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Love
and Wood
Love and Wood is not a play about sex, or a play about
carpentry. It is about the duality of the human being, about the seeming
contradictions that make up who we are in our everyday lives. The play is told
from the point of view of Morgan, whose thoughts about the characters,
especially Antonio inform the production style: He is there when she needs him
to be, invisible when she doesn’t. She believes she can control Antonio and
Patrick both,
 and
the play’s central conflict comes from her inability to control who Patrick is
and how he feels about her. Her struggle to balance her feelings for the two men
is another example of this duality... Morgan questions which indeed is more
“real”, more “true”: Passionate, unanalyzed actions or thoughtful and sometimes
irrational love.
Love and Wood is a work in progress. For production info please visit
www.ericamclaughlin.com/loveandwood.
Refined
Brutality
Written in 2001, Refined Brutality is the play that won a gold medal in the
Playwriting category in the 2001 National ACT-SO competition.
Refined Brutality
is the story of Malik, whose heartfelt struggles with everyday life make this
play the story of many human beings. Malik does not feel he truly belongs
anywhere in this world except in the arms of his girlfriend, Kayla, whom his
family is opposed to because of her race. He is trying to make it as a rap
artist, and as a basketball star at Georgetown University, where he received a
full sports scholarship. His past experiences leave him unable to see all the
goals that are actually being realized, since he is conditioned to
disappointment. This leaves Malik vulnerable to other things or other
people, like Ty, whose lifestyle could get both him and Malik into trouble.
Ever faithful is his friend, Kenny, through any situation that Malik may face.
Malik's family has no problem intruding into his life, especially his nosy
sister Tonya, and his close-minded single mother, Mrs. Patrick. Malik also
faces trouble in school, where a no-nonsense teacher never gives up on teaching
Malik, even when he has given up on learning. In the end, it may be the teacher
that learns the grea ter lesson. Refined Brutality
is the story of man contending against his own surroundings, the likes
of which he cannot easily escape. It is a story that questions whether or
not it is worth keeping the faith and doing the
right thing, if in the end, the result is tragedy. It is a testament to
mankind's struggle against one another, and it opens our eyes to show us that
fighting each other is only self-destructive.
Random Musings
A collection of long-lost assorted writings of mine.
 
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DC_Theatre/- Washington, DC
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theatrealliance/- Philadelphia
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