The Movements of the Wind
Cast: 3 female, 2 male
Genre: dark comedy/drama/family
Set: minimalist, impressions of a garden, flower and greenhouse
As wind sweeps through a garden, its inhabitants must confront the volatile effects of Mother Nature, as well as their own changing nature. The story follows several short, intertwined pieces, as Carrot and Potato, taught to be enemies from birth, struggle to remain friends, Tulip wants more out of life than only her partner, and two pieces of pollen attempt to make a dangerous jump from a dying flower to a fresh one. Through sacrifice and friendship, they must not only survive their trials, but also come to populate another generation.
Seventeen Stitches
Cast: 1 male, 1 female
Genre: dark comedy/drama
Set: minimal, an open space
Two teenagers meet in vortex-like space between opposing lines of people. While Rachel is simply passing the time before she returns to her place in line, Peter has stepped out of his line in protest. As the lines begin to close in on them, he must make a life-altering decision by choosing to continue forging his path in his fathers line, or join the allure of Rachels line, the line of diamonds.
Poorly Wrapped
Cast: 1 male, 1 female
Genre: comedy
Set: a gift shop
A salesclerk becomes smitten with a beautiful woman who enters his gift shop. As Grace uses no restraint in the power she holds over him, Clark goes to great lengths in the hopes of starting a life with her.
The Other Three Sisters
Cast: 4 female, 1 male
Genre: 1800s/1900s comedy
Adaptation of Jane Austen's epistolary short story, The Three Sisters
Set: a living room
Intertwined scenes of a family are juxtaposed between the 1800s of Jane Austen's day, and the late 1900s in Queens, NY. The 1800s Mary must decide if she will wed on oaf she despises to make her neighbors jealous, as the 1900s Mary considers allowing back her missing husband who claims to have been sleeping for the years he was away. While the scenes span generations, the women encounter the same issues of marriage, money, and pride.
Under the Ashes
Cast: 1 male, 1 female
Genre: Absurd drama
Set: a living room
Emmett frantically searches for keys to his private office which he thinks his wife has hidden. But before Lorna will answer his questions about the keys, she insists on telling him about her day, including the mysterious trinket she says her lost son has sent her.