THE STORIES: To Bobolink, for Her Spirit. A short play about the dedicated autograph hunters who lie in wait for celebrities outside one of New York's famous restaurants. (1 man, 2 women, 2 boys, 2 girls.)
People in the Wind. Midnight, a bus station in rural Kansas, and a mixed bag of passengers—all victims of their differing fates. (3 men, 5 women.)
A Social Event. A brief but revealing study of two young Hollywood hopefuls. (1 man, 2 women.)
The Boy in the Basement. A gripping play about a middle-aged man who still lives with his parents and suffers the misery of a terrible and secret shame. (3 men, 1 woman.)
The Tiny Closet. A fussy, middle-aged bachelor is upset to find that someone has been tampering with the lock on his closet—and has discovered a strange secret hidden there. (1 man, 3 women.)
Memory of Summer. A touching story of a woman who has lost her youth and replaced it with the questionable comfort of delusion. (1 man, 2 women.)
Bus Riley's Back in Town. Two young former lovers meet again, and they reach out to each other over the pain and bitterness of the intervening years. (4 men, 2 women.)
The Rainy Afternoon. Two little girls and a boy "play house," emulating their parents with a completeness that both alarms and reveals. (1 boy, 2 girls.)
The Mall. The mall of an out-of-season amusement park becomes the setting for a series of separate encounters, all interwoven into a totality of meaning. (4 men, 6 women.)
An Incident at the Standish Arms. A wealthy young woman and the man she has picked up reveal an inner squalor that their luxurious surroundings cannot hide. (1 man, 1 woman, 1 girl.)
The Strains of Triumph. Tom is courting Ann on a hillside, and the two young lovers are overheard by Tom’s best friend, who is the rival for the Ann’s affections. (5 men, 1 woman.)
