ISBN #1-60513-021-4
#2008-0018

Synopsis

Bus Stories has one common element – each play takes place in a bus station or on a bus itself. The three plays look at the kinds of everyday anxieties that affect the human condition from the dynamics of blended families to the breakdown of communication in relationships.

Cast & Settings

Waitin' for the 2:45

NOREEN - 32, a part-time cashier at a discount store
LESLIE - 34, a pregnant lab worker
DOREEN - 33, Noreen's hairdresser sister
ANN - 38, Leslie's sister, a children's librarian

Setting: Late spring (May, 1998). A bus station in New Haven (CT), and on a cross country bus. Seen is a suggestion of a ticket/information booth. The clerk in the booth is never seen by the audience.

The Beat Goes On

GRACE - Well dressed kindergarten teacher, late 20s.
CORA - A Westchester housewife, 50s

Setting: The waiting area of a bus terminal in Westchester County, New York in late fall. There are two rows of chairs back to back stage center representing the waiting area. A suggestion of double doors leading out to the buses are just behind this center row. A ticket counter with a trash can in front of it. A schedule board is on the wall.

Unsuspecting Turnips

ALICE - A depressed store clerk and housewife, late 40s.
RUSTY - A college student, 19 or 20
VIRGINIA - Retired. Stylish, 60s or 70s.
SARAH - A nurse, early 30s.

The Setting: Late afternoon in a crowded city buy traveling downtown.