In this very funny and poignant new play, Doug, a blue collar worker at a family owned construction company and the self proclaimed “best shovel man in SE Michigan” is charged with training Paul, the boss’s gentle, secretive, college bound son during the course of a summer demolition project. Doug is close to Paul’s family and feels needed to help the boy get ready for life away from home. Their exchanges begin hilariously with Doug’s baudy advice comically at odds with Paul’s shy nature. As things proceed, we come to realize that Paul is struggling with something far beyond Doug’s purview and experience. A play about identity, truth, parenthood, and the courage it takes to break things apart to become your own kind of hero.
Let’s face it: Suicide Sucks. And no one knows how to handle it. How do you transform the worst thing that’s ever happened to you…? With humor as her shield and community as her anchor, Lisa uses raw honesty and biting wit to create her Ritual for Robbie.
Ever since she can remember, Anna Pope has always wanted to be a teacher. When a series of events leads to a tragic outcome, she becomes an unexpected hero in her own classroom: a good guy with a gun.
