Synopsis
Saving America and Other Plays - Flickering Fireflies & Shelter Skelter & The Beach Club
Published by Samuel French Inc
2 Male 5 Female
These award winning productions will take you cross country - to a group on the beach, to a selective animal shelter, a firefly get-together in the woods, and a secret government gathering
All can be presented in one evening, or each performed separately
The four plays are ...
Saving America - M2,F2 + Voice - bare stage with chairs
Strangers are brought together in mysterious gathering to "Save America", with savage finale
Winner Eileen Heckart Short Drama for Seniors
"Ludmilla Bollow's Saving America succeeds as ironic satire, pushing the general discomfort with the aged and aging process to the point of savage extreme ... Bollow does so with passion, economy, and rich inventiveness" ~ Alan Woods, Professor, Ohio State University, and coordinator of the Heckart Drama Contest
Flickering Fireflies - M2,F2 - bare stage
Meet the Firefly Family and the night of the teens first mating party. Magical and whimsical for all ages
Winner Wisconsin Council for Writers Drama Award
"Playwright Ludmilla Bollow has found a speedy way of condensing the evolutionary social process of a culture passing on its traditions and beliefs to the coming generations. She uses fireflies. In Flickering Fireflies, Bollow presents a simple, funny, and poignant metaphor for the moment when children break with their parents and the parents are left with the "what next" moment" ~ Prof Woodrow Hood, Drama Judge for Wisconsin Council for Writers
Shelter Skelter - M2 + M1 or F1 - desk and chairs
Homeless person seeks residence at the Sidney Shelton Animal Shelter. A wealthy patron, seeking a new dog, decides to adopt Annie as her pet
"The crisis of the homeless is given a touching treatment in Ludmilla Bollow's Shelter Skelter in which a street person successfully finds succor at an animal shelter" ~ Jay Joslyn, Milwaukee Sentinel "Shelter Skelter had a wicked premise and biting performance by the cast of three talented women" ~ David M. Doll, Marquette Theatre Festival
The Beach Club - M2,F3 - bare stage
Humor and pathos meet on the beach where an eclectic assemblage encounters the first snow of the season
The Beach Club was named Best Play by National Chengchi University (Taipei, Taiwan) and it also won the Wauwatosa Playhouse One Act Play Contest and the Village Church Play Competition The Beach Club "An engaging play ... a fascinating look at peculiarities of diverse characters and their interaction with each other" ~ The Shoestring Theatre, Victoria, Australia
"Based on a true story, Jake finds meaning in life through his determination to sit on the beach from the first day of Spring till the first snow of Winter no matter who or what must be sacrificed" ~ TSI Playtime Series, NY