Intense, chaotic lives caught in comedic or tragic situations is the focus of my new collection of short plays entitled, “The Six Noisettes.”

THE ASTRONOMER KING

Leave it to the aged astronomer king to foil his enemy’s evil plan to destroy the planet.

THE DRUNKEN GURU

A contemporary tale of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragedy as a Hollywood scriptwriter.

THE CITY OF FEAR

A husband’s denial of his wife’s cancer is solved by a humorous encounter with their Parisian restaurant waitress.

CARS AT RISK

Autism turns to romance when a self-confident blind date convinces Sam that he’s not a car.

LAUNDRY

A husband beset with gambling debt is saved by his wife who returns to her former life as a crack jack card counter and goes for the big buck!

WIZARD

A born again sinner finds beauty in his work as a dump caretaker where objects contain soul.

AMORE SKY

Anxiety, disillusionment, and ego manifest in a single mother awaiting adoption, a failed advertising executive, and an over-zealous soccer dad who find peace.

OTHER SHORT PLAYS

GAIA

Three goddesses attempt to discourage a half-man’s, half-god’s infatuation with Galactica reminding us that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

# YOU TOO

The classic balance of love triangle is upheaved when a college girl swears revenge on her law professor.

THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE KING

Will Archbishop succeed in evacuating the rich, indolent and flamboyant gay king from his besieged medieval castle?

THE KING’S RING

King Louis, last monarch of France, shares jail with a thief whom the king mistakes for a priest.

AMERICAN LOBSTER

A New England lobstering couple fend off their island’s business interests which will steal their way of life and seafaring heritage.

THREE CHARACTERS AND THE SPEED OF LIGHT

Three characters’ ghosts relive poignant memories of AIDS.

LOU DE BOURBON

An actor takes on his role of doomed King XVI of France too seriously and reacts his role in real life.

FREUD, ELIZABETH BOWEN AND MRS. CHARLES BLACK

A client with two personalities goes under observation by the eminent Dr. Freud.

MUSICALS

THE RETURN OF THE PIED PIPER - (libretto, lyrics)

Pied Piper comes to America to heal tensions between the colonial settlers and fighters for of our early nation’s forests -watch nature become a force against progress! (from ages 9-to 90)

THE TWO HUSBANDS OF KATHERINE OF ARAGON (libretto/lyrics)

We currently have on Broadway “Six”, the story of Henry the Eighth’s six wives, but who was Katherine of Aragon, none other than Henry the Eighth’s first wife and wife to his older brother.

(Original idea by Vernon Craig)