This play won an Honorable Mention in the 74th Annual Writers Digest Stage Play Category.
A play in two acts
My play uses a satirical approach to investigate humanity's search for meaning. It considers something every man and woman has to deal with sooner or later – his or her own death. It is a serious theme from which comical and at times mysterious situations develop. It could be considered a modern version of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot.”
In my play several people enter into a waiting room. This room turns out to be a "middle place" between life and what comes after life. This room also has another door down a hallway which takes them into eternity. They soon learn that "Life" was a performance. This realization leads them to wonder - how much of it was choreographed, and how much was adlibbed? And ultimately, how much are they responsible for?
During their stay they observe and interact with others passing through this same room but who are going in the opposite direction - into life. As they remain there trying to gather the courage to leave they question the meaning of their lives and begin to judge each other. This leads them into various degrees of conflict as well as comedy. Throughout the play however, what they are not aware of is that two among them, one a mysterious spirit, already know their destinies.