Synopsis
Miz Lena's Backyard
Published by Dramatic Publishing
2 Male 2 Female
Completely alone, but refusing to be lonely, Lena has fabricated an incredible fantasy world to escape her tragedies - her husband, John's recent death, the failure of her only son, Monk, to return from Vietnam and her own impending death
An 18-year-old Amerasian of Vietnamese descent moves in next door, and Lena quickly incorporates her into the fantasies, which get more elaborate and begin to take over her life
Finally, as years of vivid memories unfold, Lena accepts that Monk will never return and makes her decision to do nothing about the lump, which she knows to be cancer
Instead, she looks forward to joining her son and her husband in the afterlife
Described as "romantic, tragic and comic," this play deals with death and loss in a surprisingly humorous way