HOW TO ORDER A READING COPY OF THIS MAGIC MOMENT

Send me an email with the following information. Please provide ALL information requested below.

1. Your full name and your organization (theater company, school or other group). If you are a high school or college student, please include your teacher/professor's name.

2. A snail mail address and phone number for your organization.

3. When and where the production would be, and the number of performances.

4. When do you expect to make a decision about using my play?

5. Can you receive attachments as PDF files? (It's a free download--link below.) A non-printable PDF reading copy is free. If you can't read PDF files, I can mail you a copy of the play ($8 fee includes copying and postage). Email me for a mailing address to which to send your check.

6. Please tell me how you found me and my work (I'm listed on certain websites, and it's always good to know, for both them and me, whether they're effective).

7. A statement that you understand that production of my work requires the payment of a royalty. See the note about royalties on the Plays for Production page.

ABOUT THE PLAY

Dark comedy. 1 male, 1 female. 30 minutes. Unit set. Best for college and up, but potentially possible as a high school production.

Premiered at City Theater Company in Wilmington (DE).

SYNOPSIS

BOONE is ready to leave the nest and go off to college. He packs his suitcases—which seems particularly heavy with socks—and awaits his ride to the airport, scheduled to arrive at any minute. But DEBBIE, his mother, isn't ready to let go. Unbeknownst to Boone, she has intercepted his ride and managed to get the poor man wedged into their apartment building's garage door. Boone sees the commotion below their window, as emergency personnel try to get the man out, but Boone has no idea just how important this particular man is: all he knows is that if he misses his flight, he'll miss registration. Meanwhile, there's the question of Boone's missing father, who disappeared at the beginning of the summer. While Boone wonders if he's to blame for his father's disappearance or whether his mother had something to do with it, Debbie does everything in her power to keep Boone from leaving her, even resorting to witchcraft. But in the end, crafty young Boone uses his socks as a rope and escapes the apartment through the window.

A FEW MAGIC MOMENTS

Read the opening of THIS MAGIC MOMENT as a PDF file using the free Adobe Acrobat reader.