Fester

Dramatic Writing
By: | June 26, 2008

CHARACTERSJohn Hill Robert Wilma Little Fred Fred SCENE 1 The setting is the Classification Office at the Diagnostic Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institution Division. The… More

Turds

Dramatic Writing
By: | May 10, 2007

Scene 1The setting is a street corner in a residential neighborhood of the mid-1960s. The corner of a lawn enclosed in a picket fence is down right. A street… More

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