THE STORIES: POOR FELLAS consists of six short tragicomedies.
The
Prologue introduces Frank, a high-school sophomore who's just witnessed his first episode of humiliation at the local multiplex.
In
Rocks, an aging minor-league baseball player has his superstitions and his hopes ridiculed by the team's hot young prospect.
Tough Guys presents two men facing their failure to achieve the lives about which they've always dreamed.
The Departure of Brian O'Callahan finds a lost soul on the brink of suicide and in pursuit of understanding from the one person who may be able to save him.
In
Makin' Sense of Nothin', two construction workers accidentally discover a horrible truth at a coworker's funeral.
In the title play,
Poor Fellas, two recently jilted buddies learn a stunning fact of life when they come face to face with utter abandonment. Using minimal sets and a cast that can double and triple throughout, the comic pieces come to hilarious and unexpected crises and finish on somber, thoughtful notes.
