30 Min

The Diner Cycle

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SYNOPSIS: The Diner Cycle is a series of 3 short plays set in a mysterious diner that exists somewhere between life and whatever comes next. One by one, strangers arrive—confused, searching, or unaware that their lives have just ended. Guided by those who came before them, each must confront unfinished questions, unexpected truths, and the possibility that helping someone else move forward may be the only way to move forward themselves.

The diner never closes. The coffee is always hot. And the conversation continues.

The Diner Cycle brings together three short plays:

  • Dear Angie
  • Open All Night
  • After: Death Is Just the Beginning

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The Cards Lied

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Synopsis: The Cards Lied is a 30–minute historical fictional murder mystery set in 1920 Bootle, England, just after The Great War. Based on intense research, the plot of this play is believable in a historical context. As men returned from the war, women were pushed out of the jobs they held to keep the country and the war running. Many of these women turned to spiritualism to help themselves and others stay connected to the loved ones they lost.

In this play, three women who once worked side-by-side at the Cunard Shell Works find themselves embroiled in a disturbing scenario. One of them is dead, and her daughter is determined to search for the truth of how her loved one passed on. One who supervised production at Cunard now bitterly finds herself without a job and social standing. The third reads cards for a living, but at times, the cards lie. A man with deep ties to nature helps to carry out a plan to catch a murderer.

The Cards Lied poses an interesting reconsideration of responsibility, pressure and guilt.

Footnote: I am currently working on a second act, The Canary Girls’ Secrets, which takes place two years later.

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