Brian Sloan

Ellen Shanman

Michael Stock

Frank Cwiklik

Christy Meyer

Jon Schumacher

John Jahnke

Tom X. Chao

Rob Reese

David Pumo

Mary Jett Parsley

Steven Gridley

An anthology of plays by emerging playwrights from the previous theatre season produced in New York City. Representing the diversity and vitality of the downtown/alternative theatre scene, the ten plays included here range from timely works about living in post-9/11 America to warmly funny comedies of individualism; from send-ups of avant-garde theatre and reality TV to a richly poetic experimental exploration of sexual politics and a documentary theatre piece about artificial intelligence.

Plays and Playwrights 2004

Fired from her advertising office job, Michaela "Mike" Edwards moves back in with her widowed father and takes a job as a middle school teacher, learning about love, life, and family in the process.

Everything nice

Super-slick, super-independent, Michaela “Mike” Edwards is a lady going places. Or so she thinks. Once unexpectedly fired, her career as a young advertising hot-shot is over just like that. Before long she’s doing the unimaginable: moving back in with her widowed father to help make those pesky ends meet - it’s clear she needs to rethink her life. Maybe she should start with trying to unravel those complicated feelings she’s been having about her best guy pal, Aussie journalist Gunther...?

Everything Nice

Ellen Shanman

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