York's leading producers
This is Richard's chance, a golden opportunity to get back in the game
Of course, he'll have to overlook the fact that the producer about to arrive is the man who wrote that last rejection, the one that broke Richard's spirit
The arrival of Lela's lover, his pregnant girlfriend and the ghost of one of the twentieth century's most notorious killers complicate matters further
This is the story of one evening when secrets are revealed, dreams are realized, and hopes are dashed
It captures the loneliness and real desperation of what it means to have "a life in the theater"