The Agony & The Agony

A once-promising playwright, he finds himself a virtual shut-in with only rejection letters to amuse himself

Until today - he's started writing again!

And as luck would have it, inspiration has hit on the very day his wife, Lela, an aspiring actress who married Richard despite his homosexuality, has met one of New York's leading producers

This is Richard's chance, a golden opportunity to get back in the game

Of course, he'll have to overlook the fact that the producer about to arrive is the man who wrote that last rejection, the one that broke Richard's spirit

The arrival of Lela's lover, his pregnant girlfriend and the ghost of one of the twentieth century's most notorious killers complicate matters further

This is the story of one evening when secrets are revealed, dreams are realized, and hopes are dashed

It captures the loneliness and real desperation of what it means to have "a life in the theater"