Coal Creek Community Theater presents
An Evening of One-Acts
with Works by Phoebe Hoffman, Bruce Kimes & Pat Cook
A relationship expert who might not know as much as she thinks. A pair of newlyweds with pistols. Two dead men who aren't quite sure what comes next. Three short plays about love, marriage, and the afterlife, each one zigging exactly when you expect it to zag. It's an evening of comedy, absurdity, and the sneaking suspicion that nobody really knows what they're doing.
Run Time - 1 hour and 30 minutes with two 10-minute intermissions
The Advantages of Being Shy
by Phoebe Hoffman
Iris is a relationship expert who specializes in the tongue-tied, the awkward, and the romantically hopeless. Her philosophy is simple: no one can afford to be shy in America today. Then an unexpected case walks through her door, and suddenly everything Iris thought she knew about love and connection starts to unravel. Turns out the expert might have a thing or two to learn.
Dueling Oakes
by Bruce Kimes
Bill and Sally Oakes are newlyweds. They're also about to shoot each other. What starts as a childish argument snowballs into a formal challenge, and before long there are pistols, seconds, and a duel in the living room. There are false starts, interruptions, and just enough absurdity to make you wonder how any marriage survives the first year. Somehow, it all works out.
Rest in Peace
by Pat Cook
A man wakes up in a hospital and discovers that none of his relatives can see or hear him. Naturally, he assumes he's dead. Then another patient wanders in, and since they can see each other, they figure they must both be dead. What follows is nothing either man expects: the living behave badly, the dead are baffled, and nobody is quite what they seem. Especially at the end.
In the Press
The Louisville Times - “Evening of one acts opens Louisville theater season” (read)