LOL OL

Product Code: LM9000

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Approx. Run Time: 15 min.

As owner of the Laugh Out Loud yoga studio, Laughter Yoga instructor Dot Darcy can make anyone laugh. But when the coronavirus requires her to take LOL online, a class of heartsick singles teaches her some experiences can’t be recreated on Zoom.

Les Mots Justes, or Hold Your Tongue

Product Code: LN1000

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

Three characters in search of a way—a word—to cut the distance. Playful yet painful vignette.

Late Night Prayer

Product Code: LM8000

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Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

While experiencing anxiety over her future, an undocumented student actor reaches out to her fellow actor to seek guidance and solace.

Alone, Together

Product Code: AN3000

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March 2020. As California entered a “stay at home” order due to the coronavirus pandemic, UC Santa Barbara’s LAUNCH PAD commissioned 24 distinguished playwrights to pen monologues and short plays inspired by the prompt “Alone, Together” and written to be performed live on Zoom. These 39 extraordinary pieces reflect the moment of lockdown and capture our longing for connection. This is a collection born of a moment, but one that will live on for the ages.

Pound

Product Code: PN1000

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Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

After spending 12 years in St. Elizabeths Hospital for incompetency, literary lion and ferocious anti-Semite Ezra Pound faces the terrifying prospect of being released. At first, Pound’s treatment by a young psychiatrist, Ann Polley, seems promising, but then the techniques become disturbing and Ann’s true purpose is revealed. Pound explores whether words can be as powerful as actions, whether revenge can be just, and whether sanity is possible when we’re made to see the world as it is and not as we would have it.