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Three 10 Minute Plays

Where Things Are

by Steven Schutzman

Plot Summary: In a twisted yearly ritual, a narcissistic mother and her fragile, tortured thirty-year old son "celebrate" his birthday. She toasts him with wine and calls him ‘my Bunny’. He is dressed in a chiffon dress like little girls used to wear to birthday parties. As the mother struggles for domination and martyrdom, the son painfully tries to indulge her, exact some revenge on her and fend off the chaos inside him. Where does the birthday cake belong? Where does the cake knife belong? Will anything in their lives ever get to where it truly belongs?

Big Dog Likes Chocolate

by Greg Freier

Plot Summary: A large fire at a toy factory brings two very different men together only to reveal a dark secret at the heart of it all.

The Death of Margaret Thatcher

by Alex Odom

Plot Summary: A Margaret Thatcher inspired drag queen unravels the sordid affairs of a cast of characters sharing in the aftermath of a botched assassination attempt.