num_pages: 510
description: This collection includes 34 one acts and monologues by notable American women playwrights. 67201 by Adele Edling Love and fantasy in the afternoon. THE BEST OF STRANGERS by Lee Two women sharing a hospital room cope with breast cancer, husbands, and racial barriers. BOARDERS by Constance Three short plays about apartment dwellers, with an epilogue by their landlady. BREAKFAST SERIAL by Megan A child abuser meets his match. BRUSSELS SPROUTS by Janet Former lovers meet under very different circumstances the second time around. THE CORD AND THE TRACK by Helen Two older men discuss younger women. CURTAIN CALL by Roma An actress balances on an emotional tightrope strung between approaching retirement and a fading career. THE DEATH OF HUEY NEWTON by Lynda A couple reflect on the twists and turns their lives have taken since their 1960s glory days. DRY SMOKE by Adele Edling The story behind a fatal fire. FOOD by Neena Two women are starving for something, anything, that might provide fulfillment. THE GHOST STORY by Lenore The title hints at half of it; the other half involves a psychic advisor, a couple of children, a golden retriever, double fudge brownies, and the C.I.A. HAITI (A DREAM) by Karen The plight of a Haitian family aboard a rickety boat seeking their dream of America. HALFWAY by Roma There is a question as to who is the inmate and who is the attendant in this halfway house for mental patients. HELEN MELON AT THE SIDESHOW by Katy The carnival "Fat Lady" delivers a monologue. IN THE BEGINNING by Rebecca Lilith shares with Eve a few eye-opening tidbits about Adam. JIM'S COMMUTER AIRLINES by Lavonne Two pilots undergo trauma when one's mother decides to fly incognito on the rickety airline he owns. LIFE GAP by Y A story about a very poor family and the do-gooder who wants to help them. METAMORPHOSES by June Life changes experienced by three women. THE NIP AND THE BITE by Judy A brief, explosive story of American violence on Mexican soil. OCEAN DREAM by Nancy A young woman recovers her childhood during an afternoon on the beach. ORIGAMI TEARS by D Lee The love/hate relationship of an older married couple coming to terms with the husband's death. PANICKED by Sally A performance artist's witty examination of life turns into a howl of help to alien beings. A PERMANENT SIGNAL by Sherry The famous Siren sisters step down from the heavens to harvest the sweetness they planted eons before. The crop is not what they expected. A PLACE WHERE LOVE IS by Sally Dixon A terminally ill father and his daughters struggle to understand one another. POOF! By Lynn The laws of the universe tumble when a meek woman finally speaks up. REPAIRS by Susan Finishing a basement is either a neurotic retreat from reality or a way of patching up the cracks. THE SLEEP SEEKER by Staci A woman struggles with unbearable memories. SPRINGTIME by María Irene Forné The eternal story of love and betrayal. STEPPING OFF A CLOUD by Christina A comedy about getting it together. TRIPS by Sally Two women pass their time on the porch of a retirement home by counting passing cars. WATCHING THE DOG by Sybille A play within a play set in a veterinarian's office. WATER PLAY by Sally The rain will not stop. Rising seas reclaim the land. Scientist Evangeline tracks the deluge, while locked in a love triangle with fellow researchers Jack and Dresden. But this apocalyptic world holds its own logic, and Evangeline finds resolution in while drowning himself, Jack learns to breathe water. WELL DONE POETS by Laura A math major, a biology major, and an economics major explore feminist poetry. WORKOUT by Wendy A running commentary on, to, and about a woman's life and her exercise routine.
language: English
title: Facing Forward
titlecomplete: Facing Forward
publisher: Broadway Play Publishing, Incorporated